There is a new leader of the Arkansas women’s basketball program.

 

Kelsi Musick, who coached the past three seasons at Oral Roberts, was hired Friday to be the next head coach of the Razorbacks, according to a source. Her hiring is expected to be officially announced Friday afternoon.

 

Her hire came 10 days after Mike Neighbors resigned as Arkansas’ coach. Musick will become the 10th head coach in the program’s 49-year history.

 

Musick had a 57-39 (31-19 Summit League) record from 2022-25 at ORU. She led the Golden Eagles to consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time since 2010-11 and 20ORU signed Musick to a contract extension last summer.

 

The Golden Eagles lost to Missouri State 107-76 in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament first round Thursday to conclude a 24-9 campaign that included a 94-73 victory at Arkansas on Nov. 21.

Source: Arkansas hiring ORU women’s basketball coach Kelsi Musick

Prior to coaching ORU, Musick was 259-125 in 13 seasons at Division II Southwestern Oklahoma State from 2009-22. She led the Lady Bulldogs to the NCAA Division II National Championship game in 2019.

 

The Canton, Okla. native, is expected to be formally introduced during a news conference MMusick will inherit a team that finished the 2024-25 season with a 10-22 overall, 3 -13 SEC record — a program record for total losses and the worst conference record since Neighbors’ first team went 3-13 in 2017-18.

 

Arkansas has 13 all-time NCAA Tournament appearances and has not advanced past the second round since 1998. Musick will have the task of ascending the Razorbacks up the ladder of a difficult SEC, which sent 10 of its 16 teams to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. onday.11-12.