{"id":5664,"date":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/georgetown-darnell-haney-basketball-28acd1f5c67eed57bcdde5d5b57b3bce\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","slug":"georgetown-darnell-haney-basketball-28acd1f5c67eed57bcdde5d5b57b3bce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/georgetown-darnell-haney-basketball-28acd1f5c67eed57bcdde5d5b57b3bce\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown makes Darnell Haney its women's basketball coach after a season as interim"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Darnell Haney<\/a> was promoted to head coach of the Georgetown women\u2019s basketball team on Wednesday after one season in an interim role succeeding the late Tasha Butts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Haney has led the Hoyas to a 22-11 record \u2014 their most wins since the 2010-11 season \u2014 including a run to the Big East Tournament championship game<\/a> and a berth in the first Women\u2019s Basketball Invitation Tournament. Georgetown plays Washington in the first round on Thursday night.<\/p>\n Haney came to Georgetown before this season as the associate head coach for Butts, who was hired last April but died of cancer in October at age 41 before coaching a game.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Haney was faced with an unimaginable task, but he certainly rose to the challenge,\u201d athletic director Lee Reed said. \u201cHe took our program to new heights this postseason and has proven to be a teacher, mentor and role model.\u201d<\/p>\n In the conference tournament last week, Georgetown beat No. 21 Creighton in the semifinals<\/a> for its first win since 2016 against a team ranked in the AP Top 25 and reached the Big East title game for the first time before losing against UConn.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Young Leads No. 21 UNLV to Third Straight MWC Title, Tops San Diego State 66-49<\/a><\/p>\n No. 6 Texas tops Iowa State to win Big 12 Tournament title for second time in three years<\/a><\/p>\n No. 21 UNLV women reach MWC championship sinking Colorado State 62-52<\/a><\/p>\n Haney was previously the head coach at Jacksonville University.<\/p>\n Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n AP women\u2019s college basketball: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/womens-college-basketball<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Darnell Haney was promoted to head coach of the Georgetown women\u2019s basketball team on Wednesday after one season in an interim role succeeding the late Tasha Butts. Haney has led the Hoyas to a 22-11 record \u2014 their most wins since the 2010-11 season \u2014 including a run to the Big East […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[223,1973,3325,251],"yoast_head":"\n
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