University of Texas at Tyler Athletics

Jeannette Mosher took over the women’s basketball program here at UT Tyler on July 1, 2018.  A veteran basketball coach with 25 years of head coaching experience and over 450 wins to her name, Mosher will lead the program into the Lonestar Conference and division II status.
 
Mosher came from SUNY Cortland, where she coached for 20 years.  She led them to five State University of New York Athletic Conference tournament championships, to seven regular-season titles and the program advanced to eight NCAA postseasons.  She was named the WBCA East Region Coach of the Year in 2009-10 after leading the team to a 25-4 record and to the SUNYAC regular-season and tournament titles.  She is a six time SUNYAC Coach of the Year selection.   Along with conference honors, Mosher has been honored by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York with six Coach of the Year awards and was a 2017 BCANY Hall of Fame inductee.
 
Along with head coaching experience at SUNY Cortland and four years at Alfred University, Mosher was an assistant coach at Northern Michigan University for four years with the program going 85-31 with two appearances in the NCAA Division II postseason during that time.  A 1990 Alumna of St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., Mosher graduated as the schools all-time leading scorer with 2,280 points.  As a senior she was first team All-American and the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year as she led the Pumas to a 28-2 record and the NCAA Division II “Elite Eight”.  She also led the team to 27-4 marks and the NCAA playoffs in both her sophomore and junior seasons.  She was inducted into the GLVC Hall of Fame in 2004 and was selected to the Indiana  Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2011 Silver Anniversary Team.
 
The Lafayette, Indiana native scored at least 50 points on two occasions including a school and GLVC record 51 points along with 22 assists against Lewis University as a senior.  Mosher is a member of St. Joseph’s Athletic Hall of Fame.  “I am an Indiana girl and we live, eat and breathe basketball” Mosher said.  “I love the sport  and it is important to me.  I want my players to enjoy and appreciate the college athlete experience.  I want to provide opportunities to be competitive and at the same time modeling sportsmanship, teamwork, and respect.  Player development goes well beyond the basketball court and helping my players prepare for the world after basketball is my highest priority”. 
 
Mosher (formerly Jeannette Yeoman) and her husband Calvin reside in Tyler.