Kim Barnes Arico and her young University of Michigan women's basketball team keep reaching new milestones.
Barnes Arico is the first women's basketball coach in U-M history to be named Big Ten Coach of the Year in both the coaches and media voting panels. She heads the Big Ten's honor squads, which were announced by the conference on Monday.
Barnes Arico guided a Wolverines team (22-8) heavy on underclassmen to third place in the Big Ten with an 11-5 record, marking the Wolverines' highest conference finish since 2010-11 and the fourth top-three finish in school history.