After the game, Mulkey chalked up the situation to "heat of the moment." Gottlieb and her coaching staff are very active on Twitter. 805-756-1159. You have to empower them to enjoy the experience. 20182023 WBB Blog. Cal has put together five top-20 recruiting classes in Smiths tenure, which includes three in the top 10 (2009, 2011, and 2020). For Cal head coach Charmin Smith, Jayda Curry is a first. Phone. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - California Golden Bears Athletics University of California Athletics 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster Go To Coaching Staff Print Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Sort By: Footer Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital Ad Blocker Detected Thanks for visiting calbears.com! 8 UCLA marked Smiths 49th conference game as a head coach. [21] They did pull off a 59-50 upset of #22 Virginia and their former coach Joanne Boyle. Smiths efforts also saw three players named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and another three receive All-Pac-12 Honors. A list of so many great coaches have received that award before me obviously (including) Muffet McGraw.. Inside The Lair. Felton, Tess Women's Basketball Coaches - Cal Poly Cal Poly Scoreboard WBB 90 vs UC Santa Cruz (Exhibition) 48 WBB 48 at UCLA 84 WBB 81 vs Simpson University (Calif.) 49 WBB 43 at #2 Stanford 80 WBB 48 at Fresno State 47 WBB Nov. 22 5 P.M. vs #1 South Carolina WBB Nov. 25 12 P.M. vs Sacramento State WBB Nov. 26 2:30 P.M. vs San Jose State WBB Dec. 10 2 P.M. [8][9], Gottlieb followed in the tradition of both her parents and attended an Ivy League college, in her case Brown University. The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. All rights reserved. Stevens, Karisma "I just wanted more for this group," Cal coach Charmin Smith, who completed her fourth season as the Bears coach. A mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for over a decade, Charmin Smith was named head coach of the Cal women's basketball team on June 21, 2019. But the Bears could not hold off the Cougars, who went 8-for-11 from the field in the third quarter. [23] In the second round they faced 1 seed Notre Dame on the Irish home floor. Develop the athletic skills of each student-athlete in season and out . Division regular season champion We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. The Bears played Notre Dame to a 31-31 tie at the half, but the Irish pulled away in the second half, winning 73-62. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. Faith Mimnaugh, the winningest coach in Cal Poly women's basketball history, announced her retirement Wednesday after 25 seasons at the helm of the Mustangs. - The University of California Official Athletic Site", "Special Season Ends with Loss to Louisville", "Cavaliers Hire Lindsay Gottlieb as Assistant Coach", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_Golden_Bears_women%27s_basketball&oldid=1135224854, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 11:26. Over the course of her tenure, she has played a key role in the Bears player development, which has seen Cal produce seven WNBA Draft picks in recent years, including guards Layshia Clarendon, a 2017 WNBA All-Star and the ninth overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft, and Brittany Boyd, who earned WNBA All-Rookie recognition after being drafted ninth overall in 2015. He dreams of her hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" playing as balloons fall from the . The first came in the form of a 4-point victory over No. ND did so without star point guard Olivia Miles, who suffered a knee injury with the Irish trailing 26-22 late in the second quarter. Kenny Brooks, Virginia Tech (137). The assistant coach will work within the framework of the Evangel University mission statement and the goals of the Evangel Athletic Department to: Influence the Christian growth of all student-athletes. Holding Pili to 15 or fewer points would be a huge victory and set Cal up for an upset. Cal YouTube. The ACC awards are voted on by a combination of the leagues coaches and a Blue Ribbon panel of mostly media. 24 Colorado will come to Berkeley for Smiths 50th. The current head coach is Charmin Smith, who was hired on June 21, 2019. 50 conference games for Smith as head coach is only a milestone because it puts into perspective just how much the Bears have struggled over the course of the past four years in arguably the NCAAs best womens basketball conference. "[9], When Gottlieb returned to Brown for her senior year in 199899, she was both a player and a student assistant, working with the coaching staff. The program has been to the NCAA tournament a total of nine times, and won three conference championships. They really made it hard for us to run any kind of offense.". Mar 4 8 p.m. WBB. [28] They defeated Fresno State 90-76 in the first round,[29] and downed South Florida in overtime to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time in school history. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the . They led in the opening minutes against undefeated UConn Huskies but ultimately fell to the eventual national champions. Smith has helped lead the Bears to the postseason in 11 of her 13 seasons and was also part of the staff that led the Bears to the 2010 WNIT championship. Head Women's Basketball Coach Year at California (PA) 17th (12th as Head Coach) Alma Mater Penn State - 2005 Phone 724.938.5394 E-Mail strom@pennwest.edu The all-time winningest coach in program history, Jess Strom is in her 12th season as head coach and 17th overall as a member of the California (PA) coaching staff. A loss by four points against No. The 2019-20 season marks Wendale Farrow's fourth season as an assistant coach for the Golden Bears. The 10th-seeded Golden Bears let a nine-point second-half lead slip away and lost to No. Bonner, Bella They won the Big West regular season championship with a 12-4 conference record. Division regular season and conference tournament champion The Bears ended the 201112 season with a record of 25-10. Washington Starte took the lead 44-42 when Charlisse Leger-Walker, who scored 23 points, made two technical free throws with 15.5 seconds left in the third quarter following a Flagrant 1 foul called on Onyiah. I can do that because I'm so confident in their focus. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Women's Basketball Schedule Roster Stats Additional Links. Romine-Black, Daniel Gottlieb explained, "I knew that it was the perfect thing for me because it combined kind of my nerdiness and love of the X's and O's with the ability to impact 18- to 22-year-olds in a really significant way. [2][9], Because of her experience as a player-coach at Brown, Gottlieb was hired as an assistant by Syracuse University head coach Marianna Freeman, the day after she graduated from college. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Watch Watch. And nearly 50 games in, there is still no sign that Smith has developed a team that is capable of even middling Pac-12 competitiveness. After three years, Smith left the Farm for Berkeley and joined the Golden Bear staff for the 2007-08 season. On average, the Bears have won one in every seven Pac-12 matchups during her tenure. Top Stories. Under her supervision, the Bears have also continued to excel in the classroom, being recognized for their overall improvements in GPA each of the last three seasons.Felton came to Cal after spending the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons with the Oregon Ducks. After beginning the season strongly and winning the Paradise Jam tournament in Saint Thomas, California carried their momentum into conference play. [5][6][7] Most of her family members are lawyers, and her father was a New York state judge. California was invited the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, as an 8 seed. [34], In addition to their outstanding success on the court, Gottlieb's 201213 California team became nationally known as a team that had fun, while also keeping focus. Before and since then, a conference win has seemed unlikely thanks to Cals subpar offense. [32][33] A tough loss to Louisville in the national semifinal game concluded the team's extraordinary season. 2 6 P.M. KK Bransford was accorded all-freshman team honors on the same day she was also named national freshman of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Gray-Lawson ended her career as the all-time Cal leader in three points made and games played.[11]. 5. On June 12, 2019, the Cleveland Cavaliers hired Gottlieb to a four-year contract as an assistant coach, becoming part of new head coach John Beilein's staff. After an 03 conference start that left them two games under .500, the Bears started to find their form, going 125 the rest of the way including the Pac-10 tournament. Segal, Karen A mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for over a decade, Charmin Smith was named head coach of the Cal womens basketball team on June 21, 2019. Its just a dream come true, Ivey admitted of the Coach of the Year honor. [12] UCSB won both the regular season Big West championship and the conference tournament championship for 200809, which secured an invitation to the NCAA tournament. The season is over for Cal's women's basketball team. She stood as the California women's all-time rebounding leader and the school's all-time scoring leader (men or women) until 2019. The team, led on the court by Oakland native Asha Thomas and 2019 WNBA draft first-round selection Kristine Anigwe, was eliminated in the second round by the Baylor Lady Bears, who went on to win the championship. [18] On April 25, 2011, Gottlieb returned to Berkeley as the ninth head coach of the Golden Bears. After three years, Smith left the Farm for Berkeley and joined the Golden Bear staff for the 2007-08 season. 20/20 Cal Hosts Washington, WSU - The University of California Official Athletic Site", "2007 Women's College Basketball Rankings and Polls for Week 18 - ESPN", "Joanne Boyle leaving Cal to coach at Virginia", "WNIT CHAMPIONS! Gray-Lawson returned for round 2, and the Bears romped through the remaining games against Utah, Oregon, BYU, Illinois State and finally Miami (FL) in the first ever championship game held at Haas Pavilion to win the tournament. [2] Both became All-Americans, and Hampton was the first California player to be named Pac-10 Player of the Year (200607), while Walker went on to become the first Golden Bear to be drafted by the WNBA, a first-round pick of the Seattle Storm. Despite a semifinal exit in the Pac-12 Tournament, the Golden Bears earned a second seed in the NCAA tournament. 2022). They're creative, and they're smart kids. The Ducks earned a spot in the postseason for just the second time in the last nine years in 2009-10, advancing to the third round of the WNIT. Dontavia Waggoner, Boston College (160), Camryn Taylor, Virginia (86), 1. Miles and fellow sophomore Sonia Citron were each named All-ACC first-teamers, a 10-player group, while junior Maddy Westbeld landed second-team honors. NCAA Division II Championship Game. The 10 th-seeded Golden Bears let a nine-point second-half lead slip away and lost to No. [4], Gottlieb was born in Scarsdale, New York, and is Jewish. A St. Louis native, Smith was a star player for Stanford from 1993-97, helping the Cardinal to three NCAA Final Fours and three Pac-10 titles. Division regular season and conference tournament champion However, it was not until 197374, following the enaction of Title IX, that California began playing officially organized women's basketball. They have trailed in the second half for a grand total of 71 seconds over the course of the past six games. The 10th-ranked Irish finished 15-3 in league play this season, a game ahead of No. . WSU (20-9) will play No. [39] She has set an unequivocal goal of making the University of California Women's Basketball team one of the elite programs in the country.[40][41][42]. Of the 15 McDonalds All-Americans in Cal womens basketball history, Smith has helped sign 13 of them since joining the Cal staff in 2007, including an impressive haul in 2009 with a class that featured four All-Americans that served as the foundation to the Bears 2013 NCAA Final Four run. We could be disappointed to not be playing on Tuesday night," Gottlieb said. The 30-year-old Gottlieb was just the fourth head coach in UCSB history, and replaced retiring long-time coach, Mark French. Copyright 2023 The Daily Californian, The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. The Official Site of the California (PA) Vulcans, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital, Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form. Cooper. [3] The arena was originally known as Men's Gymnasium and then later Harmon Gymnasium until the late 1990s when it went through massive renovations which displaced the team for two seasons. WBB Feb. 25 2 P.M. at UC Davis. Guards Jaelyn Brown and MiCole Cayton garnered Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention at the end of the 2016-17 season and McKenzie Forbes was an All-Freshman honorable mention in 2019. [2] That year, Gottlieb led the Bears to the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Harada will be embarking on his fifth season with the Titans in the fall of 2021. Apr 1. But one or several members of Cals backcourt Curry, fellow guard Leilani McIntosh and Utah transfer and redshirt sophomore guard Kemery Martn will need to play an outstanding game offensively to accompany a strong defensive performance. #3 seed Cal State LA fell in the CCAA Women's Basketball Tournament semifinal to #2 seed Cal State San Marcos. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Jess Strom is in her 12th season as head coach and 17th overall as a member of the California (PA) coaching staff. BERKELEY - Charmin Smith, a mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for the last 12 seasons, has agreed to become the head women's basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley, Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton announced on Friday. The third-year Irish coach was named ACC Coach of the Year on Tuesday evening. Titans Drop Game Against UCSB, 74-58 February 20, 2023 A tight race ended in a loss for the Titans. Smiths efforts also saw three players named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and another three receive All-Pac-12 Honors. Features Archive. 1156 HIGH STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 Following her collegiate playing career, Smith joined the professional ranks in the ABL from 1997-98 as a member of the Portland Power and played three years in the WNBA, along with one year in the Swedish Basketball League. A mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for over a decade, Charmin Smith was named head coach of the Cal womens basketball team on June 21, 2019. [20], Gottlieb's first team at California had no seniors, and started freshmen at point guard and forward. Smith played an integral role in the development of three of the Pac-10's top posts - Brooke Smith, Jayne Appel and Kristen Newlin - and in the spring of 2007, she switched her focus to working with the Cardinal guards, including three-time Pac-10 Player of the Year Candice Wiggins. She also oversaw the signing of the seventh-ranked recruiting class in the nation, the programs highest-ranked class since 2009. Smith played an integral role in the development of three of the Pac-10's top posts - Brooke Smith, Jayne Appel and Kristen Newlin - and in the spring of 2007, she switched her focus to working with the Cardinal guards, including three-time Pac-10 Player of the Year Candice Wiggins. Division regular season champion Shes also the most efficient scorer in the Pac-12. WBB 51. at CSU Bakersfield 42. Smith took over in the summer of 2019, after former head coach Lindsay Gottlieb led the Bears to a 20 win season in her last of eight seasons at the helm. A mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for over a decade, Charmin Smith was named head coach of the Cal women's basketball team on June 21, 2019. She was the first coach at UCSB to win 20 games in her first season. Conference regular season champion . Email. Lulu Laditan-Twidale, 5-10 G, Queensland, Australia [announced as signed 1/24/2023], Sofia Bell, 6-1 SG/W, St. Marys Academy (Portland, OR) [Cal among eight finalists announced in September 2021; committed to Oregon, November 2021], Chloe Briggs, 5-11 CG, Ontario Christian HS (CA) [offered July 2021; committed to Washington, August 2022], Ashley Chea, 5-8 PG, Flintridge Prep (La Caada, CA) [took an official visit to Cal, September 2022; committed to Princeton, September 2022], Ari Long, 6-0 SG/W, Valley View HS (Moreno Valley, CA) [Cal not among top three schools announced in September 2022], Nicole Melious, 5-8 CG, Susan Wagner HS (Staten Island, NY) [offered September 2020; committed to La Salle, September 2022], Khamil Pierre, 6-2 W, Perry HS (Gilbert, AZ) [offered May 2022; committed to Vanderbilt, August 2022], Sayvia Sellers, 5-7 PG, Anchorage Christian School (AK) [offered July 2021; committed to Washington, August 2022], Miyah Verse, 6-1 F, Mountain Ridge HS (Glendale, AZ) [offered November 2021; committed to Georgia, October 2022], See next page for 2024 commitments and targets for Cal womens basketball.
