Which NCAA Division I college tried to drop its women's basketball program, then reinstate it, leading to the resignation of coach Valerie Goodwin-Colbert?
Valerie Goodwin-Colbert Valerie Goodwin-Colbert is a former basketball coach. She was the fifth head coach of the University of Oklahoma women's basketball program. While at Oklahoma, the program had a 32-51 record. During her tenure, the university dropped the women's basketball program but later reinstated it only to have Goodwin-Colbert resign the next day. Prior to coaching at Oklahoma, Goodwin-Colbert was the head women's basketball coach at Southwest Missouri State University.
Gordon White (basketball) Gordon S. White was a college football and basketball coach at Roanoke College and Gonzaga University. A former college football player at Roanoke, and Marine in World War I, White returned to Roanoke as an assistant coach in 1927. He succeeded Coach Guy H. "Pinky" Spruhan as head basketball coach of the Roanoke Maroons in 1930, and athletic director in 1931. White also became the head football coach for Roanoke. In 1938, his football team narrowly lost the Virginia state championship to the Virginia Military Institute.