Custom Search Sandy Pugh has been named the new head women's basketball coach at Prairie View A&M University.
Pugh spent the previous 18 seasons as head coach at Southern University (2000-18), leading the Jaguars to seven outright or shared Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season titles. She also led Southern to four SWAC Tournament titles, four NCAA Tournament berths, and four NIT appearances. Pugh is a four-time SWAC Coach of the Year, including this past season when she led the Jaguars to the SWAC Regular Season title.
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She succeeds Ravon Justice who, after two years, left in April to become head basketball coach at Sam Houston State.
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Pugh led Southern to 15 seasons of .500 or better, including 13 winning seasons, five seasons of 20+ wins, and more than 300 victories during her tenure. In her second season as head coach, Pugh led Southern to a school record 26 wins and its first SWAC regular season and tournament titles and first NCAA Tournament appearance. The team was led by Jaclyn Winfield, who was drafted in the fourth round by the WNBA's Utah Starzz and is the only SWAC player to be drafted in league history.
The 2002 championship was the first of three occasions Pugh and the Jaguars won both the SWAC regular season and tournament titles and an NCAA Tournament berth in the same season (shared regular season title in 2006, outright title in 2010). SU also won the SWAC Tournament championship following the 2004 season.
"I want to thank Ashley Robinson for this incredible opportunity to be able to come to Prairie View A&M," Pugh said. "PV is at the forefront of everything in our conference. The growth has just been magnificent here at the University and in Athletics under Ashley's tutelage. What I see in the Athletic Department is just astounding, and for to have an opportunity to be a part of this growth and development and to come over to coach the women's basketball team is a blessing. I'm so looking forward to being here and being a part of the PV family. The family atmosphere here I've experienced has been overwhelming."
Pugh, who also served as interim Athletic Director at Southern from 2011-12, led Southern to NIT appearances in 2009, 2011, 2016, and 2018.
In addition to her NCAA and WNIT appearances while leading Southern, Pugh has previously been in the postseason three additional times as an assistant coach.