FARGO, N.D.--Carolyn DeHoff was introduced as North Dakota State University's ninth head women's basketball coach in the program's 44-year history at a press conference Friday. NDSU director of women's athletics Lynn Dorn made the announcement.
DeHoff replaces Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coach Amy Ruley, who resigned in March to accept an associate athletic director for development position at North Dakota State. Ruley compiled a 671-198 record in 29 seasons at NDSU including five NCAA Division II national championships.
DeHoff completed her first season as associate head coach in 2007-08 and fifth overall on Elaine Elliott's Utah staff. The Utes finished 27-5 overall and won the Mountain West Conference regular season championship with a 16-0 record. Utah lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament this season.
Her duties at Utah included coordinating recruiting efforts, point guard development, organization and planning of the schedule, coordination of academic affairs and directing summer camps.
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During her stay in Salt Lake City, the Utes won 123 games, three regular season conference championships and one MWC tournament title. Utah made three trips to the NCAA tournament including an Elite Eight berth in 2006 and a WNIT appearance in 2007. The Utes also had a pair of WNBA first round draft picks, along with second round pick in this year's draft.
Her 17-year coaching resume includes a five-year stop at Weber State. |
The Wildcats went from a sub-.500 program to a back-to-back NCAA tournament participant. Weber State won consecutive Big Sky titles and posted back-to-back 20 win seasons.
Prior to Weber State, DeHoff was the top assistant at Wyoming for seven seasons and also was an assistant coach at Coronado High School in Scottsdale, Ariz.
A standout high school player at Cheyenne (Wyo.) East, DeHoff was a Street & Smith's All-America her senior year. She played at Arizona State University from 1987-90, she was a captain.
A native of Cheyenne, DeHoff graduated from Arizona State in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science and physical education.
North Dakota State returns six players from last season's 17-11 team that tied for second in The Summit League with a 12-6 record.
