Photo: Kelly Price | Mississippi State
After guiding the Bulldogs to a historic 2017-18 season, the Bulldogs' sixth-year head coach was named WBCA/United States Marine Corps Division I National Coach of the Year.
Schaefer guided this season's Bulldog squad to the program's first Southeastern Conference regular-season championship, the first for any women's program at MSU.
Mississippi State also advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third-straight year after claiming the school's first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
With Monday's second-round win against Oklahoma State, this year's squad matched last season's National Finalist team for the most wins in school history with 34.