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June Daugherty, former women’s basketball coach, dies at 64
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAugust 5, 2021 GMT
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) June Daugherty, the former Washington and Washington State women’s basketball coach who led the Huskies to seven NCAA Tournaments, has died. She was 64.
Washington State said Daugherty died Monday at her Boise, Idaho, home.
A basketball fixture in the Northwest for nearly three decades, Daugherty was head coach at Boise State (1989-96), Washington (1996-2007) and Washington State (2007-18). She had a 443-441 record and went to the NCAA Tournament eight times.
In Daugherty’s 11 years at Washington State, the Cougars went 130-217 overall and 56-141 in league play. Daugherty ended a run of 17 straight losing seasons by going 17-17 in 2013-14 and had her first winning season one year later, going 17-15.
Report drills NCAA on equity, calls for combined Final Four A law firm hired to investigate gender equity concerns at NCAA championship events recommended holding the men s and women s Final Fours at the same site.
By RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press August 3, 2021 7:12pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity by prioritizing its cash cow Division I men s basketball tournament over everything else, according a scathing review released Tuesday after an uproar over how the association conducts its championship events.
A law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate equity issues released a 113-page report that includes a series of recommenda