Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball

Marshall Thundering Herd
Marshall Thundering Herd
	2018–19 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team
University	Marshall University
First season	1969–70
All-time record	618–637
Head coach	Tony Kemper (1st season)
Conference	C-USA
Location	Huntington, West Virginia
Arena	Cam Henderson Center ; (capacity: 9,048)
Nickname	Thundering Herd
Colors	Kelly green and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament appearances
	1997
Conference tournament champions
	1997
Conference regular season champions
	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

The Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represents Marshall University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. They are a member of Conference USA. Marshall has earned one bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, led by head coach Tony Kemper. Their only NCAA tournament appearance was with an automatic-bid in the 1997 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament with a #15 seed in the Midwest region.

NCAA Tournament results

Marshall has been to the tournament one time. Their combined record is 0–1. ^[2]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1997	First Round	Colorado	L 49–69

Marshall has been to the WNIT tournament one time. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2016	First Round	Ohio	L 68–76

Marshall has been to the WBI tournament two times. Their combined record is 2–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2015	First Round Quarterfinals	Northern Kentucky Mercer	W 81–79 L 71–73
2019	First Round Quarterfinals	Davidson Appalachian State	W 67–64 L 71–83

v t e Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Venues	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (1969–1981) Cam Henderson Center (1981–present)
Rivalries	West Virginia
Culture & lore	History Marco the Bison
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Conference USA women's basketball
Teams	FIU Panthers Jacksonville State Gamecocks Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Lady Flames Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders New Mexico State Aggies Sam Houston Bearkats UTEP Miners (leaving in 2026) Western Kentucky Lady Toppers
Future teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Missouri State Lady Bears (both joining in 2025)
Championships & awards	Conference USA women's basketball tournament
Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25