Joe Legerski

Who is Joe Legerski?

Joe Legerski is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Wyoming. Since 2003, he has served as the 6th women's coach in school history. His 2006 team is widely regarded as the best in school history, having finished the season 27-9, and won the WNIT championship. That team also went 11-5 and finished second in the Mountain West Conference standings. The 2005 season saw the Cowgirls finish 21-9 and 10-6 in the MWC.

He previously served for 12 seasons as an assistant coach for Utah. Utah was 254-96 with 7 league championships, while he was an assistant there. He is a 1979 graduate of Wyoming himself.

Joe Legerski is in his eighth season as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Wyoming. He was named head coach on May 1, 2003 and became the sixth head coach in Cowgirl history. Under his guidance the Cowgirls have recorded four 20-win seasons, finishing with a 21-12 overall record and a 9-7 mark in the MWC during the 2009-2010 campaign. It was also the sixth consecutive winning season for the women’s team.

The Cowgirls have played in the post-season four of the seven years Coach Legerski has been at the helm.

Three Cowgirls garnered conference honors for the seventh straight year under Legerski. Hillary Carlson and Aubrey Vandiver were each named to the Second Team All-MWC, while Emma Langford earned Third Team All-MWC honors.