Kevin Borseth Returning to Green Bay as Womens Basketball Coach
By: Nick Goddard
Updated: April 4, 2012
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com)
- Green Bay Athletics will name Kevin Borseth as the
head women's basketball coach on Thursday, Director of Athletics Ken Bothof
announced on Wednesday afternoon. Borseth, who compiled a 216-62 record
in nine seasons previously serving in the same capacity at Green Bay,
will be officially announced at a press conference on Thursday, April 5
at 2:30 p.m. in the Special Events Room at
the Kress Events Center.
Thursday's press conference will be streamed live on GreenBayPhoenix.com.
To watch Borseth being welcomed back to Green Bay, click
here.
"This
is an exciting time for our University, our women's basketball
program and Green Bay Phoenix Athletics," said Bothof. "Having the
chance to welcome Kevin and his family back to Green Bay is a great
privilege, and I know I speak for so many fans when saying I am thrilled
to know that this program will be under his leadership
moving forward."
Under
Borseth's watch from 1998-2007, Green Bay advanced to
the postseason in all nine seasons, including seven trips to the NCAA
Tournament. The Phoenix also won the regular season conference
championship in each of his nine seasons at the helm, beginning a
stretch that currently stands at 14.
Borseth
has spent the past five seasons as the head coach at
the University of Michigan, where he compiled an overall record of
87-73. Borseth took over a program that had won just 21 games in the
prior three seasons combined and led the Wolverines to 19 wins and a
postseason berth in his first season in 2007-08.
In five seasons at the helm at Michigan, Borseth led the Wolverines
to three postseasons, including this past season's trip to the NCAA Tournament, the program's first since 2000-01.
"My
family and I are so thrilled to return to Green Bay and
to the many friends and fans in the community," said Borseth. "I am
really excited to get to know the current players on the team and to
continue to move Green Bay women's basketball forward."
All told, the 25-year head coaching veteran has an impressive
record of 528-232 in his stints at Michigan Tech, Green Bay and Michigan.
During
his time at Green Bay, Borseth was named the conference
coach of the year seven times and led the program to its first two NCAA
Tournament victories with wins over Washington in 2003 and New Mexico in
2007.
Borseth
coached a number of the most legendary players in the
program's storied history, including the top two all-time leading
scorers, Chari Nordgaard and Nicole Soulis. He also recruited recent
standouts Celeste Hoewisch, Kayla Tetschlag and Julie Wojta to Green Bay
and coached Hoewisch during her redshirt campaign
in 2006-07.
In 2012-13, Green Bay will return four starters from a 31-2
team that won the Horizon League regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
