List of Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball seasons

This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball seasons. Nebraska competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten. The team has completed fifty seasons and played 1,548 games.
Nebraska has appeared in seventeen NCAA Division I tournaments and thirteen other national postseason tournaments. The program has won three combined conference regular season and tournament championships across the Big Eight, Big 12, and Big Ten.
Seasons
| Regular season champion | Tournament champion |
| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent[a] (1975–1982) | ||||||||
| 1975–76 | George Nicodemus | 21–9 | AIAW regional / NWIT 5th | |||||
| 1976–77 | 21–16 | |||||||
| 1977–78 | Marcia Walker | 11–18 | ||||||
| 1978–79 | Lorrie Gallagher | 23–13 | AIAW regional | |||||
| 1979–80 | 23–17 | AIAW regional | ||||||
| 1980–81 | Colleen Matsuhara | 18–13 | AIAW regional | |||||
| 1981–82 | 14–17 | |||||||
| Big Eight Conference (1982–1996) | ||||||||
| 1982–83 | Colleen Matsuhara | 14–14 | 5–9 | 5th | ||||
| 1983–84 | Kelly Hill | 16–12 | 6–8 | 6th | ||||
| 1984–85 | 10–18 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
| 1985–86 | 11–17 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1986–87 | Angela Beck | 16–13 | 8–6 | 4th | ||||
| 1987–88 | 22–7 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 1988–89 | 14–14 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
| 1989–90 | 10–18 | 2–12 | T–7th | |||||
| 1990–91 | 17–11 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1991–92 | 21–11 | 9–5 | 3rd | NWIT 5th | ||||
| 1992–93 | 23–8 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 1993–94 | 17–13 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 1994–95 | 13–14 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1995–96 | 19–10 | 8–6 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| Big 12 Conference (1996–2011) | ||||||||
| 1996–97 | Angela Beck | 19–9 | 8–8 | 6th | ||||
| 1997–98 | Paul Sanderford | 23–10 | 11–5 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I second round | |||
| 1998–99 | 21–12 | 8–8 | T–5th | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 1999–00 | 18–13 | 10–6 | 5th | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2000–01 | 12–18 | 4–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2001–02 | 14–16 | 4–12 | 11th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Connie Yori | 8–20 | 1–15 | 12th | ||||
| 2003–04 | 18–12 | 7–9 | T–7th | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2004–05 | 18–14 | 8–8 | T–6th | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2005–06 | 19–13 | 8–8 | T–6th | WNIT quarterfinal | ||||
| 2006–07 | 22–10 | 10–6 | T–4th | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2007–08 | 21–12 | 9–7 | 6th | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 2008–09 | 15–16 | 6–10 | T–7th | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2009–10 | 32–2 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2010–11 | 13–18 | 3–13 | 12th | |||||
| Big Ten Conference (2011–present) | ||||||||
| 2011–12 | Connie Yori | 24–9 | 10–6 | 6th | NCAA Division I first round | |||
| 2012–13 | 25–9 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2013–14 | 26–7 | 12–4 | 3rd | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 2014–15 | 21–11 | 10–8 | 7th | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2015–16 | 18–13 | 9–9 | T–7th | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Amy Williams | 7–22 | 3–13 | T–11th | ||||
| 2017–18 | 21–11 | 11–5 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2018–19 | 14–16 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 2019–20 | 17–13 | 7–11 | 10th | Canceled[b] | ||||
| 2020–21 | 13–13 | 9–10 | 9th | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2021–22 | 24–9 | 11–7 | 6th | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2022–23 | 18–15 | 8–10 | 8th | WNIT Super 16 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 23–12 | 11–7 | 5th | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 2024–25 | 21–11 | 10–8 | T–8th | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
Notes
- ^ The Big Eight held a midseason tournament each season from 1975–76 to 1981–82, but did not sponsor a regular-season championship until 1982–83.
- ^ Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2025.