College Coaching Moves: Longtime women's head coaches Tom Saxton and Bryan Blitz retire
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jun 30, 2021
Becky Burleigh, who led Florida to a national championship in 1998, the fourth of her 26 years with the Gators, announced her retirement before the start of the 2021 spring season.
After completing his 30th year as the Michigan State women's head coach, Tom Saxton announced he would be retiring. Bryan Blitz, the only head coach in the history of Missouri's 25-year-old women's program, stepped down in April.
Bill Hempen, who coached 32 years at Duke, Colorado and Colorado State, is out after starting the Rams' program eight years ago.
College coaching moves (NCAA Division I women):
Arizona. Tony Amato (Florida head coach) ... Becca Moros (Gotham FC assistant coach)
Colorado State. Bill Hempen ... Keeley Hagen (Texas assistant coach).
DePaul. Erin Chastain (Minnesota head coach) ... Michele O'Brien (DePaul associate head coach)
Eastern Washington. Chad Bodnar ... TBA.
Florida. Becky Burleigh... Tony Amato (Arizona head coach).
George Mason. Todd Bramble (George Mason deputy AD) ... TBA.
Houston Baptist. Misty Jones ... Chris Dodd (Houston Baptist associate head coach)
Michigan State. Tom Saxton ... Jeff Hosler (Grand Valley State head coach)
Minnesota. Stefanie Golan (Missouri head coach) ... Erin Chastain (DePaul head coach)
Missouri. Bryan Blitz ... Stefanie Golan (Minnesota head coach).
Nicholls State. Danny Free ... Robert Podeyn (Fresno Pacific head coach)
Northwestern State. Jess Jobe (Dallas Baptist men's head coach) ... Stuart Gore (Northwestern Ohio head coach)
Oregon State. Matt Kagan ... TBA (Nick Stirrett interim coach).
Utah. Rich Manning (Northwestern assistant) ... Hideki Nakada (Stanford associate head coach).
Utah State. Heather Cairns ... Manny Martins (Oregon associate head coach)
Wyoming. Bob Casper (Northern State head coach) ... Colleen Boyd (James Madison associate head coach)
