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Vanderbilt women's basketball head coach Shea Ralph, left, the 2026 AP Women's Coach of the Year and UConn's Sarah Strong, the 2026 AP Women's Player of the Year, pose for photographs during a news conference at the Women's Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Phoenix. Credit: AP/Ross D. FranklinPHOENIX — Shea Ralph surveyed the room as she received The Associated Press Coach of the Year award and all she saw was family.On one side was the Vanderbilt coach's assistants and school administrators, as well as her husband, daughter and mother. On the other,…
PHOENIX — Vanderbilt’s Shea Ralph was named The Associated Press women’s college basketball coach of the year Thursday after turning the Commodores into one of the nation’s top teams.Ralph led a team that returned just one starter to the most successful season in program history. The Commodores went 29-5, with 13 of those wins coming in the regular season against a rugged Southeastern Conference schedule. The Commodores finished tied for second in the league, which matched the best showing in program history, and they earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Division I tournament and reached the Sweet 16.”It’s…
Shea Ralph named AP women’s basketball Coach of the Year after Vanderbilt’s 29-5 seasonBy DOUG FEINBERGAP Basketball WriterThe Associated PressPHOENIXShea Ralph of Vanderbilt has been named The Associated Press women’s basketball Coach of the Year. Ralph led the Commodores to the most successful season in school history, finishing 29-5. The team returned just one starter and tied for second in the Southeastern Conference. They earned a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament and reached the Sweet 16. Ralph received 23 votes from the 31-member national media panel. She is the first Vanderbilt coach to win the award, which started in 1994-95.PHOENIX…
National Today By the People, for the PeopleNewsCoaches and players celebrate prestigious accolades surrounded by their college communities.Apr. 3, 2026 at 2:27amGot story updates? Submit your updates here. ›Vanderbilt women’s basketball head coach Shea Ralph was named the AP Coach of the Year, while UConn star player Sarah Strong received the AP Player of the Year award. Both were surrounded by their teams, families, and school administrators as they accepted the prestigious honors.These annual AP awards recognize the top individual achievements in college basketball, celebrating the hard work and leadership of the sport’s most impactful figures. Winning these awards is…
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Vanderbilt football needed a way to develop chemistry on the offensive line with only one returning starter for 2026.While a transfer-heavy offensive line worked wonders for the Commodores a year ago, Vanderbilt now needs another new group to gel. How do you do that? The answer is typically for the players to spend as much time together as possible, and the Commodores have now found new places to do that: baseball and basketball games.Several of the linemen attended men’s and women’s basketball games as both teams qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2026. Now that basketball is done, they have…
In this story:The shot is of great enough magnitude for Vanderbilt guard Tyler Tanner to have known immediately that it was going to haunt him forever. For a second all he could do was lay on the ground and think about all that could’ve been and all that was. Tanner’s halfcourt heave was right on line and hit the glass like he intended. In another universe, it’s a contender for the greatest shot in Vanderbilt basketball history. Instead, though, it’s an example of cruelty that prompted Tanner’s emotion as he was propped up by Vanderbilt freshman guard Jaylon Dean-Vines and walked…
Vanderbilt head coach Shea Ralph cheers on her players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt head coach Shea Ralph celebrates with forward Sacha Washington (35) during the second half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament against Illinois, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt head coach Shea Ralph cheers on her players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt head coach Shea Ralph celebrates with forward Sacha Washington (35) during the…
PHOENIX — Shea Ralph of Vanderbilt was named The Associated Press women’s basketball Coach of the Year on Thursday after turning the Commodores into one of the top teams in the nation.Ralph led a team that returned just one starter to the most successful season in school history. The team went 29-5, with 13 of those wins coming in the regular season against a rugged Southeastern Conference schedule. The Commodores finished tied for second in the conference, which matched the best finish in program history. They earned a 2-seed in the NCAA tournament and reached the Sweet 16.”It’s wild. It’s…
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