Southern Illinois University Women’s Basketball head coach Missy Tiber has resigned.
SIU Athletics Director Mario Moccia announced Tiber’s resignation Monday afternoon. Assistant coach Adrianne Harlow will serve as the team's interim coach for the remainder of the season. Harlow has been an assistant under Tiber for the past 12 seasons at SIU, Tusculum College, and Belmont Abbey College.
Midway through Tiber's fourth year at the helm, the Salukis are 4-12 overall and 1-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The last loss came against Illinois State that ended in an 89-41 blow out loss to the Redbirds this past Saturday.
Tiber ends her tenure at Southern with a 19-86 overall record including a 9-50 mark in MVC play. Prior to SIU, Tiber compiled a 167-70 record in eight seasons as a head coach at Tusculum and Belmont Abbey.
Moccia says he met with Coach Tiber Monday morning, and she expressed her disappointment that the team has not met expectations this season. Moccia says Tiber, after much soul-searching, determined it was best to part ways with the program. Four coaches have led the women's basketball program since the retirement of Saluki Hall of Famer Cindy Scott in 1998, and each left with a winning percentage below .400. SIU has won just one conference championship in the last 23 seasons and has finished better than seventh in the MVC only once since the 1996 season.
Harlow's head coaching debut will be this Friday night at Witchita State. Moccia says the search for Tiber's replacement will begin immediately.
