KC Roos begin search for a new women's basketball coach for 2026-27 season
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- Kansas City Roos women’s basketball opens national search for 12th ever head coach.
- Dionnah Jackson-Durrett departs after four seasons with a 40-87 overall record.
- Program seeks breakthrough; Roos women have never played in an NCAA Tournament.
Kansas City Roos basketball is getting a makeover in both the men’s and women’s programs.
Women’s basketball head coach Dionnah Jackson-Durrett will not be returning after the end of her four-year contract, the school announced Friday.
The Roos have begun a national search for their 12th coach in program history. This program change comes a little more than a month after the men’s program announced Mark Turgeon as its newest leader.
Jackson-Durrett’s final season ended with a 7-23 record (4-12 in conference) and a loss to No. 2-seed South Dakota State in the Summit League tournament quarterfinals.
Jackson-Durrett’s teams posted a 40-87 overall record in her four years and went 16-50 in conference games. The program produced eight all-conference performers and two trips to the Summit League Championship semifinals in 2023 and 2025 under her leadership.
She took over for head coach Jacie Hoyt in 2022. Hoyt left the program to become head coach at Oklahoma State. The program has only had 20-plus win seasons twice since 2000, most recently in 2019-20 under Hoyt.
Like the men’s program, the Roos women’s basketball team has never played in an NCAA Tournament game.
