Samford Bulldogs women's basketball
Women's college basketball team
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The Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team, formerly the Samford Lady Bulldogs, is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Samford University in Homewood, Alabama, United States. Since 2008, the team competes in the Southern Conference (SoCon), after leaving the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They play their home games at the Pete Hanna Center.[2]
| Samford Bulldogs | |||
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| University | Samford University | ||
| First season | 1997–98 | ||
| Head coach | Matt Wise (1st season) | ||
| Location | Homewood, Alabama | ||
| Arena | Pete Hanna Center (capacity: 4,954) | ||
| Conference | SoCon | ||
| Nickname | Bulldogs | ||
| Colors | Blue and red[1] | ||
| All-time record | 291–282 (.508) | ||
| NCAA Division I tournament appearances | |||
| 2011, 2012, 2026 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 2011, 2012, 2020, 2026 | |||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||
| 2020, 2021 | |||
| Uniforms | |||
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Coaches
The Samford Bulldogs have had four coaches in their history. Until the end of the 2018–19 season, the team was coached by Mike Morris, who took over in 2002 for Janet Cone after she became Samford's associate athletics director.[3] In 2019, Carley Kuhns was hired from Valdosta State University to become the third head coach in history.[4] After Kuhns announced her resignation in April 2025, the Bulldogs promoted associate head coach Matt Wise to be the fourth head coach of the program.[5]
Janet Cone coaching history
Mike Morris coaching history
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Samford (A-Sun) (2002–2003) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Samford | 7–20 | 3–13 | ||||||
| Samford: | 7–20 | 3–13 | |||||||
| Samford (OVC) (2003–2008) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Samford | 10–17 | 3–13 | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Samford | 13–15 | 6–10 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | Samford | 21–8 | 15–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2006–07 | Samford | 18–13 | 12–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Samford | 23–9 | 15–5 | 2nd | |||||
| Samford: | 85–62 | 51–41 | |||||||
| Samford (SoCon) (2008–2019) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Samford | 22–7 | 16–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2009–10 | Samford | 23–11 | 14–6 | T-2nd | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Samford | 25–8 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Samford | 20–13 | 12–8 | 4th | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Samford | 15–16 | 11–9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Samford | 10–20 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Samford | 15–15 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Samford | 20–11 | 11–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 2016–17 | Samford | 12–19 | 4–10 | 6th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Samford | 15–16 | 6–8 | T-5th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Samford | 10–20 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
| Samford: | 187–156 | 110–78 | |||||||
| Total: | 279–238 | ||||||||
Carley Kuhns coaching history
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Samford (SoCon) (2019–2025) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Samford | 18–14 | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA cancelled | ||||
| 2020–21 | Samford | 14–11 | 11–2 | 1st | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Samford | 13–17 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Samford | 13–17 | 7–7 | 6th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Samford | 14–16 | 6–8 | 6th | |||||
| 2024–25 | Samford | 12–19 | 7–7 | 5th | |||||
| Samford: | 84–94 | 48–35 | |||||||
| Total: | 404–429 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Source: [6]
NCAA tournament results
The Bulldogs have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 0–3.
