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Overview of the sports team
The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball [ 2] team represents Northern Arizona University , located in Flagstaff , Arizona , in NCAA Division I women's competition . The school's team competes in the Big Sky Conference .[ 3] [ 4] Loree Payne, formerly the head coach at the University of Puget Sound , was named the head coach of the lumberjacks in April 2017.[ 5] The women's basketball team reached the conference tournament championship in 2023.
The Lumberjacks play home games at the Findlay Toyota Court .
Statistics overview
Season
Coach
Overall
Postseason
Joyce Gedde (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976)
1974–75
Joyce Gedde
2-10
0-7
1975–76
Joyce Gedde
0-14
0-13
Joyce Gedde:
2-24
0-20
Sue Lambert (Intermountain Conference) (1982–1984)
1976–77
Sue Lambert
5-14
2-11
1977–78
Sue Lambert
5-14
3-11
Sue Lambert:
10-28
5-22
Linda French (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976)
1978–79
Linda French
5-15
1979–80
Linda French
4-22
Linda French:
9-37
Paulette Gebert (Intermountain Conference) (1980–1982)
1980–81
Paulette Gebert
4-20
1-9
1981–82
Paulette Gebert
6-20
1-9
Paulette Gebert (Independent) (1982–1983)
1982–83
Paulette Gebert
9–15
Paulette Gebert:
19-55
Dave Brown (Independent) (1983–1987)
1983–84
Dave Brown
10-14
1984–85
Dave Brown
12-14
1985–86
Dave Brown
17-8
1986–87
Dave Brown
9-18
Dave Brown (Mountain West Conference) (1987–1988)
1987–88
Dave Brown
14-15
8-8
Dave Brown (Big Sky Conference ) (1988–1990)
1988–89
Dave Brown
12-14
6–10
1989–90
Dave Brown
11-17
6–10
Dave Brown:
85-100
12-20
Linda Bruns (Big Sky Conference ) (1990–1993)
1990–91
Linda Bruns
1-26
1-15
1991–92
Linda Bruns
7-20
0-16
1992–93
Linda Bruns
4–24
0-14
Linda Bruns :
10-70
1-45
Charli Turner (Big Sky Conference ) (1993–1996)
1993–94
Charli Turner
12–15
6-8
1994–95
Charli Turner Thorne
14–12
1995–96
Charli Turner Thorne
14–13
6-8
Charli Turner Thorne :
40-40
18-24
Meg Sanders (Big Sky Conference ) (1996–2003)
1996–97
Meg Sanders
17-11
10-6
1997–98
Meg Sanders
22-6
15-1
1998–99
Meg Sanders
14-14
7-9
1999–2000
Meg Sanders
11-18
7-9
2000–01
Meg Sanders
13-17
10-6
2001–02
Meg Sanders
17–11
10-6
2002–03
Meg Sanders
13-15
6-8
Meg Sanders :
107-92
65-43
Laurie Kelly (Big Sky Conference ) (2003–2012)
2003–04
Laurie Kelly
12-16
5-9
2004–05
Laurie Kelly
19-10
9-5
2005–06
Laurie Kelly
22-11
9-5
2006–07
Laurie Kelly
20-12
11-5
2007–08
Laurie Kelly
10-20
6-10
2008–09
Laurie Kelly
9-21
6-10
2009–10
Laurie Kelly
5-24
3-13
2010–11
Laurie Kelly
11-18
6-10
2011–12
Laurie Kelly
9-20
4-12
Laurie Kelly:
117-152
59-79
Sue Darling (Big Sky Conference ) (2013–2016)
2012–13
Sue Darling
8-21
7-13
2013–14
Sue Darling
9–20
6–14
2014–15
Sue Darling
13-17
9-9
2015–16
Sue Darling
6–24
2–16
Sue Darling :
32-114
Robyne Bostick (Big Sky Conference ) (2016–2017)
2016-17
Robyne Bostick
9-21
5-13
Robyne Bostick :
9-21
5–13
Loree Payne (Big Sky Conference ) (2017–present)
2017-18
Loree Payne
7-23
4-14
2018-19
Loree Payne
13-18
8-12
2019-20
Loree Payne
16-15
12-8
NCAA Tournament canceled
2020-21
Loree Payne
16-5
12-2
2021-22
Loree Payne
17-14
12-8
2022-23
Loree Payne
21-14
13-5
Loree Payne :
90–89
61–49
Total:
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
Postseason appearances [ edit ]
NCAA tournament results [ edit ]
The Lumberjacks have made one NCAA Tournament appearance. They have a record of 0–1.
Year
Seed
Round
Opponent
Result
2006
#14
First Round
#3 Baylor
L 56–74
The Lumberjacks have made two WNIT appearances. They have a record of 0–2.
Year
Round
Opponent
Result
2023
First Round
New Mexico
L 64–72
Year
Round
Opponent
Result
2024
Second Round
South Dakota
L 65–79
Academics Athletics Facilities History and media People
Founded : 1899
Students : 28,090
Endowment : $225.9 million
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