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Penn State fires women's basketball coach Carolyn Kieger after seven season with the Nittany Lions
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- Penn State fired women’s basketball coach Carolyn Kieger after seven seasons, per athletic director Pat Kraft.
- The 2025-2026 season ended 11-18 overall, with a 4-14 Big Ten record under Kieger.
- Kieger led Penn State for seven seasons, including one winning season in 2023-24 at 22-13.
- Kraft described the change as necessary to propel the program toward sustained excellence.
- The university plans a national search for a new Penn State women’s basketball coach.
- Kieger’s departure follows prolonged underperformance in Big Ten play for both women’s and men’s teams.
- Kraft has overseen multiple coaching changes in the Penn State athletic department.
- Kieger’s best season came in 2023-24, when Penn State reached the WBIT Final Four.
- The Penn State women’s team finished 16th in the Big Ten in 2024-25 and missed the Big Ten tournament.
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