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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Bennett Snubbed Again


Unlike her brother, Tony, Kathi Bennet is still looking for her next big opportunity on the sidelines.

Bennett who is now an assistant coach for the Wisconsin women's basketball team, is snubbed again for a head coaching job. The former Indiana head coach, and daughter of Dick Bennett, has not been a head coach since leaving Indiana in 2005.

Perhaps the most memorable moment in Big Ten women's basketball history is the moment Bennett shared with her team at Indiana in 2002. Bennett who was involved in a car crash in February of 2002 coached her Lady Hoosiers to the Big Ten Tournament Championship still in a halo for her neck injuries.

Just a couple years later Bennett left Indiana in 2005 because of the effects of the injuries from the car accident, but she wasn't completely done coaching just yet. In 2008, Wisconsin women's head coach Lisa Stone brought in Bennett and offered her a job as an assistant in Madison. Bennett took the job, and hasn't looked back.

Since Bennett joined the Badgers in 2008, the Wisconsin women have went 40-26 overall.

But Bennett has yet again come just a little short when it comes to becoming the big boss again. Earlier this off-season Indiana State turned down Bennett for their head coaching job. Wednesday, Bennett was denied yet again. This time by Wright State, who hired now former Morehead State head coach Mike Brandbury.
The hunt continues...

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