Breaking News: Killinger steps down as Indiana State women’s basketball head coach..
Indiana State Interim Director of Athletics Angie Lansing announced head coach Chad Killinger will be stepping down from his role with the Sycamore women’s basketball program effective immediately.
Lansing said, “We’d like to thank Chad for his contributions to Sycamore Athletics and wish him and his family well moving forward.”
Killinger ends his time with the Sycamores with a 33-60 record over his three seasons with the program. The women’s basketball team was active in the community under his leadership.
Deidra Johnson will remain as the interim head coach while a nationwide search begins for the next Indiana State women’s basketball head coach.
Chad Killinger is in his third season as the head coach at Indiana State University and brings 25 years of college coaching experience to the Sycamores staff, including 18 seasons at the junior college level where he saw 130 student-athletes who he coached or recruited move on to play at the four-year level, with 54 of them signing at NCAA Division I institutions.
Killinger owns a 301-205 (.595) record in 15 seasons as a head coach and has been a part of 495 victories at the collegiate level.
Killinger and his wife, Rachael, who competed at Indiana University in both basketball and track, have three sons – Isaiah (21), Elijah (13), Moses (9), and three daughters – Josiah (15), Noah (10), and Micah (5).
