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Gardner-Webb hires two members of Badgers WBB coaching staff

Gardner-Webb has announced the hiring of both former Badgers WBB assistant coach Scott Merritt (head coach) and GA Katie Nelson (assistant coach). 

Gardner-Webb has now officially announced the hiring of both former Badgers women’s basketball assistant coach Scott Merritt (head coach) and former graduate assistant Katie Nelson (assistant coach).

Merritt will take over after head coach Alex Simmons was hired to be the next coach of the Memphis Tigers’ women’s basketball team. Merritt spent two seasons in Madison alongside Marisa Moseley in Madison operating as associate head coach.

As an athlete, he was a four-time letter winner as a member of the Marquette in the early 2000’s, playing with future NBA three-time champion Dwyane Wade.

Katie Nelson will join her former associate head coach at Gardner-Webb leaving Wisconsin after two years, one as the team’s starting point guard, the other as the graduate assistant. In her final season on the court in 2021-2022, Nelson led the nation in total minutes played.

Both of the coaches were instrumental in building the culture of Wisconsin women’s basketball over the last two seasons and will always be Badgers!

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Wisconsin women’s basketball welcomes new assistant coach

The Badgers’ women’s basketball team announced the addition of former Boston University head coach Margaret McKeon as an assistant coach.

The Badgers’ women’s basketball team announced the addition of former Boston University head coach Margaret McKeon as an assistant coach. McKeon has a long track record of coaching including many years with Boston University.

McKeon was current Badgers’ head coach Marisa Moseley’s coach in 2003 while with Boston University and the two of them led the Terriers to the NCAA Tournament for the only time in school history.

She later went on to coach NJIT from 2007-2012, a time in which they transitioned from Division 2 to Division 1. Overall, she has over 20 years of coaching experience after excelling as a basketball player herself with Oklahoma and St. John’s, once setting the Big East record for assists in one game with 18.

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