Utah State head coach Reagan Pebley has been named the 2012 RUSSELL ATHLETIC/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Region 7 Coach of the Year.
Pebley is one of eight coaches nationwide that earned their respective region's coach of the year award and are finalists for the 2012 RUSSELL ATHLETIC/WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year award. The winner will be announced on Monday, April 2.
In addition to Pebley, other region coach of the year recipients are Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame (Region 1), Brenda Frese of Maryland (Region 2), Tom Collen of Arkansas (Region 3), Curt Miller of Bowling Green (Region 4), Kim Mulkey of Baylor (Region 5), Coquese Washington of Penn State (Region 6) and Tara VanDerveer of Stanford (Region 8).
Pebley guided her Utah State Aggies to a school-record 21-10 record, marking the first time the program has surpassed the 20-win benchmark. The ninth-year head coach took her team to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) for the second consecutive year, following a semifinals appearance in the WAC Tournament.