STILLWATER, Okla. - Julie Goodenough, who averaged nearly 25 wins the past four seasons at Hardin-Simmons, has been recommended as the next head women?s basketball coach at Oklahoma State. The recommendation will be forwarded to the OSU Board of Regents for formal approval.
Goodenough will come to Oklahoma State after recording astonishing success at Hardin-Simmons in Abilene, Texas. After overseeing Hardin-Simmons? transition from NAIA to NCAA Division III, Goodenough led the Cowgirls to three Sweet 16 appearances and an Elite Eight appearance in the last four seasons.
This past season, Goodenough?s Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls won 21 straight to open the year and finished with a 26-2 record. That followed a 22-6 record in 2000-01 and a 27-2 mark in 1999-00.
OSU Athletics Director Terry Don Phillips said Goodenough will bring outstanding coaching ability as well as impeccable character. ?Coach Goodenough has an amazing record in a relatively short period of time,? Phillips said. ?The success she has achieved at the Division III level speaks volumes about her ability. Even more impressive, however, is the first-class manner in which she conducts herself. She will be a great ambassador for the Cowgirl Basketball program, the Athletic Department and the University.?
Details of Goodenough?s Oklahoma State contract include four years at a base salary of $135,000 per year, $35,000 per year for personal services (radio and television) plus performance incentives.
In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Goodenough is extremely active in administrative areas of the game of basketball. She is a member of the NCAA Rules Committee, a committee chaired by Kansas coach Roy Williams. At Hardin-Simmons, she also was a co-sponsor of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, as well as serving as the school?s Senior Woman Administrator.
While her career won-loss record is an amazing 78 percent (188-54), her record of producing classroom champions is even more impressive. In nine years at Hardin-Simmons, the Cowgirls had a 100 percent graduation rate. Her teams have ranked in the top 15 in the last six Women?s Basketball Coaches Association?s team GPA rankings.
Last season, the Cowgirls ranked third in the nation with a 3.63 team GPA and eight of her players were academic all-conference. In nine seasons at Hardin-Simmons, Goodenough coached 12 Academic All-Americans and 46 Academic All-Conference selections.
On the floor, Goodenough?s Hardin-Simmons teams have re-defined the word success. Over the past five years, the Cowgirls won the American Southwest Conference title each year and won all four ASC Tournament titles. Her teams compiled a league record of 84-22 and won seven conference titles in nine seasons.
HSU advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament the last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2000. Her last four teams at Hardin-Simmons won at least one game in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16.
Goodenough has been named American Southwest Conference or Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year five times in the last nine years. Hardin-Simmons played at the NAIA level in Goodenough?s first two seasons before making the transition to division III in 1996. She has been named South Region Coach of the Year on two different occasions and is Hardin-Simmons? all-time wins leader.
As a player, Goodenough earned second-team All-Southland Conference honors while playing at the University of Texas at Arlington. She was team captain two years and is 13th on UTA?s all-time scoring list. At UTA, she was also named Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
She transferred to UTA from Western Texas College in Snyder where she was all-conference, the conference assist leader, Outstanding Female Student, Outstanding Academic Athlete and a two-year team captain.
Goodenough earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from UTA in 1992 and a Masters of Education in sports administration from Texas Tech in 1993. She and her husband, Rob, have two daughters: Bailey (5) and Macy (3).