The Bears completed their second upset in the same week as just four days later, they defeated 5-seeded and No. Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Network. 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.Smith becomes the 10th head coach in Cal womens basketball history after spending the last 12 seasons as an assistant on the Golden Bear staff, including serving as the programs associate head coach since 2012. Strength and Conditioning Coach: . Senior leader Layshia Clarendon cut her hair into what became a trademark mohawk,[35] and the team wrote, produced, and starred in their own music video, "Started from the Bottom. Cal Women Lose to Washington State in Pac-12 Tournament 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. 3 of 12 4 of 12 Cal women's basketball Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb during a women's basketball game at Hass Pavillion in Berkeley on Friday, January 12, 2018. The Bears ended the 201112 season with a record of 25-10. More recently, Smith has worked extensively with Cal's post players, including 2019 National Defensive Player of the Year and four-time All-American Kristine Anigwe, who was selected by the Connecticut Sun with the ninth overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft. The Bears were no better from long distance, making just one of their 10 shots from beyond the arc. Cal's postgame press conference is below: Cal's 4-14 record in Pac-12 play was the Bears' best conference mark under Smith, and they were very much in Wednesday's game against WSU through three quarters. Division regular season champion Cooper. Lindsay Catherine Gottlieb (born October 2, 1977) is an American basketball coach who is the women's head coach for the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference. Cal's victory broke an 81-game conference winning streak for the Cardinal. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. More recently, Smith has worked extensively with Cal's post players, including 2019 National Defensive Player of the Year and four-time All-American Kristine Anigwe, who was selected by the Connecticut Sun with the ninth overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft. But she was primarily responsible for working with and developing the Bears' outstanding freshman post players, Ashley Walker and Devanei Hampton. [2] 2019 California Lutheran University 60 West Olsen Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 NCAA Division II Elite Eight. The Bears also recorded their best Pac-12 record (17-1) and won their first conference regular-season crown that season. 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. Smiths efforts also saw three players named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and another three receive All-Pac-12 Honors. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Cal has had ten 20-win seasons and made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament since Smiths arrival in Berkeley in 2007, highlighted by the programs first trip to the Final Four in 2013. Jarrod Olson - Women's Basketball Coach - CBU Athletics The Spiders had three consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins. Miles playing status for this weeks ACC Tournament and beyond remained undetermined as of Tuesday, according to Ivey. 22-ranked Arizona State in the opening round of the 2020 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas. 8 UCLA marked Smiths 49th conference game as a head coach. Jayda Curry led Cal with 16 points while playing all 40 minutes, and she made one three-pointer. After beginning the season strongly and winning the Paradise Jam tournament in Saint Thomas, California carried their momentum into conference play. After a 20-4 regular season and its first ACC title since 2019, third-year coach Niele Ivey is named the 2023 ACC women's basketball coach of the year. Mar 10 TBA WBB. In addition, the target lists are inevitably incomplete because offers are not publicly reported for many prospects. Gottlieb coached at Cal through 201819, a year in which she led the Golden Bears to their seventh NCAA tournament appearance under her tenure. 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. In her first two years in Berkeley, Cal set then-school records for wins in a season, finishing both years with 27-7 marks before Cal pushed itself into elite status with the record-breaking 32-4 Final Four campaign in 2012-13. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - Cal State East Bay University Athletics Skip To Main Content Cal State East Bay University Athletics 11/12/22 / Final wbball 73 Northwest Nazarene 66 11/18/22 / Final wbball 64 Academy of Art 47 11/19/22 / Final wbball 85 Holy Names 46 11/22/22 / Final wbball Dominican (Calif.) Postponed 11/26/22 / Final wbball WBB 54. vs Cal State Fullerton 48. However, the second half success was not enough for an NCAA tournament bid and Cal wound up settling for the WNIT. https://t.co/oFlIM70FX6", "Lindsay Gottlieb Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Northern California", "Award-Winning Basketball Coach Lindsay Gottlieb to Speak in Scarsdale", Dudek, Melissa, Dream Job: Lindsay Gottlieb Has an Ever-Growing List of Reasons She Loves Cal, UCSB Names Lindsay Gottlieb Head Women's Basketball Coach, UCSB Upends Gonzaga With Strong Defensive Effort, UCSB Captures 11th Big West tournament Title in Past 13 Seasons, UCSB Falls to Stanfurd in NCAA Tournament, Gottlieb Named Big West Coach of the Year, Gauchos Run Through Big West tournament Halted by UC Davis, Joanne Boyle is Named Head Coach at Virginia, Golden Bears Stopped By No. The 10th-ranked Irish finished 15-3 in league play this season, a game ahead of No. 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. The official Women's Basketball page for the California Golden Bears. Cavaliers hire Cal women's coach Gottlieb to staff - ESPN.com She began her coaching career in 2003 as an assistant coach at Boston College, where she spent one season before joining Tara Vanderveers coaching staff at Stanford. [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. The following year, the 24-year-old Gottlieb was asked by the head coach of the University of Richmond, Joanne Boyle, to be her top assistant. Dontavia Waggoner, Boston College (160), Camryn Taylor, Virginia (86), 1. Women's Basketball Schedule Roster Statistics Coaches Additional Links. The current head coach is Charmin Smith, who was hired on June 21, 2019. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - California Golden Bears Athletics In his previous three seasons in Berkeley, Farrow has helped Cal to three consecutive 20-win seasons and three NCAA Tournament appearances.An energetic and dynamic presence on the recruiting trail, Farrow also works extensively with the Golden Bears guards. WBB 51. at CSU Bakersfield 42. McIntosh, Amaya 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - USC Athletics USC Athletics Main Navigation Menu Sport Navigation Menu News Ticker Buy Tickets Instagram Opens in new window Twitter Opens in new window Facebook Opens in new window 2022-23 USC Women's Basketball Roster Print Download 2022-23_USC_WBB_roster.pdf Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Sort By: Footer In 200910 the Bears brought in a top 10 recruiting class to make up for the losses of Walker and Hampton. After the game, Mulkey chalked up the situation to "heat of the moment." The 20122013 season started with high expectations, with almost the entire team returning from the season before, including star guard Layshia Clarendon. - 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. At Cal, Reed will work with the post players, head recruiting efforts and assist on the defensive side of the ball. Danelle Bishop is in her 12th season (13th year overall) as the head coach of the Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball team in 2022-23. In 200607, California snapped Stanford's 50-game Pac-10 winning streak at Maples Pavilion en route to their first 20-win season since 1992 and a second consecutive NCAA tournament berth. "This year's team would have murdered last year's team," she said. Titans Dominate UC Davis, Win 70-58 February 23, 2023 Fujika Nimmo scored 25 points, leading the Titans to victory. California was invited the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, as an 8 seed. Cal Women's Basketball Recruiting - WBB Blog Daunting Pac-12 matchups to come for Cal women's basketball The ACC awards are voted on by a combination of the leagues coaches and a Blue Ribbon panel of mostly media. Ivey and the Irish wrapped up the ACC regular-season title outright on Sunday by rallying from a 10-point third-quarter deficit to beat host Louisville 68-65. 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 it was a three-pointer by Astera Tuhina with 4:41 left in the fourth quarter that extended the Cougars lead to eight points and essentially ended Cals chances. Junior forward Alissa Pili leads the Utes offense in scoring with 19.8 points per game, the third best average in the conference. She played basketball her freshman year as a guard for the Brown Bears, but after her mother died during her sophomore year, she decided to spend a year studying abroad in Australia. 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. 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. I think you have to embrace this team's nature of being fun-loving. Highly-regarded throughout the coaching ranks at both the collegiate and professional levels, Smith has played a key role in building Cal into one of the premier programs on the West Coast, handling duties from recruiting and scheduling, to alumni engagement and campus equity and inclusion. In the first round the Bears beat 9-seed Iowa, 84-74. Phillips came to Cal after spending the last season at Arizona and previous coaching stints at Loyola Marymount and the University of New Haven. Gottlieb was passionate about sports from an early age. 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. WSU is assured a berth in the NCAA tournament, but Cal needed to win the conference tournament to get an NCAA tournament berth. [26] Gottlieb led the Bears to a 17-1 conference record, making them Pac-12 Conference co-championsthe first conference championship in California Women's Basketball history. WBB Feb. 25 2 P.M. at UC Davis. Conference regular season champion He is the Titans' 11th head coach in the program's 51-year history. Daunting Pac-12 matchups to come for Cal womens basketball. Latest Headlines. Niele Ivey, Notre Dame (211), 2. Pac-12 Network. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - Cal State LA Athletics Editor's Picks. Titans Drop Game Against UCSB, 74-58 February 20, 2023 A tight race ended in a loss for the Titans. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. [16] Gottlieb's 179 wins rank second all-time in team history. "We just struggled through the third and fourth quarters," Smith said. Segal, Karen Washington State shot poorly in the first half, going 8-for-31 from the field. Cal women's basketball head coach Charmin Smith is now in her fourth season in charge of the program. You have to empower them to enjoy the experience. 13 Duke and No. The season is over for Cal's women's basketball team. "[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. 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.A highly regarded up-and-coming coach with experience in both the Pac-12 and SEC, Farrow joined the Golden Bears staff in 2016 after stints at UCLA and Vanderbilt, where he served in a variety of roles before rising to assistant coach for the Commodores. [5][6][7] Most of her family members are lawyers, and her father was a New York state judge. Mississippi State women's basketball coach Sam Purcell has a taste for Whitney Houston this time of year. Smith experienced a number of successes in her first year as head coach, leading the Golden Bears to three upsets over higher-ranked opponents. The University of Utah women's basketball team made history Saturday afternoon when it upset Stanford to claim a share of the Pac-12 title for the first time ever.. Less than 48 hours later, the . [23] In the second round they faced 1 seed Notre Dame on the Irish home floor. [1] In just her second season at the University of California, Berkeley, Gottlieb led the 201213 Golden Bears to their first Final Four in school history, their first Pac-12 Conference championship, and the most wins ever by a Cal women's basketball team (32-4). 24 Colorado will come to Berkeley for Smiths 50th. The Golden Bears continued their uphill climb in 200809, with a team led by seniors Ashley Walker and Devanei Hampton. For Cal head coach Charmin Smith, Jayda Curry is a first. Gray-Lawson ended her career as the all-time Cal leader in three points made and games played.[11]. The team won their first NCAA tournament game in a quarter-century before falling in the second round to George Washington. [15] The following summer, Layshia Clarendon was drafted ninth overall in the 2013 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. Cheryl Miller is the new head coach of the Golden Eagles women's basketball program at Cal State LA, the University announced Friday. A four-year letter winner at Stanford, she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the school. St. Joseph, Missouri. The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. I was speechless when I found out, Ivey said. Boyle's first season ended in the Golden Bears' first NCAA Tournament appearance in fourteen years. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the . 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. charminsmith@berkeley.edu. The first came in the form of a 4-point victory over No. Conference tournament champion, Gottlieb's husband is a finance entrepreneur. But the Cougars stayed close by collecting 11 offensive rebounds, which led to 10 second-chance points. It was tears, such an amazing moment for me, an accomplishment, (but) I wouldnt have this award if it wasnt for this amazing team and my staff., Last game:Notre Dame women overcome loss of Olivia Miles to clinch ACC regular-season championship. The season is over for Cals womens basketball team. Faith Mimnaugh - Head Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches Women's Basketball - Cal State Fullerton Athletics Smith becamethe 10th head coach in Cal womens basketball history after spending12 seasons as an assistant on the Golden Bear staff, including serving as the programs associate head coach since 2012. Over the past two seasons, five Golden Bear guards have earned All-Conference recognition. Phillips worked extensively with Arizonas post players, helping guide the development of Pac-12 All-Freshman selection Cate Reese.A California native, Phillips looks forward to bringing her energy and experience to the Cal culture.No stranger to excellence of her own, Phillips spent three seasons at LMU prior to her arrival Tucson, including the last two as the programs associate head coach. fmimnaug@calpoly.edu. Cavaliers hire Cal women's coach Gottlieb to staff. Twitter. The Golden Bears were ranked #13 in the AP pre-season poll, their highest ranking since 2009. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years. We're an independent student-run newspaper, and need your support to maintain our coverage. The 10th-seeded Golden Bears let a nine-point second-half lead slip away and lost to No. WSU then dominated play in the fourth quarter to stretch the lead. 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. Women's Basketball Coaches - CSUN Athletics 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. Jess Strom - Women's Basketball Coach - California University of Mississippi State women's basketball belongs in March Madness, coach says Women's Basketball - Cal State Fullerton Athletics On the hardwood, Smith has helped coach the Bears to the top three individual seasons in program history. After three years, Smith left the Farm for Berkeley and joined the Golden Bear staff for the 2007-08 season. [18] On April 25, 2011, Gottlieb returned to Berkeley as the ninth head coach of the Golden Bears. Michelle Smith: Jayda Curry making strong first impression with Cal 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. Influence all student-athletes to graduate with a professional degree. As the referees were assessing the sequence at the monitor, Mulkey could be seen telling them that Battles was talking to her. Aside from Jayda Curry, Cals history-making guard who surpassed Kelsey Plum for the second most consecutive games with a made three-pointer since 1999-2000, the Bears simply lack the offensive talent to beat teams by scoring efficiently. She has served on the Womens Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors and was hired in April 2019 to serve as an assistant coach for the WNBAs New York Liberty. 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. Her teammates voted her the Team Heart and Soul Award in 1999. Division regular season and conference tournament champion Player of the Year: Elizabeth Kitley, Sr., C, Virginia Tech, Defensive Player of the Year: Celeste Taylor, Sr., G, Duke, Rookie of the Year: TaNiya Latson, G, Florida State, Coach of the Year: Niele Ivey, Notre Dame, Sixth Player of the Year: Saniya Rivers, So., G, NC State, Most Improved Player: Makayla Timpson, So., F, Florida State, 1. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Under Gottlieb, Kristine Anigwe supplanted Colleen Galloway as California's all-time rebounding and scoring leader.[6]. 13 Arizona on the road in the regular season finale. As the Lions recruiting coordinator, Phillips helped land two of the top recruiting classes in program history and was named to the Womens Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Thirty Under 30 in both 2017 and 2018. Lance White out as Pittsburgh women's basketball coach Lance White, who coached Pitt to a 10-20 record this season and a 42-99 mark in his five seasons, is out as the Panthers' women's basketball . California Golden Bears women's basketball - Wikipedia Since 2019, Smith has won a total of seven conference games. Harada will be embarking on his fifth season with the Titans in the fall of 2021. 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! Head Coach: Charmin Smith (4th season in 2022-23). Smith became the 10th head coach in Cal women's basketball history after spending 12 seasons as an assistant on the Golden Bear staff, including serving as the program's associate head coach since 2012. 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. Bears' season is over after they let a 9-point lead in the third quarter slip away. Women's Basketball - California Golden Bears Athletics 20 Arkansas on November 24 and then a win over No. Then in 2001, she moved to the University of New Hampshire, where she was an assistant under Sue Johnson. Pierre, Kai They have trailed in the second half for a grand total of 71 seconds over the course of the past six games. [2], In 2005, Boyle was hired as the head coach of the University of California, and she brought Gottlieb with her to Berkeley as her top assistant. Paul Reed joined the Cal women's basketball program as an assistant coach on April 30, 2021. The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. Before and since then, a conference win has seemed unlikely thanks to Cals subpar offense. "I just wanted more for this group," Cal coach Charmin Smith, who completed her fourth season as the Bears coach. During Smith's tenure as an assistant with Stanford, the Cardinal posted an 87-16 (.845) record and made a pair of NCAA Elite Eight appearances. [4], Gottlieb was born in Scarsdale, New York, and is Jewish. Coach Torino Johnson is joined in his postgame. Im honored, blessed. [19] Gottlieb inherited a very talented, but young team, which had ended the 201011 season losing seven of their last eight games. Boulder, CA Pac-12 Network Charmin Smith Head 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. [3] She earned her 100th career victory on February 3, 2013. Women's Basketball - Cal Poly NCAA Division II Championship Game. They really made it hard for us to run any kind of offense.". Women's Basketball Coaches - California University of Pennsylvania Athletics 2022-23 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff Sponsors Footer Sticky bar Ad Blocker Detected Thanks for visiting calvulcans.com! "What I said to our team in the locker room is that we can be disappointed about a half a basketball that we wish we had back. Develop the athletic skills of each student-athlete in season and out . The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 20182023 WBB Blog. She started playing organized basketball in the fourth grade and by the time she reached high school was hoping for a college basketball career. 20 Arkansas on November 24 and then a win over No. What Lindsay Gottlieb hire means for women coaches, the NBA and Cal In her first season at Cal, Gottlieb's Bears had a 25-10 record, making her the first women's basketball coach to win 20 games in her first season at California. Michelle Onyiah and Mia Mastrov had 10 points apiece for Cal. Head Coach. TicketSmarter Ticket Resale Marketplace, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. The 2018-19 season marked Kai Feltons eighth season with California womens basketball team.In her eight seasons at Cal, the Bears have registered seven 20-win seasons and made seven trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the program's first Final Four appearance in 2013. Despite a heartbreaking early exit from the Pac-10 Tournament at the hands of USC, the Bears went on a successful tournament run en route to their first ever Sweet 16 appearance. Contact William Cooke at[emailprotected]. 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. The complete 2021-22 schedule for Cal women's basketball was released on Monday, and the one disappointment is that former Golden Bears coach Lindsay Gottlieb will not be returning to Haas . Cal has put together five top-20 recruiting classes in Smiths tenure, which includes three in the top 10 (2009, 2011, and 2020).