Lee Cummard named BYU women’s basketball associate head coach

When Jeff Judkins retired right after far more than two a long time as BYU women’s head basketball mentor before this 12 months, a lot of believed that assistant mentor Lee Cummard — who performed on the men’s workforce from 2005-2009 and has been an assistant for both the men’s and women’s squads due to the fact — could be in the driver’s seat to switch him.

Idaho high university coach Amber Whiting bought the job instead, but on Friday evening, BYU introduced that Cummard has been elevated from assistant to associate head coach.

“I could not be a lot more psyched to have Lee with me as affiliate head coach,” Whiting mentioned in a news release statement. “Not only was he an wonderful participant right here at The Y, but he provides a prosperity of coaching expertise and encounter.

“Lee has founded himself as a good recruiter, and I see him continuing in that potential, together with expounding upon talent progress, sport prep and in-game ways/changes. I’m searching forward to operating facet-by-aspect with him as we acquire on this new obstacle.”

Cummard has been with the women’s group for the earlier 3 seasons. 

“BYU is a special area,” Cummard said in the news release. “The activity of basketball is particular. I’m blessed to be a aspect of this new era of BYU women’s basketball.

“Thrilled to be operating along with Coach Whiting, our staff members, with our present-day gamers and long term players.”

Final season, Cummard crammed in for Judkins for 3 game titles as Judkins dealt with COVID-19 and went 3-, which included wins around No. 17 Florida Point out, No. 22 West Virginia and Utah State. 

Prior to becoming a member of the women’s coaching employees, Cummard was an assistant on the men’s aspect through the 2018-2019 season, and he was a graduate assistant two years prior to that.

As a participant, he was a a few-time All-Mountain West Convention player, including getting named to the Initial Workforce two times.

In the 2007-2008 season, he was MWC Co-Player of the 12 months with New Mexico’s J.R. Giddens, and he acquired All-The united states honorable mention recognition from the Involved Push.

As Cummard moves into his new function, BYU is already dealing with attrition that typically arrives with coaching improvements, as the team’s very best player, Shaylee Gonzales, formally declared Friday that she’s moving into the transfer portal following information broke Thursday that she was doing so.