{"id":72073,"date":"2022-03-09T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=72073"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:21:01","slug":"womens-basketball-coach-signs-contract-extension-through-2026-27-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_09_2022\/womens-basketball-coach-signs-contract-extension-through-2026-27-season","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Basketball Coach Signs Contract Extension Through 2026-27 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Toledo and head women’s basketball coach Tricia Cullop have reached an agreement that extends Cullop\u2019s contract through the 2026-27 season, UToledo Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mike O’Brien announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely pleased to extend Tricia\u2019s contract and continue the success and stability of our women\u2019s basketball program,” O’Brien said. “Tricia is an outstanding coach and leader of young women, and I\u2019m sure our women\u2019s basketball program will thrive for many years to come under her guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now in her 14th season as Toledo\u2019s head coach, Tricia Cullop was named MAC Coach of the Year following her team\u2019s regular-season championship title this year.<\/p><\/div>\n

O\u2019Brien, who is retiring on April 30, said the decision to extend Cullop\u2019s contract was made in consultation with incoming Vice President\/Director of Athletics Bryan Blair, who assumes his post on May 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cBryan and I have spoken about extending Tricia\u2019s contract, and we are in total agreement on the decision,\u201d said O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

Now in her 14th season as Toledo\u2019s head coach, Cullop was named MAC Coach of the Year following her team\u2019s regular-season championship title this year. The Rockets are 25-4 overall (19-1 MAC) and enter this week\u2019s MAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed. During her tenure, Cullop has led Toledo to three MAC regular-season titles, a MAC Tournament Championship and NCAA appearance in 2017, and a WNIT Championship crown in 2011. Her 292 career wins are the most in program history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank UToledo President Gregory Postel, Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike O\u2019Brien and our incoming Vice President and Director of Athletics Bryan Blair for their trust and belief in me to continue leading our Toledo women\u2019s basketball program,\u201d said Cullop. \u201cI am honored and grateful to receive this extension and to be given the opportunity to continue working at a place I love with people I truly enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toledo experienced five-consecutive losing campaigns prior to Cullop\u2019s arrival in 2008, but she quickly turned the Midnight Blue & Gold into a powerhouse in the MAC.<\/p>\n

The Rockets have amassed an impressive 292-156 overall record and a 160-85 conference mark during her tenure. Her teams have made eight post-season appearances, won or shared four MAC titles, won at least 24 games in seven seasons, and twice set the school mark with 29 wins (2010-11 and 2012-13). The Rockets\u2019 19 league wins this past season also established a school record.<\/p>\n

Cullop\u2019s teams have thrived in the classroom as well, posting team grade point average above 3.2 in 16 of the past 26 semesters. Toledo also finished in the top four in the MAC in Academic Progress Rate (APR) in each of the last five years.<\/p>\n

A 1993 graduate of Purdue University, Cullop previously served as head coach at Evansville from 2000-08, winning a league co-championship in her final season with the Purple Aces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tricia Cullop was named 2021-22 MAC Coach of the Year after leading Toledo Women\u2019s Basketball to League Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72073"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72079,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72073\/revisions\/72079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}