WBB Coach Bill Fennelly Received Contract Extension

[CyclonesFan4ever]

Congratulations Coach Fen!

Fennelly Agrees To Contract Extension To 2027 - Iowa State University Athletics

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women's basketball coach Bill Fennelly has agreed to a two-year contract extension keeping him on the Cyclone sidelines until at least 2027.

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[loyalsons4evertrue]

Great news! We're very lucky to have him in Ames!

 

[VeloClone]

Congratulations Coach Fen!

With Boeheim at 76, Coach K at 74 and Vanderveer at 67, Bill (just turned 64 last week) could find himself at the top of this list in the not too distant future.

For the record, Izzo is 66 and Stringer is 73 so Bill is the youngest of the entire list by over 2 1/2 years.

 

[BoxsterCy]

With Boeheim at 76, Coach K at 74 and Vanderveer at 67, Bill (just turned 64 last week) could find himself at the top of this list in the not too distant future.

For the record, Izzo is 66 and Stringer is 73 so Bill is the youngest of the entire list by over 2 1/2 years.

He's likely coaching another 10 years if he stays healthy. Interesting, he's the only person on that list that is not in the basketball Hall of Fame. All of the others, except Stringer, do have national championships and scores of league championships though and Stringer has made multiple Final Fours. Also weird, to me, that only going with P5 you drop Geno Auriemma and his 36 years at the UConn basketball powerhouse

 

[NickTheGreat]

I'm usually not a "lifetime contract" type of guy, but I'm okay with this. Congrats coach!

 

[VeloClone]

He's likely coaching another 10 years if he stays healthy. Interesting, he's the only person on that list that is not in the basketball Hall of Fame. All of the others, except Stringer, do have national championships and scores of league championships though and Stringer has made multiple Final Fours. Also weird, to me, that only going with P5 you drop Geno Auriemma and his 36 years at the UConn basketball powerhouse

True, but to be fair every one of those programs experienced success* prior to the coach while ISU was beyond dismal before Fennelly.

*Syracuse - Final Four only two years before Boeheim, 6 consecutive 19+ win seasons
Duke - NCAA runner up, second round, elite 8 the three years before Coach K
Stanford - 3 AIWA tourneys and 1 NCAA tourney in the 8 years before Tara. Probably the closest to taking on a bad program. Tara built a program from next to nothing.
MSU - Jud Heathcoate - 5 NCAAs in his last 6 years including 1 S16 and 3 round of 32.
Rutgers - had been to the final four 6 years before Stringer and the elite eight the year before.
ISU - Team had 1 Big 8 conf tourney win total before Fennelly. Previous coach was 18-63.

Since you brought up Geno, UConn had a grand total of 1 winning season before he was hired. Truly the best program building in the history of college basketball.

 

[NWICY]

I'm a little surprised but I'm good with it.

 

[casey1973]

Ya I'm ok with it but not overjoyed. Lots to be excited about with the players returning and adding.

 

[acoustimac]

Congrats coach. Let's keep things moving upward!

 

[Cycsk]

His comments on the Cyclone Virtual Tailgate Tour about still having to play Kim Mulkey were pretty funny.