When Lisa Fortier took over for Kelly Graves in the 2014-15 season, she took the Gonzaga Bulldogs to the Sweet 16. With some better execution down the stretch of regulation, they would have reached the Elite Eight for the second time in school history, but fell in overtime to Tennessee. They have not been back to the Sweet 16 since.
They missed the Tournament entirely the following season and a mass graduation of talented upperclassmen was complete. It was up to Fortier and her staff to build this program back up from her own image. As always, that starts with recruiting.