The Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represents

Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (officially Oklahoma State University; informally Oklahoma State, OK State, OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act. Originall ...

and competes in the

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major ...

. The team's head coach is

Jacie Hoyt Jacinta Renee Hoyt (born April 2, 1987) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. Playing career Hoyt attended Hoxie High School in Kansas and played for her mother, Shelly. Jacie was a three-time all-state ...

, who was hired in March 2022. The Cowgirls play their home games in the

Gallagher-Iba Arena Gallagher-Iba Arena, also once known as ''"The Rowdiest Arena in the Country"'' and ''"The Madison Square Garden of the Plains”'', is the basketball and wrestling venue at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. Origi ...

Stillwater, Oklahoma Stillwater ( iow, Ñápinⁿje, ''meaning: "Water quiet"'') is a city in, and the county seat of, Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. Route 177 and State Highway 51. As of th ...

History

OSU first fielded a women's team during the 1973–74 season.

Women's basketball coaches

Head women's basketball coaches *

Jacy Showers Jacy is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jacy (footballer) (born 1997), Brazilian football player * Jacy J. Hurst, American judge * Jacy Reese Anthis (born 1992), American activist See also * Jace Jace or Jase is a ...

, 1972–1976 * Brenda Johnson, 1976–1977 * Judy Bugher, 1977–1983 *

Dick Halterman Dick Halterman (born April 28, 1947) is a former American collegiate women's basketball coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball program from 1983 to 2001. In 19 seasons as head coach, he posted a 350-244 ( ...

, 1983–2002 * Julie Goodenough, 2002–2005 *

Kurt Budke Kurt John Budke (June 3, 1961 – November 17, 2011) was an American college basketball coach. Budke was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. His final coaching job was as the head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls baske ...

, 2005–2011 *

Jim Littell James Alan Littell (born September 28, 1955) is a former head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team. He is currently an assistant coach for the Wichita State. Littell spent 14 seasons as the head coach at Seward County C ...

, 2011–2022; took over in November 2011 after the death of Kurt Budke in a 2011 plane crash. *

, 2022-present

Conferences

OSU has played in the Big 8 and the Big 12 conferences. The school joined the Big 12 in 1997 when the Big 8 merged with several former members of the defunct

Southwest Conference The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma an ...

Year-by-year results

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NCAA tournament results

The Cowgirls have appeared in 16 NCAA Tournaments, with a record of 12-16.

References

External links

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