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IU women's basketball announces staff

The IU women’s basketball program announced the coaching staff that will join new head coach Teri Moren on Tuesday.

Curtis Loyd, Rhet Wierzba and Todd Starkey will coach their first season in Bloomington as assistant coaches.

Loyd was hired in May after serving as associate head coach at the University of Minnesota. His 18 years of coaching experience make him the most experienced coach on the IU staff.

Loyd also spent time at Akron, Virginia, Arizona and Colorado State.

“Curtis has a tremendous reputation of being an outstanding recruiter and is well respected by his colleagues,” Moren said in a Sept. 2 release.

“He will bring a familiarity to the Big Ten for us that will only help us as we prepare for some of the best teams in the country.”

Wierzba comes to IU with Moren after coaching with her for a year at Indiana State during the 2013-14 season.

Under Moren and Wierzba, the Sycamores brought home the Missouri Valley Conference championship for the first time since 2006.

Wierzba’s main responsibilities in Terre Haute involved recruiting and developing post players.

The other new face in Bloomington belongs to Starkey, the former head coach of Lenior-Rhyne University for nine years. Starkey leaves that program as the winningest coach in the school’s history.

In 2009, he also was named the Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year after leading the Bears to a 27-5 record.

In his last six years at Lenior-Rhyne, Starkey compiled a record of 124-52 (0.705).

“(Starkey) brings experience and a commitment to the well-being of our student athletes,” Moren said in the release. “Our philosophies and how we see the game are very similar, and that excites me as we strive to build a championship program.”

Two staffers are remaining with the program from last year.

Liz Honegger will begin her third year as director of basketball operations. Briana Bass was with the program last year but will serve in a new role as assistant to the director of ?basketball operations.

Amanda Hyde will also be on staff in her first year as a graduate assistant.

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