Fresno State women's basketball introduces Ryan McCarthy as new head coach

Ryan McCarthy was officially introduced arsenic the 12th caput manager successful Fresno State women's hoops past connected Monday afternoon.

A six-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's hoops Coach of the Year Honoree, McCarthy led Alaska Anchorage to the third-best winning percent and the 4th astir full victories successful NCAA D-II implicit the past 10 years with a 309-67 wide grounds (.822).

Fresno State Athletic Director Garrett Klassy says helium believed McCarthy had aggregate opportunities to permission for the D-I level, but that wasn't going to halt him from recruiting him to travel to the valley.

"We person a high-level coach," Klassy said. "Doesn't substance what level, winners are winners."

Klassy besides stressed McCarthy's passionateness for the crippled and adjacent gave immoderate penetration into their meal gathering astatine Fresno's Yosemite Ranch.

"As aggravated arsenic helium was astir basketball, I needed to spot the brushed broadside connected this guy," Klassy said. "As soon arsenic we permission Yosemite Ranch, helium instantly holds his wife's hand, and I'm similar okay, this feline has a brushed side, he's precise empathetic and cares astir people."

Klassy says the hiring process came down to uncovering a civilization operator -- thing helium sees successful some McCarthy and Bulldog Head Football Coach Matt Entz.

McCarthy besides comes to Fresno State with a 'mayhem' benignant of play that draws inspiration from Jerry Tarkanian's amoeba defense.

"We privation to play fast," McCarthy said. "I cognize each manager says that. I deliberation you tin person an interrogation with immoderate manager that says they privation to play truly accelerated and people a batch of points, and you gotta person the players to beryllium capable to bash that."

McCarthy says the programme needs to absorption connected clip and accomplishment improvement moving forward.

"Defensively, we are going to play a high-pressure system," McCarthy said.

"We tin premix up our looks betwixt antheral and our mentation of amoeba. We were beating D-I teams doing this."

Prior to his clip astatine Alaska Anchorage, McCarthy spent 5 seasons astatine GNAC rival Northwest Nazarene from 2007-12. At NNU, helium served arsenic an assistant, interim caput coach, and subordinate caput coach, helping the Crusaders to 2 NCAA Tournament berths and a .633 winning percentage.

In 2010-11, McCarthy stepped up arsenic acting caput manager and led the Crusaders to a 14-13 grounds and a bid to the inaugural GNAC Tournament. In 2011-12, McCarthy was named subordinate caput manager and helped aviator NNU to an 18-10 season.

McCarthy played professionally for Tus Bramsche successful Bramsche, Germany, successful 2006-07, wherever helium led the league successful three-pointers and escaped propulsion percentage. He spent 2006 with the Central Oregon Hotshots of the International Basketball League, averaging 16 points, 4 assists, and 4 rebounds per game.

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