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Notre Dame Coach Muffet McGraw Retiring After 33 Seasons, 2 Titles

Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune, via Associated Press

Muffet McGraw, the Hall of Fame coach who won two national championships with the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, is retiring, university officials said Wednesday.

McGraw, 64, spent 33 of her 38 seasons coaching at Notre Dame, and was expected to speak with reporters on Wednesday afternoon.

She was replaced by Niele Ivey, who played for and was an assistant coach under McGraw, Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said. Before taking the head coaching job, Ivey was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the N.B.A. Ivey played five seasons in the W.