Niecee Nelson was the head women's basketball coach at

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, serving from 2016 through 2021. Nelson previously served as an assistant coach at IPFW from 2004–05. She also was an assistant coach for

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and as a graduate assistant coach for

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. At the time of her dismissal from Purdue-Fort Wayne, she was the subject of a "months-long 2020 investigation by IndyStar looking into alleged toxic abuse in her program" https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2021/02/26/purdue-fort-wayne-womens-basketball-niecee-nelson-out/6840568002/ Nelson graduated from

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in 2002 and

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with a Master's degree in 2004. She is married to her husband Steve.

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