Wake Forest hires Gebbia as women's basketball coach
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By The Associated Press
Wake Forest has hired American's Megan Gebbia as its new women's basketball coach.
The Demon Deacons announced Gebbia's hiring Thursday evening, a little more than two weeks after the firing of former Demon Deacons all-conference performer Jen Hoover.
The 49-year-old Gebbia had spent the past nine seasons at American, leading the Eagles to three NCAA Tournament bids while twice being named the Patriot League coach of the year. Last year's team won 23 games and reached the NCAAs.
Wake Forest has scheduled an introductory news conference for Gebbia on Friday.
The challenge facing Gebbia is to help the Demon Deacons build to becoming a regular NCAA Tournament team. The program has only reached two tournaments in its history, the first in 1988 and then in 2021.
The Demon Deacons followed that tournament trip with a 16-17 season that included only four Atlantic Coast Conference wins.
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Updated May 26, 2022
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