Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Marshall |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Record | 2–4 (.333) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Dola, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma mater | Capital University (BS) Defiance College (MA) University of the Cumberlands (PhD) |
Playing career | |
1996–2000 | Capital |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2002 | Westerville North HS (OH) (assistant) |
2002–2004 | Defiance (assistant) |
2004–2014 | Lewis & Clark |
2014–2024 | Transylvania |
2024–present | Marshall |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 402–147 (.732) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
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Juli Fulks is an American college basketball coach who is serving as the head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team. She previously served in the same role at Transylvania University for ten seasons, where the team won six regular season conference championships, six conference tournament championships, and won the 2023 NCAA Division III National Championship. [1]
Fulks played high school basketball at Hardin Northern High School in Dola, Ohio, where she broke the record for most points scored in a career at the school. In 2023, she was inducted into the Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame for her achievement. [2] As a collegiate player at Capital, Fulks was a member of the 1997 Final Four team. She graduated with a major in biology with a minor in psychology in 2000. [3]
Fulks began her collegiate coaching career in 2002 at Defiance College after spending two season as an assistant coach at Westerville North High School girl's varsity basketball team. Fulks was hired as head coach at Lewis & Clark College in 2004 and was the team's winningest head coach in program history at the time of her departure in 2014. [4]
Fulks left Lewis & Clark to become head coach at Transylvania University 2014. At Transylvania, she led the Pioneers to the school's first national championship when they defeated Christopher Newport University in the 2023 NCAA tournament. [5] In 2024, Fulks was named WBCA National Coach of the Year Award. [6]
On April 12, 2024, it was announced that Fulks was named the head coach for the Marshall Thundering Herd, replacing Kim Caldwell. [7]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Lewis & Clark Pioneers (Northwest Conference)(2004–2014) | |||||||||
2004–05 | Lewis & Clark | 5–20 | 1–15 | 8th | |||||
2005–06 | Lewis & Clark | 12–12 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
2006–07 | Lewis & Clark | 16–9 | 9–7 | T–3rd | |||||
2007–08 | Lewis & Clark | 14–12 | 10–6 | 3rd | |||||
2008–09 | Lewis & Clark | 11–14 | 5–11 | 7th | |||||
2009–10 | Lewis & Clark | 16–10 | 10–6 | T–3rd | |||||
2010–11 | Lewis & Clark | 31–7 | 14–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2011–12 | Lewis & Clark | 24–4 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
2012–13 | Lewis & Clark | 25–4 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
2013–14 | Lewis & Clark | 13–12 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
Lewis & Clark: | 158–104 | 93–67 | |||||||
Transylvania Pioneers (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2014–2024) | |||||||||
2014–15 | Transylvania | 25–3 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2015–16 | Transylvania | 19–8 | 14–4 | T–2nd | |||||
2016–17 | Transylvania | 20–8 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2017–18 | Transylvania | 21–6 | 15–3 | 2nd | |||||
2018–19 | Transylvania | 27–3 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division III Regional Semifinals | ||||
2019–20 | Transylvania | 25–3 | 17–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2020–21 | Transylvania | 14–6 | 0–0 | No postseason held | |||||
2021–22 | Transylvania | 27–1 | 13–0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Elite Eight | ||||
2022–23 | Transylvania | 33–0 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Champions | ||||
2023–24 | Transylvania | 31–1 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Final Four | ||||
Transylvania: | 242–39 | 142–15 | |||||||
Marshall Thundering Herd (Sun Belt Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024–25 | Marshall | 2–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
Marshall: | 2–4 | 0–0 | |||||||
Total: | 402–147 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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