Interesting UA women's hoops tidbit

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#1

Arkansas started its women’s basketball program in 1976. From 1981-2007, there were a total of four HCs of the women’s program. All four of those are still active college basketball coaches, which frankly surprises the heck out of me. You’d think a couple of them would have retired by now:

Matilda Willis Mossman, 1981-84 – Now head women’s HC at Tulsa.
John Sutherland, 1984-93 – Assistant coach at Marshall U.
Gary Blair, 1993-2003 – Head coach, Texas A&M
Susie Gardner, 2003-2007 – Head coach, Mercer.

Tom Collen has not returned to coaching since UA fired him in 2014, and of course Jimmy Dykes has not been hired anywhere yet.

#2

Interesting article on UW Coach Mike Neighbors…

http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.db … =208476511

#3

Tom Collen’s wife, Nikki, is coaching in the WNBA now. I think that’s probably why he hasn’t gotten back into the game.

#4

Excellent story. Glad he’s the new coach.

#5

The best story by far on Mike is one by Greg Bell titled Unleashed: Mike Neighbors is not your everyday basketball coach.

Link to article. —BaumbasticHawg

#6

Sharon Ogle and Joan Henn were the women’s coaches in the late 70’s. I think Joan Henn coached Bettye Fiscus.

Here is a link to all the coaches:

http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/w-bas … 1p93l9xtwm

#7

I researched them too. Matilda recruited Bettye Fiscus and she finished under Sutherland. Henn died of cancer several years ago. Could not find anything on Ogle though.

#8

Greg Bell’s story is listed in archived stories at the bottom of Wikipedia piece on the coach.

#9

I put the link in your original post.

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