Temple names Diane Richardson as new women’s basketball coach

Richardson went 80-66 in 5 seasons at Towson, together with this season’s school-record 24 wins and a berth within the NIT.

She additionally led Towson to the NCAA Event in 2019, when the Tigers completed the season with a 20-13 general report for simply its second 20-win season in program historical past. Towson received the Colonial Athletic Affiliation Event championship in 2019.

Below Richardson, Towson’s Kionna Jeter turned the primary participant in program historical past to be chosen within the WNBA Draft when she was drafted within the third spherical in 2021.

“Temple has a wealthy custom of success in ladies’s basketball, and I’m thrilled to take over this program and work exhausting to take it to the subsequent stage,” Richardson mentioned.

She replaces Tonya Cardoza, who was fired in March with a 251-188 report in 14 seasons.

Because the 1979 NCAA Regional Champion within the 200- and 400-meter races, Richardson earned a spot on the 1980 U.S. Olympic crew however didn’t compete. Richardson hung out in company America earlier than quitting in 1995 to teach.

“Diane is a tremendous lady who has had unbelievable success in not simply teaching, however all points of her life. It was her drive and keenness that separated her from the opposite candidates, in addition to her unbelievable success at Towson,” Temple athletic director Arthur Johnson mentioned. “I look ahead to working along with her to return Temple ladies’s basketball to one of many high groups within the nation.”