Gayle Fulks- Inside the Rise of Davidson Women's Basketball

Heading into her 9th year at the helm of the Davidson women's basketball program, Gayle Fulks joins this week's episode of ​⁠. Fulks looks to build upon her most successful season as a head coach where the Wildcats finished with 19 wins, including 13 Atlantic 10 conference wins. The 2024-25 team also broke a program record of 3 pointers made (250).

Coach Fulks had many different coaching experiences becoming a head coach. She began as a video coordinator for the WNBA's New York Liberty before getting an assistant coaching job at Longwood University. After spending four seasons with Longwood, Fulks coached at UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest for a total of six seasons.

Davidson finished the season 3rd in the Atlantic 10 behind two teams that made it to the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats have continuously ranked towards the top of the conference in three point categories on both sides of the ball.

Hear about Coach Fulks journey leading up to coaching at Davidson, how her offensive philosophies have developed over time, and her experience being a committed international recruiter.

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Enjoy the episode!

Sneak Peak- 00:00-00:24

Summer Travel / Intro- 00:24-09:28

No Summer Session for Davidson, Following WNBA- 09:28-13:42

Offseason Focus after Successful 24-25 Year, Finding Players in Transfer Portal, NIL Impact on WBB/Davidson- 13:42-22:55

Offensive Philosophies & Developing Offense, Offensive Identity Advancing Defensive System- 22:55-32:28

Recruiting Specific Positions/Play Types, Recruiting Internationally, Overseas Youth System vs. US Youth System- 32:28-42:03

Using Steph Curry as a Tool for the Davidson Program, Steph's Impact on Davidson- 42:03-44:49

Break- 44:49-44:58

Each Coaching Stop & the Impact on Her Coaching Career, Memories Coaching @ Wake Forest- 44:58-51:21

Advice to Coaches Tasked with Rebuilding a Program- 51:21-54:08

Rapid Fire (Favorite BB Memory as a Player, Coaches that she Secretly Admires, Favorite Matchup in the A10)- 54:08-57:55

Starting 5: Best Players Coached Against- 57:55-01:00:44

Outro- 01:00:44-01:01:19