The Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represents

Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtow ...

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the ...

. The team currently competes in the

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

as a member of Conference USA. Greg Collins is entering his fourth season as the head coach of the Lady Toppers in 2021–22 after previously serving as the team's associate head coach under Michelle Clark-Heard.

Postseason

Western Kentucky University's women's basketball team has appeared in 32 national postseason tournaments, all since 1984.

NCAA tournament results

The Lady Toppers have appeared in the NCAA tournament 20 times, with a record of 17–20. They were NCAA runners-up in 1992 and made Final Four appearances in 1985 and 1986.

WNIT results

The Lady Toppers have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) 12 times. They made the semifinals of the tournament in 2006 and 2007. *Note: Appearances were in the

National Women's Invitational Tournament The National Women's Invitational Tournament (NWIT) was a post-season tournament for women's intercollegiate basketball programs that was contested from 1969 to 1996. The original sponsorship information appears to have been lost over the ensuin ...

(NWIT), prior to the start of the WNIT.

Rivalries

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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters

Louisville Cardinals

Home venue

E. A. Diddle Arena

Players

WNBA draft

Coaches

*J. L. Author (1914–16) 1–0 record in 2 seasons as head coach (incomplete records) *No Team 1916–21 *Josephine Cherry and W.J. Craig (1921–22) 4–0 record in 1 season as co-head coaches *

Edgar Diddle Edgar Allen Diddle (March 12, 1895 – January 2, 1970) was an American college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1922 to 1964. Diddle became the first coach in history ...

(1922–24) 11–6 record in 2 seasons as head coach *Jane Culbert (1924–25) 3–6 record in 1 season as head coach *Nell Robbins (1925–26) 3–6 record in 1 season as head coach *Elizabeth Dabbs (1926–30) 20–11 record in 4 seasons as head coach (incomplete records) *No Team (1930–73) *Pam Dickson (1973–1974) 4–7 record in 1 season as head coach *Dr. Carol Hughes (1974–1976) 22–20 record in 2 seasons as head coach *Julia Yeater (1976–1978) 44–18 in 2 seasons as head coach *Eileen Canty (1978–1982) 50–62 in 4 seasons as head coach * Paul Sanderford (1982–1997) 365–120 in 15 seasons as head coach *Steve Small (1997–2001) 88–40 in 4 seasons as head coach *Shawn Campbell (2001–2002) 14–12 in 1 season as head coach *Marti Whitmore (2002) 2–2 in 1 season as head coach (finished 2002 season after Campbell's departure) *Mary Taylor Cowles (2002–2012) 199–119 in 10 seasons as head coach * Michelle Clark-Heard (2012–2018) 154–48 in 6 seasons as head coach *Greg Collins (2018–present) 49–38 in 3 seasons as head coach

References

External links

* {{Conference USA women's basketball navbox