Before Navy women’s basketball can turn things around, there needs to be trust between the new coaching staff, led by head coach Tim Taylor, and the players.
“Things have been a lot more positive in the team environment this year. It’s a lot of learning, it’s a lot of hands-on, but I definitely think the girls are receptive to his coaching style,” Gatzounas said. “A lot of energy, a lot of teaching. It’s been great.”
Along with mentoring, inspiring and preaching accountability, Taylor hopes he and his staff instill confidence in one another to slowly regenerate a Navy women’s basketball program that finished last in the Patriot League last season and has had back-to-back losing seasons.