Aaron Roussell

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]

Aaron Roussell

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Richmond
Conference	Atlantic 10
Record	98–57 (.632)
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	410–179 (.696)

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

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
2024–25	Richmond	4–0	0–0
Richmond:		98–57 (.632)	47–32 (.595)
Total:		410–179 (.696)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Sources:^[5][6]

References

1. Hersh, Philip (April 17, 2012). "Roussell leaves Chicago for Bucknell". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
2. "Aaron Roussell Named Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Richmond Athletics. April 2, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
3. O'Connor, John (April 2, 2019). "Spiders name Aaron Roussell, from Bucknell, women's basketball coach". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
4. "Roussell leaving Bucknell, to be new coach at Richmond". The Daily Item. April 3, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
5. "UChicago Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
6. "2018–19 Bucknell Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University Athletics. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

External links

• University of Richmond biography