After finishing her first season with more wins than any other first-year head coach in the nation, University of Kentucky women’s basketball head coach Kyra Elzy has earned the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Spalding Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I NCAA Rookie Coach of the Year.
The Spalding Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award is named in honor of the late Maggie Dixon, former Army head coach, whose success during her inaugural year at the Black Knights’ helm was remarkable. Dixon was named 2006 Patriot League Coach of the Year after leading Army to the conference title and its first-ever NCAA Division I tournament appearance.