# Samford Bulldogs women's basketball

The Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team, formerly the Samford Lady Bulldogs, is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Samford University in Homewood, Alabama, United States. Since 2008, the team competes in the Southern Conference (SoCon), after leaving the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They play their home games at the Pete Hanna Center.

## Coaches

The Samford Bulldogs have had three coaches in their history. Until the end of the 2018–19 season, the team was coached by Mike Morris, who took over in 2002 for Janet Cone after she became Samford's associate athletics director. In 2019, Carley Kuhns was hired from Valdosta State University to become the third head coach in history.

### Janet Cone coaching history

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference |
| Samford (TAAC) (1997–2001) ||||||
| 1997–98 | Samford | 3–23 | 2–14 |
| 1998–99 | Samford | 8–19 | 7–9 |
| 1999–2000 | Samford | 19–10 | 13–5 |
| 2000–01 | Samford | 8–21 | 6–12 |
| Samford: | Samford: | 38–73 | 28–40 |
| Samford (A-Sun) (2001–2002) ||||||
| 2001–02 | Samford | 3–24 | 2–18 |
| Samford: | Samford: | 3–24 | 2–18 |
| Total: | Total: | 41–97 | |

### Mike Morris coaching history

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Samford (A-Sun) (2002–2003) ||||||
| 2002–03 | Samford | 7–20 | 3–13 | | |
| Samford: | Samford: | 7–20 | 3–13 | | |
| Samford (OVC) (2003–2008) ||||||
| 2003–04 | Samford | 10–17 | 3–13 | | |
| 2004–05 | Samford | 13–15 | 6–10 | | |
| 2005–06 | Samford | 21–8 | 15–5 | 3rd | |
| 2006–07 | Samford | 18–13 | 12–8 | 4th | |
| 2007–08 | Samford | 23–9 | 15–5 | 2nd | |
| Samford: | Samford: | 85–62 | 51–41 | | |
| Samford (SoCon) (2008–2019) ||||||
| 2008–09 | Samford | 22–7 | 16–4 | 2nd | |
| 2009–10 | Samford | 23–11 | 14–6 | T-2nd | WNIT second round |
| 2010–11 | Samford | 25–8 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA first round |
| 2011–12 | Samford | 20–13 | 12–8 | 4th | NCAA first round |
| 2012–13 | Samford | 15–16 | 11–9 | T-5th | |
| 2013–14 | Samford | 10–20 | 8–10 | 6th | |
| 2014–15 | Samford | 15–15 | 8–6 | 4th | |
| 2015–16 | Samford | 20–11 | 11–3 | 3rd | |
| 2016–17 | Samford | 12–19 | 4–10 | 6th | |
| 2017–18 | Samford | 15–16 | 6–8 | T-5th | |
| 2018–19 | Samford | 10–20 | 5–9 | 7th | |
| Samford: | Samford: | 187–156 | 110–78 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 279–238 | | | |

### Carley Kuhns coaching history

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Samford (SoCon) (2019–present) ||||||
| 2019–20 | Samford | 18–14 | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA cancelled |
| 2020–21 | Samford | 14–11 | 11–2 | 1st | WNIT first round |
| 2021–22 | Samford | 13–17 | 7–7 | 4th | |
| 2022–23 | Samford | 13–17 | 7–7 | 6th | |
| 2023–24 | Samford | 14–16 | 6–8 | 6th | |
| Samford: | Samford: | 72–75 | 41–28 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 392–410 | | | |
| 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 ||||||
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## NCAA tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 0–2.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2011 | #14 | First Round | #3 Florida State | L 46–76 |
| 2012 | #15 | First Round | #2 Duke | L 47–82 |