The search for a new Mizzou women’s basketball coach is underway following Wednesday’s announcement that Robin Pingeton will be stepping down at the end of the season.
Pingeton will end her 15-year tenure with the Tigers after amassing a 250-216 record. Her tenure included four NCAA Tournament appearances.
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Carly Thibault-Dudonis, Fairfield
Thibault-Dudonis is another name to be considered because of the job she’s done with the Stags. She is in her third season at Fairfield.
After finishing with a 15-15 record in Year 1, Thibault-Dudonis coached the Stags to a program-record 31 wins in 2023-24, a campaign that included a 29-game winning streak. Fairfield also went 20-0 in the Metro Athletic Atlantic Conference last season and won the MAAC Tournament to punch its ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
Thibault-Dudonis was unanimously voted the MAAC Coach of the Year. She also won the Kay Yow National Coach of the Year award.
Before her tenure with the Stags, Thibault-Dudonis was an assistant at Minnesota (2018-2022) and Mississippi State (2016-2018).
