The University of Denver named Doshia Woods (Western Illinois ’01) its 11th head women’s basketball coach in the program’s history on July 21, 2020.
  Woods comes to the Mile High City after 10 seasons on the Tulane women’s basketball coaching staff. During her time at Tulane, Woods and the Green Wave produced six-straight 20+ win seasons and earned seven-straight postseason berths, including a trip to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Woods ended her time at Tulane as the recruiting coordinator and was responsible for the perimeter players, scouting reports, recruiting, admissions, compliance and academic progress.

In her time at Tulane, Woods coached six different guards to all-conference honors, including four-time all-conference selection Kolby Morgan, who became the first player in program history to reach 1,000 career points in her first two seasons. Woods coached Leslie Vorpahl, a two-time all-conference selection, to becoming just the second player in the Green Wave’s program history to surpass both 1,000 career points and 500 career assists. Woods helped land a national top 50 recruit, Louisiana’s Gatorade Player of the Year, Miss Basketball and the No. 1 recruit in Louisiana, Jerkaila Jordan, in the 2020 class.  

The Topeka, Kansas native arrived at Tulane after two seasons at the University of Missouri, which came after three seasons at Oregon State. During her two stints at Power-5 programs, Woods recruited and coached seven all-conference players, including Alaska and Gatorade Player of the Year Talisa Rhea. Woods’ other assistant coaching stints include a season at New Mexico State and three-seasons at Summit League member Western Illinois, her alma mater. With the Leathernecks, Woods coached seven all-league performers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chefranjohn/support