UCF fires women’s basketball coach Sytia Messer after four losing seasons
UCF fired women’s basketball coach Sytia Messer following four consecutive losing seasons. The school announced the move on Monday, less than a month after the Knights finished with an 11-19 record. “This afternoon, we met with women’s basketball head coach Sytia Messer to inform her that we will be moving in a new direction with the leadership of our program.
We are grateful to Sytia for her ...
UCF fired women’s basketball coach Sytia Messer following four consecutive losing seasons. The school announced the move on Monday, less than a month after the Knights finished with an 11-19 record. “This afternoon, we met with women’s basketball head coach Sytia Messer to inform her that we will be moving in a new direction with the leadership of our program.
We are grateful to Sytia for her commitment to UCF and the care she has shown for our student-athletes over the past four years. We wish her the best moving forward,” UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir said in a statement. “Our goal remains building a program that competes at a high level while providing exceptional educational services that prepare our student-athletes for success beyond graduation.
In this next chapter for women’s basketball, we are continuing to align our strategy to ensure we are investing in the ways that most directly impact success in today’s landscape. “We will conduct a national search for a head coach who embraces this vision and can lead us forward in this new era. ” Messer, 48, was hired on April 4, 2022, replacing Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, who had left UCF to become the women’s basketball head coach at the University of Georgia.