Cincinnati fires women's coach Jamelle Elliott

Posted March 21, 2018 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) - Jamelle Elliott was fired Wednesday as the women's basketball coach at Cincinnati after nine years of working to revive a program that was finally back in winning form.

The Bearcats went 19-13 last season - their best in 15 years - and lost to Michigan State in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. They were 113-162 in Elliott's nine seasons, including an appearance in the WNIT in 2012.

Cincinnati is coming off its first back-to-back winning seasons since 2005-07.

The Bearcats played home games at a high school last season while their on-campus arena was renovated. The men's team played at Northern Kentucky University.

Elliott came to Cincinnati after being a star player at Connecticut and an assistant coach for 12 years.

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