Gervasoni resigns after five seasons with Pack
Nevada head coach Kim Gervasoni, who improved her record each season with the Wolf Pack, resigned Thursday because of personal reasons.
In a statement released by the university, Gervasoni said: “I would like to thank Cary Groth, Cindy Fox and Chris Ault for giving me this opportunity to be the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Nevada for the past five years,” Gervasoni said. “I appreciate the support from the administration, support staff, my coaching staff, the players, my friends, family and the community. I’m grateful for my experience here and I am excited about my future.”
Gervasoni, who lost her husband and assistant coach Mike Gervasoni in a car accident in 2004, said she resigned because of personal reasons.
Gervasoni was 59-92 as the Wolf Pack head coach, but had back-to-back winning seasons in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Gervasoni improved Nevada’s win total every season as the head coach: 3-26, 8-22, 13-17, 17-15 and 18-12.
Nevada was one win shy last season of reaching its highest win total in school history (19). She is the second Nevada coach to reach the 50-win mark and the only Nevada coach to take the Wolf Pack to a post-season berth (2007 Women’s National Invitational Tournament). The Wolf Pack’s record last season was its best since it joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1999-2000.
Gervasoni also stressed success in the classroom, coaching 21 Academic All-WAC selections in her five-year career.
Gervasoni started her head-coaching career at Solano Community College in 1992 and coached there before becoming an assistant coach at Arizona State in 2000.
The university announced that a national search for its next head coach would begin immediately. Gervasoni had three assistant coaches who may become early front-runners for the position: Amanda Levens, Darryl Smith and Jackie Moore.
Levens has been a coach under Gervasoni since they came to Nevada together in 2003. Levens played under Gervasoni when she was an assistant coach at Arizona State, leading the Sun Devils to two NCAA tournament bids (2001 and 2002).
Smith is the only assistant coach with head coaching experience. He recorded a 267-163 mark in his 15-year coaching career at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Wichita State and Butler Community College.
Moore came to Nevada in 2005-2006 and worked as a recruiting coordinator at Boston College and Miami before coming to Nevada.
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July 25th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I know the reason that this wonderful coach is resigning. She is headed for personal disaster. She is now dating a man who is the biggest cheater in Washington state. He will chew through her the way he did his previous 3 wives. Tell her not to become seriously involved, it will only bring her heartache.