Green Bay Names Kevin Borseth Women's Basketball Coach

Excitement filled the Special Events Room of the Kress Events Center as Green Bay Director of Athletics Ken Bothof introduced Kevin Borseth as the fourth head coach in Green Bay women’s basketball history Thursday, April 5.

“We’re very excited to be back here, it was exciting watching from afar the past five years and now we’re happy to be back in Green Bay,” said Borseth. “I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to be back here.”

Four things came to mind when Borseth made the decision to come back to Green Bay for a second tenure, peace of mind, happiness, health and most importantly family.

“A number of people have said ‘welcome back home’ and I never said that but it’s true and I think deep down inside, we knew that too,” Borseth said. “To be back here with our family and our support group was a major, major decision in coming back here.

During his statement with local media, faculty and community members in attendance, Borseth also introduced principles he intends to use while leading the Phoenix.

“Do what’s right. Integrity is the biggest thing and doing things the right way. I feel that’s been done in the past here and we’re certainly going to uphold that tradition,” Borseth said. “We will do our best and work as both a coaching staff and players. Treat others the way you want to be treated and give back to the community.”

To watch the entire press conference of Borseth’s introduction, including statements from Bothof, click here.

Under Borseth’s watch from 1998-2007, Green Bay compiled a 216-62 record while advancing to the postseason in all nine seasons, including seven trips to the NCAA Tournament. The Phoenix also won the regular season conference championship in each of his nine seasons at the helm, beginning a stretch that currently stands at 14.

Borseth spent the past five seasons as the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he compiled an overall record of 87-73. Borseth took over a program that had won just 21 games in the prior three seasons combined and led the Wolverines to 19 wins and a postseason berth in his first season in 2007-08.

In five seasons at the helm at Michigan, Borseth led the Wolverines to three postseasons, including this past season’s trip to the NCAA Tournament, the program’s first since 2000-01.

All told, the 25-year head coaching veteran has an impressive record of 528-232 in his stints at Michigan Tech, Green Bay and Michigan.

During his time at Green Bay, Borseth was named the conference coach of the year seven times and led the program to its first two NCAA Tournament victories with wins over Washington in 2003 and New Mexico in 2007.

Borseth coached a number of the most legendary players in the program’s storied history, including the top two all-time leading scorers, Chari Nordgaard and Nicole Soulis. He also recruited recent standouts Celeste Hoewisch, Kayla Tetschlag and Julie Wojta to Green Bay and coached Hoewisch during her redshirt campaign in 2006-07.

In 2012-13, Green Bay will return four starters from a 31-2 team that won the Horizon League regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.