Raegan Pebley's Women's Basketball Coaching Era Ends at TCU

TCU women's basketball coach Raegan Pebley is embraced by members of the team after the last home game of the season on March 4, 2023. Pebley has resigned after nine years as the team's head coach.          -- Photo by Tom C. (Midnite) Burke

TCU women's head basketball coach Ragen Pebley's era at TCU came to an end in Kansas City on Friday, March 10, when the Frogs lost a quarterfinal Big 12 tournament game, 77-76, in the closing seconds to 14th-ranked Oklahoma. 

TCU had lost its regular-season finale on March 4, 84-61, to the University of Kansas in Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth. For the regular season, the Frogs had a 7-22 overall record, 1-17 in the Big 12. TCU's lone win in conference play came on February 18, when the Frogs beat Kansas State, 75-62, in Fort Worth.

On March 9, in its opening game of the Big 12 tournament, 10th-seeded TCU upset Kansas, 57-52, earning the Frogs the opportunity play Oklahoma.

Pebley announced in late February that she was stepping down as the Frogs' head coach at the end of this season. 

“TCU has my heart. This school, this city and most of all the people have been so special to my family and me,” Pebley said. “I believe in the potential of our women’s basketball program and (TCU Athletic Director)Jeremiah Donati’s leadership. I met with Jeremiah and shared with him that I think it is time for a change. While this is hard, the new landscape of college athletics and recruiting make this the right time for this announcement so TCU can make a hire this program and these women deserve.”

Pebley coached women's basketball at TCU for nine seasons. Her overall record was 141-138.

Pebley led the Horned Frogs to four postseason appearances in her first five seasons, including WNIT Semifinals appearances in 2017-18 and 2018-19. The 2019-20 squad was on the way to making a postseason appearance prior to the NCAA Tournament being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TCU was 10-15 in 2020-21 and, 6-22 with two conference wins last season. 

Pebley became the program's seventh head coach on April 1, 2014. She arrived at TCU after spending the previous two seasons at Fresno State, where she led the Bulldogs to Mountain West tournament titles and berths into the NCAA Tournament in each of her two seasons. 

Prior to Fresno State, Pebley, who is an Orem, Utah, native, started the Utah State women's basketball program after its reinstatement in 2003 following a 25-year hiatus. Pebley led the Aggies for nine seasons, building the program from scratch into back-to-back WNIT berths, which were the first postseason appearances in school history.

Prior to her coaching career, Pebley was a standout basketball player at the University of Colorado. She was selected with the 21st overall pick of the inaugural WNBA Draft in 1997, where she played two seasons with the Cleveland Rockers and Utah Starzz. During her coaching career at TCU, Pebley regularly served as the color analyst on television broadcasts for the Dallas Wings of the WNBA.