BYU Cougars women's basketball

The BYU Cougars women's basketball team represents Brigham Young University in NCAA Division I competition. The Cougars, which compete in the Big 12 Conference, play their home games in the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. BYU officially joined the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2023. As of the end of the 2023–24 regular season, the Cougars have an all-time record of 934 wins and 557 losses.^[2]

BYU Cougars women's basketball
2024–25 BYU Cougars women's basketball team
University	Brigham Young University
First season	1977–78
All-time record	934–557 (.626)
Athletic director	Tom Holmoe
Head coach	Lee Cummard (1st season)
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Location	Provo, Utah
Arena	Marriott Center (capacity: 19,000)
Nickname	Cougars
Student section	The ROC
Colors	Blue and white[1]
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2002, 2014
NCAA tournament appearances
1984, 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen
1980
AIAW tournament appearances
1978, 1979, 1980
Conference tournament champions Western Athletic Conference 1993 Mountain West Conference 2002 West Coast Conference 2012, 2015, 2019
Conference regular-season champions Intermountain Athletic Conference 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 High Country Athletic Conference 1984, 1985 Western Athletic Conference 1993 Mountain West Conference 2006, 2007, 2011 West Coast Conference 2016, 2022

History

Records have been kept since the 1972–73 season.^[3] In the 1981–82 season, the BYU women's basketball team beat Oregon State when it made it to the post-season, but then it lost to University of Hawaii in the second round. BYU went to the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2002,^[4] and lost to University of Tennessee.^[5][6]

Coaches

Name	Seasons	Record
Elaine Michaelis	1972–77	48–28
Courtney Leishman	1977–89	219–124
Jeanie Wilson	1989–94	79–63
Soni Adams	1994–97	28–55
Trent Shippen	1997–2001	72–49
Jeff Judkins	2001–2022	351–162
Amber Whiting	2022–2025	45–51
Lee Cummard	2025–

Results by season

Season Results
Year	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference Standing	Postseason
1972–73[3]	Elaine Michaelis	9–3	9–3	2nd	—
1973–74	Elaine Michaelis	9–5	5–3	2nd	—
(Intermountain Athletic Conference) (1974–1982)
1974–75	Elaine Michaelis	7–6	7–5	5th	—
1975–76	Elaine Michaelis	11–6	10–3	2nd	—
1976–77	Elaine Michaelis	12–8	10–3	2nd	—
1977–78	Courtney Leishman	22–6	13–0	1st	AIAW First Round
1978–79	Courtney Leishman	21–7	11–2	1st	AIAW First Round
1979–80	Courtney Leishman	24–9	8–2	1st	AIAW Second Round
1980–81	Courtney Leishman	21–8	9–1	1st	—
1981–82	Courtney Leishman	24–13	7–3	1st	WNIT Third Round
(High Country Athletic Conference) (1982–1990)
1982–83	Courtney Leishman	17–8	8–2	2nd	—
1983–84	Courtney Leishman	18–8	9–1	1st	NCAA first round
1984–85	Courtney Leishman	19–9	11–1	1st	NCAA first round
1985–86	Courtney Leishman	16–11	9–3	2nd	—
1986–87	Courtney Leishman	17–11	8–4	3rd	—
1987–88	Courtney Leishman	12–15	4–6	3rd	—
1988–89	Courtney Leishman	8–19	3–7	4th	—
1989–90	Jeanie Wilson	10–17	2–8	5th	—
(Western Athletic Conference) (1990–1999)
1990–91	Jeanie Wilson	8–21	3–9	5th	—
1991–92	Jeanie Wilson	21–8	12–2	2nd	—
1992–93	Jeanie Wilson	24–5	13–1	1st	NCAA first round
1993–94	Jeanie Wilson	16–12	10–4	2nd	—
1994–95	Soni Adams	8–19	4–10	7th	—
1995–96	Soni Adams	9–18	3–11	7th	—
1996–97	Soni Adams	11–18	7–9	5th	—
1997–98	Trent Shippen	15–14	6–8	5th	—
1998–99	Trent Shippen	16–13	9–5	3rd	WNIT First Round
(Mountain West Conference) (1999–2011)
1999-00	Trent Shippen	22–9	10–4	2nd	NCAA first round
2000–01	Trent Shippen	19–13	8–6	3rd	WNIT Second Round
2001–02	Jeff Judkins	24–9	10–4	3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–03	Jeff Judkins	19–12	8–6	3rd	NCAA first round
2003–04	Jeff Judkins	15–14	5–9	6th	—
2004–05	Jeff Judkins	19–11	9–5	3rd	WNIT First Round
2005–06	Jeff Judkins	26–6	13–3	1st	NCAA second round
2006–07	Jeff Judkins	23–10	12–4	1st	NCAA first round
2007–08	Jeff Judkins	13–16	7–9	5th	—
2008–09	Jeff Judkins	18–11	8–8	5th	—
2009–10	Jeff Judkins	23–10	11–5	2nd	WNIT Elite Eight
2010–11	Jeff Judkins	25–9	15–1	1st	WNIT Sweet Sixteen
(West Coast Conference) (2011–2023)
2011–12	Jeff Judkins	26–7	12–4	2nd	NCAA first round
2012–13	Jeff Judkins	23–11	11–5	3rd	WNIT Sweet Sixteen
2013–14	Jeff Judkins	28–7	14–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014–15	Jeff Judkins	23–10	12–6	5th	NCAA first round
2015–16	Jeff Judkins	26–7	16–2	1st	NCAA first round
2016–17	Jeff Judkins	20–12	13–5	2nd	WNIT First Round
2017–18	Jeff Judkins	16–14	11–7	3rd	—
2018–19	Jeff Judkins	26–7	15–3	2nd	NCAA second round
2019–20	Jeff Judkins	14–9	9–4	2nd	Postseason not held
2020–21	Jeff Judkins	19–6	13–3	2nd	NCAA second round
2021–22	Jeff Judkins	26–4	15–1	1st	NCAA first round
2022–23	Amber Whiting	16–17	9–9	T-4th	WNIT First Round
(Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24	Amber Whiting	16–17	6–12	T–9th	WBIT First Round
2024–25	Amber Whiting	13–17	4–14	T–12th	—
Totals 53 Years 7 Coaches				13 Conf. Championships	28 Postseason Appearances

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division I

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1984	#8	First Round	#1 USC	L 72–97
1985	#8	First Round	#1 Long Beach State	L 85–112
1993	#12	First Round	#5 UC Santa Barbara	L 79–88
2000	#12	First Round	#5 Oklahoma	L 81–86
2002	#11	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#6 Florida #3 Iowa State #2 Tennessee	W 90–52 W 75–69 L 57–68
2003	#11	First Round	#6 Colorado	L 45–84
2006	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 Iowa #2 Oklahoma	W 67–62 L 70–86
2007	#11	First Round	#6 Louisville	L 54–80
2012	#10	First Round	#7 DePaul	L 55–59
2014	#12	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#5 NC State #4 Nebraska #1 Connecticut	W 72–57 W 80–76 L 51–70
2015	#14	First Round	#3 Louisville	L 53–86
2016	#7	First Round	#10 Missouri	L 69–78
2019	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 Auburn #2 Stanford	W 73–64 L 63–72
2021	#11	First Round Second Round	#6 Rutgers #3 Arizona	W 69–66 L 46–52
2022	#6	First Round	#11 Villanova	L 57–61

Notable players

• Tina Gunn Robison, 1976–1980
• Tresa Spaulding Hamson, 1983–1987
• Erin Thorn, 1999–2003
• Ambrosia Anderson, 2002–2006
• Jennifer Hamson, 2010–2014