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Which head coach will be the next Final Four newcomer?

COLLEGE PARK, MD - MARCH 25: Head coach Cori Close of the UCLA Bruins signals to her players during a NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - Second Round game against the Maryland Terrapins at the Xfinity Center Center on March 25, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
COLLEGE PARK, MD - MARCH 25: Head coach Cori Close of the UCLA Bruins signals to her players during a NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - Second Round game against the Maryland Terrapins at the Xfinity Center Center on March 25, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
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A wry smile drifts across the face of Iowa State women’s head basketball coach Bill Fennelly as he talked about facilities and keeping the men’s and women’s post-season basketball tournaments together during the Big 12 Women’s Basketball media day at Sprint Arena, Wednesday, October 20, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT via Getty Images)
A wry smile drifts across the face of Iowa State women’s head basketball coach Bill Fennelly as he talked about facilities and keeping the men’s and women’s post-season basketball tournaments together during the Big 12 Women’s Basketball media day at Sprint Arena, Wednesday, October 20, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT via Getty Images)

Bill Fennelly, Iowa State

It might sound crazy to put Fennelly on this list given that Big 12 Player of the Year Bridget Carleton will be on a WNBA roster this summer. But the Cyclones will return rising junior Kristin Scott, a second-team All-Big 12 pick in 2018-19, and rising sophomore Ashley Joens. Joens led the state of Iowa in scoring as a high school senior, and associate head coach Jodi Steyer has already compared her to Carleton. If Joens’s progress is anywhere close to what Steyer envisions, a Final Four run won’t sound crazy at all.

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