IU to reveal Bennett's replacement today

After more than a month of searching for the next women's basketball coach, the IU athletics department will announce the new coach today at 1:30 p.m. in the Hoosier Room in Memorial Stadium.\nThe new coach will replace Kathi Bennett, who resigned as head coach in March after five seasons. In Bennett's time in Bloomington, she compiled a 72-75 record and led the Hoosiers to one NCAA tournament appearance in 2002.\nShortly after the announcement that Bennett was stepping down, IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan formed a search committee featuring six people with a broad range of experiences, with clear characteristics necessary to be the next coach of the Hoosiers.\n"We're looking for a coach with proven success, a great academic profile and unquestioned integrity," said Greenspan in a statement. "We want someone with a passion for recruiting and building a highly successful program in the classroom and on the court."\nThough much of the search has been kept in the dark, two names have emerged -- Kevin Borseth and Holly Warlick.\nBorseth is currently the coach of Wisconsin-Green Bay. In his seven years guiding the Phoenix he has 164-51 record, taking them to the NCAA Tournament six times.\nBorseth was unavailable for comment by press time.\nThe Big Ten currently has only one male coach, Jim Foster at Ohio State.\nFor the past 20 seasons, Warlick has served as the top assistant to the winningest coach in college basketball -- Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee.\nAs well to being a part of one of the most storied programs in women's basketball, Warlick was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.\nWarlick said she recently talked with both Greenspan and Associate Athletics Director Tim Fitzpatrick. She also met with Greenspan in Indianapolis during the Final Four. \nShe said she is not sure of her status for the position as hasn't heard from anyone in the past few days.\nWarlick is also considering a similar position at Clemson University.\nThough Warlick isn't certain that she will get the position, she said she knows the program can be turned around.\n"Regardless of the outcome, (Greenspan) is outstanding. He's a great seller for (IU) and he's a very impressive AD," Warlick said. "The recruiting base is tremendous for women. It is a basketball area that I don't think Indiana has had tapped into for the resources for one reason or another. I think it could be a very good basketball school for women."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Dan Click at daaclick@indiana.edu.