:North Dakota State Bison women's basketball

{{Short description|Women's college basketball team}}

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{{Infobox college basketball team|women=yes

|current = 2024–25 North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team

|name = North Dakota State Bison women's basketball

|logo = North Dakota State Bison wordmark.svg

|logo_size = 200

|university = North Dakota State University

|coach = Jory Collins

|tenure = 6th

|conference = Summit League

|location = Fargo, North Dakota

|arena = Scheels Center

|capacity = 5,460

|nickname = Bison

|AIAWfinalfour = Division II: 1982

|AIAWtourneys = Division II: 1979, 1982

|bestfinish = 1

|NCAAchampion = Division II
1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

|NCAArunnerup = Division II
1986, 1992, 2000

|NCAAfinalfour = Division II
1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000

|NCAAeliteeight = Division II
1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000

|NCAAsweetsixteen = Division II
1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000

|NCAAsecondround = Division II
1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004

|NCAAtourneys = Division II
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004

|conference_tournament =

|conference_season = 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997

}}

The North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team is part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. They are members of NCAA Division I and the Summit League. The Bison head coach is Jory Collins in his 5th season.{{Cite web|url=http://gobison.com/news/2019/3/11/womens-basketball-maren-walseth-north-dakota-state-mutually-agree-to-part-ways.aspx|title=Maren Walseth, North Dakota State Mutually Agree to Part Ways|website=NDSU|date=11 March 2019 |access-date=2019-03-11}}

NCAA Division II Championships

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|rowspan="1"| NCAA

|rowspan="1"| Division II

|rowspan="1"| Basketball

199181–74Southeast Missouri State
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|rowspan="1"| NCAA

|rowspan="1"| Division II

|rowspan="1"| Basketball

199395–63Delta State
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|rowspan="1"| NCAA

|rowspan="1"| Division II

|rowspan="1"| Basketball

199489–56Cal State San Bernardino
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|rowspan="1"| NCAA

|rowspan="1"| Division II

|rowspan="1"| Basketball

199598–85Portland State
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|rowspan="1"| NCAA

|rowspan="1"| Division II

|rowspan="1"| Basketball

1996104–78Shippensburg

NCAA Division II runner-up teams:

  • 1986
  • 1992
  • 2000

Postseason

=WNIT=

The Bison have made three appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). Their record is 3–3.

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| 2023

| First round

| at Oregon

| L 57–96

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| rowspan=2|2024

| Second round

| Montana

| W 72–63

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| Super 16

| at Minnesota

| L 65–69

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| rowspan=3|2025

| Second round

| New Mexico State

| W 68–65

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| Super 16

|Washington State

| W 59–51

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| Great 8

| Troy

| L 97–88OT

=NCAA Division II tournament results=

The Bison made eighteen appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 47–13.http://www.gobison.com/documents/2015/3/26/NDSUWBBRecordBook.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=North Dakota State Bison|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}}

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| 1986

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Bryant
Mankato State
Central Missouri State
Philadelphia Textile
Cal Poly Pomona

| W, 81–63
W, 67–62
W, 77–60
W, 77–61
L, 63–70

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| 1987

| Regional Finals
Elite Eight

| St. Cloud State
Cal Poly Pomona

| W, 67–65
L, 67–77

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| 1988

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four

| St. Cloud State
South Dakota State
St. Joseph's (IN)
Hampton

| W, 77–57
W, 91–77
W, 87–74
L, 63–72

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| 1989

| First round
Regional Finals

| South Dakota
St. Cloud State

| W, 72–71 (OT)
L, 80–87

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| 1990

| First round
Regional Finals

| St. Cloud State
North Dakota

| W, 91–74
L, 58–90

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| 1991

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Augustana (SD)
North Dakota
Bellarmine
Bentley
Southeast Missouri State

| W, 90–89
W, 81–59
W, 87–64
W, 83–76
W, 81–74

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| 1992

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| South Dakota State
Augustana (SD)
Washburn
Portland State
Delta State

| W, 92–58
W, 104–69
W, 79–51
W, 93–59
L, 63–65

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| 1993

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Denver
Augustana (SD)
Cal Poly Pomona
Bentley
Delta State

| W, 92–77
W, 91–82
W, 91–55
W, 79–57
W, 95–63

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| 1994

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Augustana (SD)
South Dakota State
Missouri Western State
North Alabama
Cal State San Bernardino

| W, 82–59
W, 82–52
W, 91–74
W, 123–56
W, 89–56

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| 1995

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Minnesota–Duluth
South Dakota State
Oakland
Missouri Western State
Portland State

| W, 98–61
W, 82–68
W, 87–61
W, 74–67
W, 98–85

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| 1996

| First round
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Minnesota–Duluth
North Dakota
Portland State
Delta State
Shippensburg

| W, 72–52
W, 89–77
W, 91–65
W, 93–72
W, 104–78

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| 1997

| Regional semifinals
Regional Finals

| Nebraska–Kearney
North Dakota

| W, 76–65
L, 66–73

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| 1998

| First round

| Northern State

| L, 73–76

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| 1999

| Regional semifinals
Regional Finals

| Minnesota–Duluth
North Dakota

| W, 61–50
L, 60–83

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| 2000

| Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship

| Minnesota–Duluth
North Dakota
Delta State
Columbus State
Northern Kentucky

| W, 77–72
W, 92–72
W, 71–64
W, 72–56
L, 62–71 (OT)

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| 2001

| First round

| Minnesota–Duluth

| L, 73–81

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| 2003

| First round
Second Round

| Nebraska–Kearney
South Dakota

| W, 76–69
L, 61–84

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| 2004

| First round
Second Round

| South Dakota
North Dakota

| W, 70–63
L, 65–66

=AIAW College Division/Division II=

The Bison made two appearances in the AIAW National Division II basketball tournament, with a combined record of 2–2–1.

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| 1979

| First round

| High Point

| L, 40–93

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| 1982

| First round
Second Round
Semifinals
Third-place game

| Centenary
Biola
College of Charleston
William Penn

| W, w/o
W, 87–71
L, 73–88
T, 76–76

Season–by–season results

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Colette Folstad

| conference=No Conference

| startyear =1966

| endyear =1970

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1966–67

| name = Colette Folstad

| overall = 3–3

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1967–68

| name = Colette Folstad

| overall = 8–2

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1968–69

| name = Colette Folstad

| overall = 5–4

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1969–70

| name = Colette Folstad

| overall = 9–1

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Colette Folstad

| overall = {{Winning percentage|25|10|record=y}}

| confrecord = –

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Carol Mondor

| conference=No Conference

| startyear =1970

| endyear =1971

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1970–71

| name = Carol Mondor

| overall = 3–8

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Carol Mondor

| overall = {{Winning percentage|3|8|record=y}}

| confrecord = –

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Sue Feeney

| conference=No Conference

| startyear =1971

| endyear =1972

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1971–72

| name = Sue Feeney

| overall = 7–4

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Sue Feeney

| overall = {{Winning percentage|7|4|record=y}}

| confrecord = –

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Sharon Anderson

| conference=Minn–Kota Conference

| startyear =1972

| endyear =1973

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1972–73

| name = Sharon Anderson

| overall = 6–10

| conference = 1—2

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Sharon Anderson

| overall = {{Winning percentage|6|10|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|1|2|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Pat Halvorson

| conference=Minn–Kota Conference

| startyear =1973

| endyear =1975

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1973–74

| name = Pat Halvorson

| overall = 10–4

| conference = 5—2

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1974–75

| name = Pat Halvorson

| overall = 6–10

| conference = 2—5

| confstanding = —

| postseason = AIAW Playoffs

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Pat Halvorson

| overall = {{Winning percentage|16|14|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|7|7|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Judy Strachen

| conference=Minn–Kota Conference

| startyear =1975

| endyear =1977

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1975–76

| name = Judy Strachen

| overall = 4–14

| conference = 2—5

| confstanding = —

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1976–77

| name = Judy Strachen

| overall = 3–22

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason = AIAW Playoffs

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Judy Strachen

| overall = {{Winning percentage|7|36|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|2|5|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Paul McKinnon

| conference=Minn–Kota Conference

| startyear =1977

| endyear =1979

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1977–78

| name = Paul McKinnon

| overall = 12–21

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason = AIAW Playoffs

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1978–79

| name = Paul McKinnon

| overall = 13–19

| conference = —

| confstanding = —

| postseason = AIAW Nationals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Paul McKinnon

| overall = {{Winning percentage|25|40|record=y}}

| confrecord = –

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Amy Ruley

| conference=North Central Conference

| startyear =1979

| endyear =2004

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1979–80

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 14–15

| conference = —

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1980–81

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 19–12

| conference = —

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1981–82

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 22–10

| conference = —

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = AIAW Fourth Place

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1982–83

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 16–10

| conference = 5—5

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1983–84

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 15–12

| conference = 5—7

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1984–85

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 19–8

| conference = 8—6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1985–86

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 24–9

| conference = 10—4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II Runner-up

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1986–87

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 26–4

| conference = 12—2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1987–88

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 28–3

| conference = 13—1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1988–89

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 23–7

| conference = 11—3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1989–90

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 25–5

| conference = 15—3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1990–91

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 31–2

| conference = 16—2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1991–92

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 29–4

| conference = 16—2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1992–93

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 30–2

| conference = 16—2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1993–94

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 27–5

| conference = 15—3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1994–95

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 32–0

| conference = 18—0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1995–96

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 30–2

| conference = 17—1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1996–97

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 28–1

| conference = 18—0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 22–6

| conference = 14—4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 24–5

| conference = 14—4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1999–00

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 28–4

| conference = 14—4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 25–8

| conference = 13—5

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 18–10

| conference = 10—8

| confstanding = T—3rd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 26–7

| conference = 12—4

| confstanding = T—3rd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2003–04

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 24–7

| conference = 11—3

| confstanding = T—1st

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Amy Ruley

| conference=Independent

| startyear =2004

| endyear =2007

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2004–05

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 26–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 9–17

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 14–11

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Amy Ruley

| conference=Summit League

| startyear =2007

| endyear =2008

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2007–08

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = 17–11

| conference = 12—6

| confstanding = T—2nd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Amy Ruley

| overall = {{Winning percentage|671|198|record=y}}

| confrecord =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Carolyn DeHoff

| conference=Summit League

| startyear =2008

| endyear =2014

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = 16–13

| conference = 12—6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = 16–13

| conference = 11—7

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2010–11

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = 13–16

| conference = 9—9

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = 11–20

| conference = 8—10

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–2013

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = 10–19

| conference = 6—10

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2013–14

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = 6–24

| conference = 2—12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Carolyn DeHoff

| overall = {{Winning percentage|72|105|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|48|54|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Maren Walseth

| conference=Summit League

| startyear =2014

| endyear =2019

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = Maren Walseth

| overall = 11–18

| conference = 7—9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2015–16

| name = Maren Walseth

| overall = 7–22

| conference = 2—14

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016–17

| name = Maren Walseth

| overall = 6–24

| conference = 4—12

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2017–18

| name = Maren Walseth

| overall = 9–20

| conference = 2—12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2018–19

| name = Maren Walseth

| overall = 7–22

| conference = 4—12

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Maren Walseth

| overall = {{Winning percentage|40|106|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|19|59|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Jory Collins

| conference=Summit League

| startyear =2019

| endyear =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2019–20

| name = Jory Collins

| overall = 11–19

| conference = 7—9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2020–21

| name = Jory Collins

| overall = 15–9

| conference = 9—7

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2021–22

| name = Jory Collins

| overall = 11–18

| conference = 7—11

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = Jory Collins

| overall = 18–12

| conference = 12—6

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = WNIT First Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2023–24

| name = Jory Collins

| overall = 22–12

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = WNIT Super 16

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Jory Collins

| overall = {{Winning percentage|77|70|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|48|36|record=y}}

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{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = {{Winning percentage|948|600|record=y}}

| poll =

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Arenas

Head coaches

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! # !! Name !! Term !! Record

1Collette Folstad1966–196922–9
2Carol Mondor19703–8
3Sue Feeney19717–4
4Sharon Anderson19726–10
5Pat Halvorson1973–7516–14
6Judy Stachen1976-777–36
7Paul McKinnon1977–7825–40
8Amy Ruley1979–2008671–198
9Carolyn DeHoff2008–201474–105
10Maren Walseth2014–201940–106
11Jory Collins2019–present77–70

References

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