After serving as one of the longest tenured coaches at Nevada, the Wolf Pack women’s basketball head coach, Amanda Levens, was fired Monday afternoon.
Levens joined Nevada in 2017, sporting an overall record of 126-153 and 69-92 in conference play.
“We are grateful for Amanda’s leadership of the Wolf Pack women’s basketball program and the meaningful impact she, her staff and student-athletes have had throughout Northern Nevada,” Nevada athletic director Stephanie Rempe said in a news release to Nevada Sports
Net. “Amanda and her team always represented the university in a first-class manner, elevating our presence in the community through consistent engagement with local organizations and a genuine commitment to service. We appreciate her contributions to our university and wish her well in her next chapter.”
Levens was set to enter the final year of her second contract extension with Nevada. In 2018, she signed a five-year extension before agreeing to another one in 2022, which went through the 2027 season.
Nevada made the Mountain West Championship in Levens’ first year, but since then, the Wolf Pack have failed to make it past the quarterfinals in the conference tournament. Nevada’s last winning season was the 2021-22 season, where Levens led Nevada to a 20-13 record but fell to Air Force in its first game of the conference tournament.
Nevada only had three winning seasons in total under Levens, failing to reach an NCAA Tournament bid. Nevada participated in the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) two times, including the 2022 season, but failed to reach the championship both times.
Levens began her coaching career at Nevada, working as an assistant coach from 2003-2008. She then went on to be the head coach at SIU for a few years before returning to an assistant role at Arizona State. Levens embraced the Reno community, and despite the lack of winning seasons, she was a staple in the athletic program that had seen a wide range of coaching changes.
Nevada ended this season with a 10-21 record and a first-round exit to Fresno State in the Mountain West Tournament. Levens’ 126 wins are a school record for the program.
Nevada’s search for its first women’s basketball coach since 2017 will start immediately.
