{"id":293827,"date":"2026-04-30T21:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293827\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:45:09","slug":"long-beach-state-womens-hoops-coach-departs-for-alabama-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293827\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach State Women\u2019s Hoops Coach Departs for Alabama \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Long Beach State women\u2019s basketball coach Amy Wright is departing the Beach to take a job as the associate head coach at Alabama. <\/p>\n

Wright was the coach at Long Beach State for three years, compiling a record of 15-18 her first year, 16-14 her second year, and bottoming out at 5-25 this season for a three year total of 36-57 overall.<\/p>\n

The Beach lost their top player JaQuoia Jones-Brown after this season, as she announced that she was transferring to James Madison. Lauren Cummings announced in her Instagram post three weeks ago about entering the transfer portal that, \u201cWith the current direction of the program, I have decided to enter the transfer portal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of Long Beach State Athletics, I want to thank Coach Wright for her years of leadership, hard work, and commitment to our student-athletes,\u201d said LBSU athletic director Bobby Smitheran in a statement. \u201cWe wish Amy nothing but success in this next chapter of her coaching career. This is an important moment for Long Beach State Women\u2019s Basketball, and we are energized by the opportunity to identify a new leader who will elevate our program and position us for sustained success. Our women\u2019s basketball program has a proud history, great potential, and we will embark on a national search immediately to advance Beach Basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

The university said that a national search for its next women\u2019s basketball coach will begin immediately. <\/p>\n

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