Lindsay Whalen was off the court for 18 months after her departure as head coach of the Gopher's Women's basketball team.

University of Minnesota women’s basketball coach Lindsay Whalen announced March 2 she has stepped down. Whalen, a Hutchinson native, said that coaching at Minnesota had been “an honor of a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Mark Coyle announced Thursday that Lindsay Whalen ... have the opportunity to make more,” said Whalen. “Becoming the head coach here at the U and being a Gopher again is ...

Lindsay Whalen said it’s been “the craziest ... “For these last two weeks, I only had to focus on my job as a head coach,” Whalen said. “I will be learning that transition.

Hutchinson native Lindsay Whalen was announced Thursday as the new head coach of the University of Minnesota women’s basketball team. “I have so many special memories at the University of ...

Behind the Gophers’ bench, a fan held a sign that summed up the last four years of Minnesota women’s basketball: “Welcome to Whalen Arena.” “We wouldn’t be sitting here right now if Lindsay wasn’t ...

The last time the Gophers made a basketball hire was when they replaced women’s coach Lindsay Whalen with former West Virginia coach Dawn Plitzuweit. That search lasted about two weeks.