Aaron Roussell is an American college basketball coach, currently the women's head coach at the University of Richmond. Roussell is a 2001 graduate of the University of Iowa and he began his college coaching career as a graduate assistant at Minnesota State. After two seasons there, Roussell spent eight years as head women's basketball coach at the University of Chicago.[1] Roussell then spent seven seasons as head coach at Bucknell University before being named head coach at Richmond on April 2, 2019.[2][3][4]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Richmond |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 |
| Record | 94–57 (.623) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Iowa ('01) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2004 | Minnesota State (grad. assistant) |
| 2004–2012 | Chicago |
| 2012–2019 | Bucknell |
| 2019–present | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 406–179 (.694) |
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Maroons (University Athletic Association) (2004–2012) | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | Chicago | 16–9 | 9–5 | 4th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Chicago | 17–8 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Chicago | 18–7 | 7–7 | 5th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Chicago | 22–6 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA third round | ||||
| 2008–09 | Chicago | 17–8 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2009–10 | Chicago | 19–7 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Chicago | 25–4 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA quarterfinals | ||||
| 2011–12 | Chicago | 27–1 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA third round | ||||
| Chicago: | 161–50 (.763) | 80–32 (.714) | |||||||
| Bucknell Bison (Patriot League) (2012–2019) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Bucknell | 15–16 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Bucknell | 16–14 | 11–7 | 4th | WBI first round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Bucknell | 18–12 | 10–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Bucknell | 25–8 | 17–1 | T–1st | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Bucknell | 27–6 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Bucknell | 22–10 | 15–3 | 2nd | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Bucknell | 28–6 | 16–2 | T–1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| Bucknell: | 151–72 (.677) | 90–32 (.738) | |||||||
| Richmond Spiders (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Richmond | 15–17 | 7–9 | T–9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Richmond | 13–9 | 9–6 | 6th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Richmond | 16–14 | 7–9 | 8th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Richmond | 21–11 | 8–6 | 5th | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Richmond | 29–6 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| Richmond: | 94–57 (.623) | 47–32 (.595) | |||||||
| Total: | 406–179 (.694) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||