Catching up on coaching news

Stephanie Schmidt resigned at Wheaton (Ill.) earlier this week.
Tyler Wills stepped down at Marian in late November.

Expected Region VIII/IX head coach announcements so far this offseason:
Augsburg [Hired: April Elsbernd]
Blackburn [Hired: Shannon Bishop]
Defiance [Hired: Jeremy Thornburg]
Dominican [Hired: Olivia Kofie]
Dubuque [Hired: Karrah Davis]
Franklin [Hired: Dillon Taylor]
Illinois College [Hired: Claire Scully]
Knox [Hired: Maliah Blakemore]
Lake Forest [Hired: Melanie Hughes]
Lawrence [Hired: Jeff Van Lannen]
Maranatha Baptist [Hired: Lindsay Lawson]
Marian [Hired: Noah Ray]
Millikin [Hired: Whitney Nichols]
Mississippi Women (added 3/7)
Mount Mary [Hired: Maida Wolff]
MSOE [Hired: Kristina Susak]
North Central (Ill.) [Hired: Ray Gooden]
St. Olaf (added 4/3)
Wheaton (Ill.) [Hired: Eric Plunkett]

-Ricky Nelson