Just six games into the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball season, it seemed like an open and shut case. Acting head coach Vonn Read would stay on for the remainder of the season and be replaced by a new, permanent leader.
But now, after Syracuse’s surprising success over the last month, the acting head coach’s future isn’t so cut and dry.
Read was appointed acting head coach on August 4, just three months ahead of the 2021-22 season. The program was in turmoil after losing a mind-boggling 11 players to the transfer portal in the weeks after the 2020-21 season came to an end.