Utah State’s loss to Boise State within the Mountain West match on Sunday marked the top of its 2023-24 season and Kayla Ard’s tenure with the crew.
Ard arrived to her postgame press convention after her Aggies misplaced by a rating of 85-49. She wasn’t there for lengthy, nonetheless, as she revealed that she had been fired moments earlier.
“How do you intend to rebuild for subsequent season?” a reporter requested.
“I am not going to be rebuilding. I simply coached my final recreation at Utah State,” she said. “I spoke with (athletic director) Diana (Sabau) and they’re going in a special course. And I respect the choice and I hope they get a extremely good coach.”
She then turned to a moderator, saying, “I am assuming that’s going to be the final query” earlier than strolling off.
Ard was Utah State’s girls’s basketball coach for 4 seasons and introduced the crew to a 24-90 report, together with a 10-62 mark in Mountain West play. The Aggies went 5-25 total and 2-16 in convention play in 2023-24 earlier than falling within the convention match.
“We respect every part Kayla and her workers have contributed to Utah State,” Sabau mentioned in a press release. “Nevertheless, it’s in the most effective curiosity of this system to make a change.”
Utah State mentioned it might start the seek for Ard’s substitute instantly.
