University of South Dakota director of athletics David Herbster announced this week a new five-year contract for head women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit to last through the 2023-24 season.
A two-time Summit League Coach of the Year, Plitzuweit became the first Coyote head coach to tally three consecutive 20-win seasons. She did so in her first three years at the helm of the program.
Plitzuweit’s Coyotes had unprecedented success during the 2018-19 season, becoming the first Summit League team to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. South Dakota (28-6) spent two weeks in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and four weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll during the season, a first in the program’s Division I era.
