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Ole Miss hires Yolett McPhee-McCuin as head coach

By Blake DuDonis

SPARTANBURG, SC - JANUARY 22: Yolett McPhee-McCuin head coach Jacksonville University. Jacksonville Dolphins traveled to Spartanburg, S.C. to play the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartans in some women's basketball on Monday evening of Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SPARTANBURG, SC - JANUARY 22: Yolett McPhee-McCuin head coach Jacksonville University. Jacksonville Dolphins traveled to Spartanburg, S.C. to play the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartans in some women's basketball on Monday evening of Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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After a month long search, the new leader of the Ole Miss women’s basketball program has been found. Yolett McPhee-McCuin, formally of Jacksonville University, will be formally announced as the Rebels new head coach in a Friday press conference.

McPhee-McCuin heads to Oxford after compiling three straight 20-win seasons at Jacksonville, something that program had only managed to do twice in it’s history prior to her arrival. The team earned it’s first ever birth into the NCAA tournament under McPhee-McCuin as well.

Known for her high energy and enthusiasm, McPhee-McCuin used the phrase #noceilings in much of her recruiting and social media, something that caught on in women’s basketball circles. All told,McPhee-McCuin posted a 94-63 record in five seasons at Jacksonville, including that trip to the NCAA tournament and two trips to the WNIT.

Prior to taking over Jacksonville, McPhee-McCuin served as an assistant coach at BCS schools Clemson and Pittsburgh from 2008-2013. She also has coached at Portland, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Frank Phillips College.

The 34-year-old McPhee-McCuin was born in The Bahamas and currently serves as the head coach of her native country’s national women’s basketball team. She played at Rhode Island and Miami-Dade CC during her playing days.

A coach that many presumed would be hired for a high profile job at some point, McPhee-McCuin takes over an Ole Miss program that has gone 70-87 (18-62) over the past five seasons and hasn’t made the NCAA tournament since 2007. Last season, the Rebels finished in last place in the SEC with a 1-15 record.

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