Samford Bulldogs women's basketball

The Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team, formerly the Samford Lady Bulldogs, is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Samford University in Homewood, Alabama, United States. Since 2008, the team competes in the Southern Conference (SoCon), after leaving the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They play their home games at the Pete Hanna Center.

Samford Bulldogs
2025–26 Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team
University	Samford University
First season	1997–98
Head coach	Matt Wise (1st season)
Location	Homewood, Alabama
Arena	Pete Hanna Center (capacity: 4,954)
Conference	SoCon
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Blue and red
All-time record	291–282 (.508)
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
2011, 2012, 2026
Conference tournament champions
2011, 2012, 2020, 2026
Conference regular-season champions
2020, 2021
Uniforms
Home Away

Coaches

The Samford Bulldogs have had four coaches in their history. Until the end of the 2018–19 season, the team was coached by Mike Morris, who took over in 2002 for Janet Cone after she became Samford's associate athletics director. In 2019, Carley Kuhns was hired from Valdosta State University to become the third head coach in history. After Kuhns announced her resignation in April 2025, the Bulldogs promoted associate head coach Matt Wise to be the fourth head coach of the program.

Janet Cone coaching history

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Samford (TAAC) (1997–2001)
1997–98	Samford	3–23	2–14
1998–99	Samford	8–19	7–9
1999–2000	Samford	19–10	13–5
2000–01	Samford	8–21	6–12
Samford:		38–73	28–40
Samford (A-Sun) (2001–2002)
2001–02	Samford	3–24	2–18
Samford:		3–24	2–18
Total:		41–97

Mike Morris coaching history

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Samford (A-Sun) (2002–2003)
2002–03	Samford	7–20	3–13
Samford:		7–20	3–13
Samford (OVC) (2003–2008)
2003–04	Samford	10–17	3–13
2004–05	Samford	13–15	6–10
2005–06	Samford	21–8	15–5	3rd
2006–07	Samford	18–13	12–8	4th
2007–08	Samford	23–9	15–5	2nd
Samford:		85–62	51–41
Samford (SoCon) (2008–2019)
2008–09	Samford	22–7	16–4	2nd
2009–10	Samford	23–11	14–6	T-2nd	WNIT second round
2010–11	Samford	25–8	15–5	2nd	NCAA first round
2011–12	Samford	20–13	12–8	4th	NCAA first round
2012–13	Samford	15–16	11–9	T-5th
2013–14	Samford	10–20	8–10	6th
2014–15	Samford	15–15	8–6	4th
2015–16	Samford	20–11	11–3	3rd
2016–17	Samford	12–19	4–10	6th
2017–18	Samford	15–16	6–8	T-5th
2018–19	Samford	10–20	5–9	7th
Samford:		187–156	110–78
Total:		279–238

Carley Kuhns coaching history

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Samford (SoCon) (2019–2025)
2019–20	Samford	18–14	10–4	T–1st	NCAA cancelled
2020–21	Samford	14–11	11–2	1st	WNIT first round
2021–22	Samford	13–17	7–7	4th
2022–23	Samford	13–17	7–7	6th
2023–24	Samford	14–16	6–8	6th
2024–25	Samford	12–19	7–7	5th
Samford:		84–94	48–35
Total:		404–429
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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NCAA tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 0–3.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	#14	First Round	#3 Florida State	L 46–76
2012	#15	First Round	#2 Duke	L 47–82
2026	#16	First Four	#16 Southern	L 53–65

External links

• Official website