Bio

For Didi Cotton, one of the all-time leading scorers and rebounders in the history of Goucher’s women’s basketball program, the 2014-15 campaign will be her 10th season as the Gophers’ head coach.

Cotton had attained extensive Division I coaching experience prior to rejoining the Gophers, having served for five years as an assistant on the women’s basketball coaching staff at Florida International. During those five seasons, the Golden Panthers achieved a 105-47 overall record, captured the Sun Belt Conference championship (2001-02), and made two appearances in the NCAA Division I postseason tournament (1998-99, 2001-02) and two in the Postseason WNIT (2000-01, 2002-03).

The Baltimore native launched her coaching career at St. Paul’s School for Girls and became the head junior varisty coach at Western High School in Baltimore (1996-97) and assistant varsity coach at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami (2003-04), and more recently worked as a recreation specialist/youth sports coordinator for the Sports, Health & Fitness Office in the District of Columbia Parks & Recreation Department (2004-05). At Gulliver Prep, her team won the 3A state championship and was ranked No. 19 in the nation by USA Today.

Cotton graduated from Goucher in 1996 with a degree in management and earned a master’s degree in physical education and sports management from Florida International in December 2003. She was a four-time letterwinner for the Gophers and is one of only two female basketball players in school history to earn All-Capital Athletic Conference honors three or more times during her career. She was a second-team All-CAC selection in 1993-94 and 1994-95, and a first-team pick as a senior in 1995-96.

The Goucher teams on which Cotton played compiled an overall record of 59-43. She was the leading scorer (18.5 points per game) on the 1995-96 team that advanced to the NCAA Division III postseason tournament.

During her four seasons at Goucher, Cotton scored 1,513 points, the fourth-highest total in program history. She also ranks third all-time in career rebounds with 693.