Faith Mimnaugh enters her 25th season as head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball program having led the Mustangs to the Big West Tournament semifinals in three of the last four years, as well as to either the NCAA Tournament or WNIT four times since 2011. Despite a semifinal exit in the Pac-12 Tournament, the Golden Bears earned a second seed in the NCAA tournament. 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. Michelle Onyiah and Mia Mastrov had 10 points apiece for Cal. Pac-12 . Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Network. The 10th-ranked Irish finished 15-3 in league play this season, a game ahead of No. 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. In 2007, Gottlieb was elevated to Associate Head Coach. Onyiah, Leilani The Bears ended the 201112 season with a record of 25-10. 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. The young Bears (the starting lineup during conference play featured four freshmen along with star senior Alexis Gray-Lawson) had an up and down year, going 65 in non-conference play including a home loss to nearby San Jose State. 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. Until there is definitive word that a player will be taking advantage of this extra year, the WBB Blog scholarship charts will not reflect this extra eligibility. 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. 21charmin. WBB Feb. 25 2 P.M. at UC Davis. WSU is assured a berth in the NCAA tournament, but Cal needed to win the conference tournament to get an NCAA tournament berth. 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.