Utah Tech Trailblazers women's basketball

The Utah Tech Trailblazers women's basketball team represents Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah. Starting in 2020–21 season, the Trailblazers play in Division I and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. Previously, the school's team participated in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, at the Division II level of the NCAA. The team announced January 5, 2021, that they would suspend their 2020–2021 season indefinitely, in wake of continued cancellations due to COVID-19.^[2]

Utah Tech Trailblazers
2024–25 Utah Tech Trailblazers women's basketball team
University	Utah Tech University
First season	2006–07 (NCAA)
Head coach	JD Gustin (9th season)
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Location	St. George, Utah
Arena	Burns Arena (capacity: 4,779)
Nickname	Trailblazers
Colors	Red, navy blue, and white[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
Division II: 2011

The Trailblazers are currently led by head coach JD Gustin, starting his ninth year.

The team plays its games at the Burns Arena on its campus in St. George.

In 2022, the university changed their name from Dixie State University to Utah Tech University. While the legal change doesn't occur until July 1, 2022, the school has already began using Utah Tech branding in all sites, materials, recruiting etc. The "Trailblazers" nickname will not be affected. The 2021–2022 was the last Trailblazers team to use the "Dixie State" name.

Postseason

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Trailblazers, then known as the Red Storm, made one appearance in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	First Round	Cal State Monterey Bay	L, 59–68

Season-by-season record

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Angela Kristensen (Pacific West Conference) (2006–2013)
2006–07	Angela Kristensen	16–12
2007–08	Angela Kristensen	16–11	12–6	3rd
2008–09	Angela Kristensen	17–10	8–4	2nd
2009–10	Angela Kristensen	17–8	13–3	T–2nd
2010–11	Angela Kristensen	24–4	14–2	2nd	NCAA First Round
2011–12	Angela Kristensen	18–8	13–5	3rd
2012–13	Angela Kristensen/Derek Dawes	15–13	12–6	6th
Angela Kristensen:		123–66 (.651)	72–26 (.735)
Catherria Turner (PacWest) (2013–2014)
2013–14	Catherria Turner	14–14	11–9	7th
Catherria Turner:		14–14 (.500)	11–9 (.550)
Jenny Thigpen (PacWest) (2014–2016)
2014–15	Jenny Thigpen	8–18	7–13	9th
2015–16	Jenny Thigpen	9–17	9–11	8th
Jenny Thigpen:		17–35 (.327)	16–24 (.400)
JD Gustin (PacWest) (2016–2018)
2016–17	JD Gustin	5–21	5–15	11th
2017–18	JD Gustin	12–15	8–12	9th
JD Gustin (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2018–2020)
2018–19	JD Gustin	15–11	11–11	10th
2019–20	JD Gustin	18–12	12–10	7th
JD Gustin (Western Athletic Conference) (2020–present)
2020–21	JD Gustin
JD Gustin:		50–59	37–50
Total:		198–174 (.532)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion