Miami finalizing deal with Toledo's Tricia Cullop to become women's coach, AP source says
Miami is finalizing an agreement to bring Toledo women's basketball Tricia Cullop to the Hurricanes as the replacement for the retired Katie Meier. Miami is finalizing a deal with Toledo women's basketball coach Tricia Cullop to replace Katie Meier, who retired last month. Cullop, who has been with Toledo for 16 seasons, won 353 games and went 86-17 in the last three years. She will replace Meier who led Miami to the NCAA Tournament 10 times and led the Hurricanes to the Elite Eight last season. Meier will remain with the university as a special adviser and ambassador.
Published : 4 weeks ago by The Associated Press in Sports
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami is finalizing an agreement to bring Toledo women's basketball coach Tricia Cullop to the Hurricanes as the replacement for the retired Katie Meier, a person with knowledge of the talks said Thursday.
Cullop emerged as a finalist in recent days and talks progressed quickly toward a deal, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school had not made any announcement.
Cullop has been at Toledo for 16 seasons, winning 353 games — and going 86-17 in the last three years. The Rockets went to the NCAA Tournament twice in Cullop's tenure.
She has one tie of sorts to Miami, having played for Lin Dunn at Purdue. Dunn was Miami's coach for nine seasons before taking over at Purdue in 1987.
Meier retired last month, ending a 19-year stint where she led Miami to the NCAA Tournament 10 times and guided the Hurricanes to the Elite Eight last season. Meier, the 2011 AP Coach of the Year who had four years remaining on her contract with the Hurricanes, will remain with the university as a special adviser and ambassador for the athletic department. She was 362-208 at Miami.
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