# Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, in NCAA Division I women's competition. The school's team competes in the Big Sky Conference. Loree Payne, formerly the head coach at the University of Puget Sound, was named the head coach of the lumberjacks in April 2017. The women's basketball team reached the conference tournament championship in 2023. The Lumberjacks play home games at the Findlay Toyota Court.

## Team record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Postseason |
| Joyce Gedde (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976) ||||
| 1974–75 | Joyce Gedde | 2-10 | 0-7 | |
| 1975–76 | Joyce Gedde | 0-14 | 0-13 | |
| Joyce Gedde: | 2-24 | 0-20 | |
| Sue Lambert (Intermountain Conference) (1982–1984) ||||
| 1976–77 | Sue Lambert | 5-14 | 2-11 | |
| 1977–78 | Sue Lambert | 5-14 | 3-11 | |
| Sue Lambert: | 10-28 | 5-22 | |
| Linda French (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976) ||||
| 1978–79 | Linda French | 5-15 | | |
| 1979–80 | Linda French | 4-22 | | |
| Linda French: | 9-37 | | |
| Paulette Gebert (Intermountain Conference) (1980–1982) ||||
| 1980–81 | Paulette Gebert | 4-20 | 1-9 | |
| 1981–82 | Paulette Gebert | 6-20 | 1-9 | |
| Paulette Gebert (Independent) (1982–1983) ||||
| 1982–83 | Paulette Gebert | 9–15 | | |
| Paulette Gebert: | 19-55 | | |
| Dave Brown (Independent) (1983–1987) ||||
| 1983–84 | Dave Brown | 10-14 | | |
| 1984–85 | Dave Brown | 12-14 | | |
| 1985–86 | Dave Brown | 17-8 | | |
| 1986–87 | Dave Brown | 9-18 | | |
| Dave Brown (Mountain West Conference) (1987–1988) ||||
| 1987–88 | Dave Brown | 14-15 | 8-8 | |
| Dave Brown (Big Sky Conference) (1988–1990) ||||
| 1988–89 | Dave Brown | 12-14 | 6–10 | |
| 1989–90 | Dave Brown | 11-17 | 6–10 | |
| Dave Brown: | 85-100 | 12-20 | |
| Linda Bruns (Big Sky Conference) (1990–1993) ||||
| 1990–91 | Linda Bruns | 1-26 | 1-15 | |
| 1991–92 | Linda Bruns | 7-20 | 0-16 | |
| 1992–93 | Linda Bruns | 4–24 | 0-14 | |
| Linda Bruns: | 10-70 | 1-45 | |
| Charli Turner (Big Sky Conference) (1993–1996) ||||
| 1993–94 | Charli Turner | 12–15 | 6-8 | |
| 1994–95 | Charli Turner Thorne | 14–12 | | |
| 1995–96 | Charli Turner Thorne | 14–13 | 6-8 | |
| Charli Turner Thorne: | 40-40 | 18-24 | |
| Meg Sanders (Big Sky Conference) (1996–2003) ||||
| 1996–97 | Meg Sanders | 17-11 | 10-6 | |
| 1997–98 | Meg Sanders | 22-6 | 15-1 | |
| 1998–99 | Meg Sanders | 14-14 | 7-9 | |
| 1999–2000 | Meg Sanders | 11-18 | 7-9 | |
| 2000–01 | Meg Sanders | 13-17 | 10-6 | |
| 2001–02 | Meg Sanders | 17–11 | 10-6 | |
| 2002–03 | Meg Sanders | 13-15 | 6-8 | |
| Meg Sanders: | 107-92 | 65-43 | |
| Laurie Kelly (Big Sky Conference) (2003–2012) ||||
| 2003–04 | Laurie Kelly | 12-16 | 5-9 | |
| 2004–05 | Laurie Kelly | 19-10 | 9-5 | |
| 2005–06 | Laurie Kelly | 22-11 | 9-5 | |
| 2006–07 | Laurie Kelly | 20-12 | 11-5 | |
| 2007–08 | Laurie Kelly | 10-20 | 6-10 | |
| 2008–09 | Laurie Kelly | 9-21 | 6-10 | |
| 2009–10 | Laurie Kelly | 5-24 | 3-13 | |
| 2010–11 | Laurie Kelly | 11-18 | 6-10 | |
| 2011–12 | Laurie Kelly | 9-20 | 4-12 | |
| Laurie Kelly: | 117-152 | 59-79 | |
| Sue Darling (Big Sky Conference) (2013–2016) ||||
| 2012–13 | Sue Darling | 8-21 | 7-13 | |
| 2013–14 | Sue Darling | 9–20 | 6–14 | |
| 2014–15 | Sue Darling | 13-17 | 9-9 | |
| 2015–16 | Sue Darling | 6–24 | 2–16 | |
| Sue Darling: | 32-114 | | |
| Robyne Bostick (Big Sky Conference) (2016–2017) ||||
| 2016-17 | Robyne Bostick | 9-21 | 5-13 | |
| Robyne Bostick : | 9-21 | 5–13 | |
| Loree Payne (Big Sky Conference) (2017–present) ||||
| 2017-18 | Loree Payne | 7-23 | 4-14 | |
| 2018-19 | Loree Payne | 13-18 | 8-12 | |
| 2019-20 | Loree Payne | 16-15 | 12-8 | NCAA Tournament canceled |
| 2020-21 | Loree Payne | 16-5 | 12-2 | |
| 2021-22 | Loree Payne | 17-14 | 12-8 | |
| 2022-23 | Loree Payne | 21-14 | 13-5 | |
| 2023-24 | Loree Payne | 25-10 | 15-3 | |
| Loree Payne: | 115–99 | 76–52 | |
| Total: | Total: | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||

## Postseason appearances
### NCAA tournament results

The Lumberjacks have made one NCAA Tournament appearance. They have a record of 0–1.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2006 | #14 | First Round | #3 Baylor | L 56–74 |

### WNIT results

The Lumberjacks have made two WNIT appearances. They have a record of 0–2.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2023 | First Round | New Mexico | L 64–72 |
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2024 | Second Round | South Dakota | L 65–79 |