Thomas Howell has entered the Transfer Portal.

. . . attempts are being made to form a group of high-income individuals that eventually will comprise a compensation package for Keith Richard, resulting in his resignation.

Hopefully, enough money could result from this endeavor so that good head coaches can be hired for our basketball programs.

Hartwell has hired two women's basketball coaches.

Chanda Rigby at Troy. She came to Troy from a junior college. Her overall record is 192-118. I would say a very good hire.

Kayla Ard at Utah State. She was an assistant at Troy Her overall record is 19-65. I would say a terrible hire.

The question is what direction does he go for our next head coach. If we are looking at a juco coach what about MJ Baker from Eastern Florida State. In six years she is 132-43.

If JH hires another assistant from Troy there is Jennifer Graf. She was head coach at Northwestern State for eight years. Her record was 106-131. Surely Hartwell will stay away from the assistants at Troy after the failure of Ard at USU.

A few weeks ago I mentioned the head coach at UT Tyler. She is 45-16 after two seasons. UT-Tyler is in the sweet 16 of the D2 playoffs.

Bluephi mentioned another D2 coach in Kim Stephens at Glenville State. They won the national championship last year. They are also in the sweet 16 again this year. Her overall record is 189-23. She might be my favorite.

Kudos to Mcneese for swinging for the fence and going all In to better their program. Your telling me they can fire a coach after 2 years of losing and ULM can’t move off Richard after 13 years of losing. What a joke

Maybe one of our legal minded posters can shed some light on this. I know it would be a major pain in the you-know-what, but what if we petitioned the state to change our name to the University of Monroe. As part of the petition, we could claim that ULL acted in bad faith and started marketing themselves as the University of Louisiana, in violation of state law and the agreed upon parameters as soon as the name change agreement was reached. If that were accepted, I do not believe that the state would allow ULL to remain ULL and they would have to change as well.

I'm not saying I would prefer a name change over keeping and actually pushing the branding of ULM, but it would damn sure piss off the coonasses.

Proven winner.

Stan gets his shot at the helm of the ULM women's basketball program? I know there would be a lot of division if Hartwell went that direction but would you be accepting of it and give him a chance?

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Official release

MONROE, La. – ULM Athletics Director John Hartwell announced Tuesday, March 7 that Brooks Donald Williams will step down from her position as head women’s basketball coach, effective immediately. A national search will begin immediately to replace Williams.

“I want to thank Brooks Donald Williams for leading our women’s basketball program over the last four seasons,” Hartwell said.

“ULM has a rich tradition in women’s basketball, and we are committed to building on that history. Our search will focus on finding an energetic, program-building coach that can lead our Warhawks to competing for Sun Belt Conference Championships.”

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Looks like he doesn't plan to retire

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2 years of eligibility. Looks like a good match VK's defense.

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Surely Hartwell comes in and moves on after that disastrous ending to the season. You can’t keep stacking up 20+ loss seasons and keep getting extensions. Hoping he has a new coach lined up.

Down 10-2 and counting in the bottom of the 4th. A 3-6 team is about to sweep us and we were competitive in only the 1st game of the series.

Bottom 4th
ULM - 2
UIW - 11