Yale Bulldogs women's basketball

Women's college basketball team

Yale Bulldogs

2024–25 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team

University

Yale University

First season

1973; 52 years ago (1973)

All-time record

491–611 (.446)

Head coach

Dalila Eshe (3rd season)

Conference

Ivy League

Location

New Haven, Connecticut

Arena

Payne Whitney Gymnasium
(capacity: 2,532)

Nickname

Colors

Yale blue and white

Uniforms

Home

Away

Conference regular season champions

1979

The Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Yale University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Bulldogs, also nicknamed the Elis, play home basketball games at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut on the university campus.

Postseason history

The Bulldogs have never played in the NCAA Tournament. Yale won the Ivy League title in 1979, but the Ivy League champion at the time were not regularly invited to the NCAA Tournament. They have made two postseason appearances, the 2011 WNIT and the 2018 WBI.

WNIT results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011 WNIT	First Round	Boston College	L 61–85

WBI results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2018 WBI	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Northeastern Binghamton South Alabama Central Arkansas	W 68–58 W 70–64 W 69–68 W 54–50

Coaches

Coaching Records
Name	Years	Wins	Losses	Winning %
Chris Simmons	1973–74	1	12	.077
Mike Baskauskas	1974–75	12	6	.667
Ed Goldstone	1975–76	13	5	.722
Louise O'Neal	1976–79	40	25	.615
Maggie Muldoon	1979–84	54	71	.432
Diann Nestal	1984–90	79	78	.503
Cecelia DeMarco	1990–99	107	127	.457
Amy Backus	1999–2005	54	108	.333
Chris Gobrecht	2005–15	117	162	.419
Allison Guth	2015–22	48	32	.600
Dalila Eshe	2022–present			–

References

"Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
"Yale Women's Basketball Records and Awards" (PDF). Yale Athletic Communications. Yale University. Retrieved June 3, 2016.

External links

Official website

v t e Yale Bulldogs women's basketball
Venues	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1973–present)
Culture & lore	History Handsome Dan
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Yale University

People

Namesake	Elihu Yale
President	Maurie McInnis (predecessors)
Provost	Scott Strobel Dean of Yale Law School Faculty Sterling Professors People list

Schools

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate	College
Graduate	Graduate Arts and Sciences
Professional	Architecture Art Divinity Andover Newton Berkeley Drama Engineering & Applied Science Environment Global Affairs Law Management Medicine Music Nursing Public Health Sacred Music
Defunct	Sheffield Scientific School

Campus

Residential

Library and
museums

Research

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's lacrosse Rugby Sailing Men's soccer Men's squash Swimming and diving
Venues	Yale Bowl (football) Bush Field Ingalls Rink (hockey) Golf Course Payne Whitney Gymnasium Reese Stadium
Culture	Handsome Dan Harvard football rivalry Harvard rowing rivalry

Artistic

A cappella: The Alley Cats; The Spizzwinks; The Whiffenpoofs; The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus

Traditions

Publications

v t e Ivy League women's basketball
Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championships & awards	Conference tournament
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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