VCU parts ways with women’s basketball coach Beth O’Boyle

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- VCU Vice President and Director of Athletics Ed McLaughlin announced that women’s basketball coach Beth O’Boyle will not coach for the remainder of the 2025–26 season and will not return to the program.

“We want to thank Coach O’Boyle for her service to VCU and her dedication to our student-athletes. We will not renew her contract and she will not coach the remainder of the season. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors. We will begin a national search immediately,” McLaughlin said.

Assistant coach Kirk Crawford has been named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

O’Boyle finishes her tenure at VCU with a 191–168 overall record across 12 seasons. She was hired in April 2014 after serving as head coach at Stony Brook. Under her leadership, the Rams reached the NCAA Tournament once, capturing the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2021.