Fulks comes to Marshall from Transylvania, which won the 2023 NCAA D-3 National Championship and finished this most recent season with a 33-1 record, their only loss coming in the national semifinal which ended a 64 game winning streak. Fulks has a career record of 400-143 and has won 8 straight conference championships.

If she can recruit D-I athletes, she may be a keeper!!!

Lets hope so.

Quote:Fulks is one of eight head coaches across all divisions of women's basketball to eclipse the 400-win mark in 20 or fewer seasons.

That consistency of success went to another level over the last three seasons when Fulks compiled a 91-2 overall record and earned a 64-game winning streak during that stretch, which included a perfect 33-0 record and the 2022-23 Division III National Championship. The 64-game winning streak is the third-longest all-time winning streak in Div. III history.

In the 2023-24 season, Fulks again led Transylvania to the Div. III National Championship game after earning her 400th career victory in the NCAA Tournament win over Wisconsin-Whitewater.

While Fulks' victories on the court stand out, her work off the court for her players is just as integral to their success after basketball.

One of the signature aspects of Fulks' coaching legacy is the implementation of the Guest Coach Program, which offers her players the opportunity to interact with inspirational female business and community leaders who share their experiences in the world to promote courage, leadership and personal growth among the student-athletes.

Individuals whom Fulks brought in as part of the Guest Coach Program at Transylvania include CEOs, Presidents, Vice Presidents and other corporate leaders.

"Coach Juli Fulks steps into the spotlight as Marshall University's new Women's Basketball coach, carrying with her not just a playbook, but a legacy of profound leadership and transformative success," said Marshall University President Brad D. Smith. "Her approach goes beyond the court; it's about mentoring young athletes and linking them with professionals, nurturing their growth into poised and impactful leaders."

Fulks' success on and off the court is not by accident; instead, it is born of a combination of terrific schematics paired with a detailed analytics system that forms the perfect mechanism for success. The proof is in the performance with Transylvania reaching the 25-win mark in five of the last six years – the lone exception being the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020-21.

"Embracing a 'Moneyball' philosophy, she employs cutting-edge data analytics to sharpen strategy and decision-making while her focus on psychological resilience ensures her players are as mentally robust as they are physically formidable," Smith said. "Coach Fulks isn't just crafting a team; she's shaping the future leaders of tomorrow."

Fulks comes to Marshall with a career record of 400-143 – a winning percentage of 73.7 percent. In addition to winning the National Championship, Fulks also won six consecutive HCAC Conference Championships while going to three straight Elite Eights and two straight Final Fours while at Transylvania.

In the 2023-24 season, the analytics led Transylvania to the No. 1 scoring defense in Division III as the Pioneers allowed just 43.6 points per game – a mark that was the best across all NCAA Divisions.

Transylvania was also No. 2 nationally in scoring margin (+27.9 points per game) while ranking in the top-10 nationally in five other categories: 3-point percentage defense, field goal percentage defense, 3-pointers per game, assist-to-turnover ratio and fouls per game.

Herdzone

Let's keep this momentum going.

Portal will be key.

That's a great hire. Marshall is going to continue to be dominant.

From what I've seen in women's basketball, a coach that wins big in the lower divisions will usually be a big winner in D1. Success in women's basketball is more X's and O's. Even women's teams with "lower" amounts of talent can be successful if the scheme is working well.

It appears Fulks is a phenomenal X's and O's coach.

Hate to lose a great coach but excited about Fulks’ potential.

(04-12-2024 02:52 PM)Bleed Green Wrote:  Hate to lose a great coach but excited about Fulks’ potential.

Hopefully after a year or two of Juli we're all saying Kim who? No disrespect to coach Caldwell

Nice hire!

She wasn't on the list I was looking at, but it looks like a great hire. I think there is a high upside.