New Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Niele Ivey will not retain Beth Morgan-Cunningham as assistant coach. Morgan-Cunningham was Muffet McGraw’s associate head coach for the past eight seasons. In that time, the Irish have been to five Final Fours, three national title games and the 2018 national championship.
Morgan-Cunningham was one of McGraw’s players from 1993 to 1997, the last year featuring Notre Dame’s first Final Four. She graduated as the program’s all-time leading scorer (2,322 points) and was a team captain and All-American twice. That helped her get inducted into the program’s Ring of Honor in 2017. She came to McGraw’s staff after serving as VCU’s head coach for nine seasons, during which she became the winningest coach in that program’s history.
Morgan-Cunningham should land on her feet somewhere. She’s had too much success not to land another coaching job, either head or assistant. But no matter what happens, she’s done Notre Dame proud, and we all should wish her the best in her future endeavors.