Amy Williams’ first year as Nebraska women’s basketball coach didn’t go how anybody wanted.
In that debut season of 2016-17, Nebraska had a 7-22 record, its worst in school history. There was grumbling among a fan base accustomed to 20-win seasons in the second half of Connie Yori’s 14 seasons as head coach. That season wasn’t easy on Williams, either, who was a player at Nebraska from 1995-98.
But last season, Nebraska had the nation’s top turnaround with an improvement of 14 games in the win column, and finished with a 21-11 record to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.