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GoHeels Exclusive: Banghart Blazes Trail To Become Women's Basketball Head Coach

By Pat James, GoHeels.com

Everywhere she went the last few years, Courtney Banghart heard the same question, the one that frustrated her the most.

"Where are you going?"

The more she heard it, the more agitated she became. And the more protective she was of what she called the greatest job in the country as Princeton's head women's basketball coach.

Since accepting that role in 2007, she'd built the program to the point that winning Ivy League championships and going to the NCAA Tournament seemingly became routine. Her success left media members and coaches wondering how she'd do at a bigger school.