June Karen Daugherty (

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Brewer; August 11, 1956 – August 2, 2021) was an American women's college basketball coach who was head coach at

Washington State University Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...

Coaching career

In her seven years as head coach at Boise State from 1989 to 1996, Daugherty finished with a 122–75 record, 73–31 in the

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. In her 11 years at Washington from 1996 to 2007, Daugherty took her teams to the NCAA tournament 6 times, including her final year. Her contract was not renewed after the season. Daugherty finished with a 191–131 record, 113–85 in the

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. Daugherty became head coach at rival

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in 2007 after being fired from Washington. She led Washington State to WNIT appearances in

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and

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. On March 13, 2018, it was announced that Daugherty was fired as head coach of WSU.

Personal life

Daugherty was married to husband Mike, who formerly served as the associate head coach for WSU, and UW. They have twin children, Doc and Breanne. She suffered from health issues for many years, and died at the age of 64 from heart troubles.

Head coaching record

References

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