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Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer announced that she will retire in September after 50 years and 1,055 wins as a head coach. Stringer is one of several pioneers in women's college basketball who will retire before the 2022-23 season. In March, Arizona State coach Charli Turner Thorne announced she was retiring after 25 seasons in Tempe. Sue Semrau, the winningest coach in Florida State women's basketball history, also announced her retirement. And longtime Texas A&M coach Gary Blair had previously announced he would retire at the end of the 2021-22 season. ESPN.com is tracking all of the 2022-23 coaching carousel moves in women's college basketball throughout the offseason: School: Out/In Arizona State: Charli Turner Thorne / Natasha Adair Buffalo: Felisha Legette-Jack / Becky Burke Butler: Kurt Godlevske / Austin Parkinson BYU: Jeff Judkins / Amber Whiting Cal Poly: Faith Mimnaugh / Shanele Stires UCF: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson / Sytia Messer Chattanooga: Katie Burrows / Shawn Poppie Coastal Carolina: Jaida Williams / Kevin Pederson Coppin State: Laura Harper / Jermaine Woods Dayton: Shauna Green / Tamika Williams-Jeter Delaware: Natasha Adair / Sarah Jenkins Fairfield: Joe Frager / Carly Thibault-DuDonis Florida: * / Kelly Rae Finley Florida State: Sue Semrau / Brooke Wyckoff Fordham: Stephanie Gaitley / Candice Green^^ Georgia: Joni Taylor / Katie Abrahamson-Henderson Harvard: Kathy Delaney-Smith / Carrie Moore Illinois: Nancy Fahey / Shauna Green IUPUI: Austin Parkinson / Kate Bruce Kansas City: Jacie Hoyt / Dionnah Jackson-Durrett Longwood: Rebecca Tillett / Erika Lang-Montgomery Loyola Chicago: Kate Achter / Allison Guth Mississippi State: Doug Novak^ / Sam Purcell Missouri State: Amaka "Mox" Agugua-Hamilton / Beth Cunningham Oklahoma State: Jim Littell / Jacie Hoyt Rutgers: C. Vivian Stringer** / Coquese Washington Saint Louis: Lisa Stone / Rebecca Tillett South Carolina Upstate: Becky Burke / Jason Williams South Dakota: Dawn Plitzuweit / Kayla Karius Syracuse: Vonn Read^ / Felisha Legette-Jack Temple Tonya Cardoza / Diane Richardson Texas A&M: Gary Blair / Joni Taylor Texas Southern: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke / Vernette Skeete Towson: Diane Richardson / Laura Harper Virginia: Tina Thompson / Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Wake Forest: Jen Hoover / Megan Gebbia West Virginia: Mike Carey / Dawn Plitzuweit Yale: Allison Guth / Dalila Eshe * Finley was interim coach in 2021-22; the interim tag was removed Feb. 28 ** Will retire Sept. 1 ^ Interim coach for 2021-22 ^^ Interim coach for 2022-23
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