Jacie Hoyt - Head Coach - Cowgirl Basketball Coaches - Oklahoma State University Athletics

Jacie Hoyt

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
terran.hoyt@okstate.edu
Phone:
(405) 744-2385

CAREER PATH
2010-11	Fort Hays State Graduate Assistant
2011-14	Nevada Assistant Coach
2014-17	Kansas State Assistant Coach
2017-22	Kansas City Head Coach
2022-Present	Oklahoma State Head Coach
CAREER NOTES
• Led OSU to a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 and an NCAA tournament berth in her first year in Stillwater.
• 2020 WAC Coach of the Year after coaching Kansas City to its first ever regular season conference championship.
• 23 wins in 2021-22 were the second-most for Kansas City since joining NCAA Division I in 1987-88.
• Coached UMKC to a 60.8 win percentage in conference games. Prior to her arrival, no coach left Kansas City with a career conference winning percentage above 44.2 percent.
• Led Kansas City to 13 conference wins in 2019-20 and 12 conference wins in 2021-22, the two highest single-season totals in program history.
• Oklahoma State finished the 2024-25 season 17-1 on their home floor this year for their best regular-season win total at home in program history. The Cowgirls went 4-0 against Top 25 opponents on their home floor this season, the highest win total against ranked opponents since the 2009-10 season.
• OSU reached No. 17 in the AP Top 25 poll in 2024-25, its highest ranking since reaching No. 17 in 2016. The Cowgirls earned their first win over a top-10 opponent since defeating No. 7 UCLA on Dec. 8, 2017 when they knocked off No. 9 TCU on Jan. 22.

Entering her fourth season in charge of the Oklahoma State women’s basketball program is head coach Jacie Hoyt.

Hoyt’s third season was one of historical significance with numerous team and individual milestones being achieved en route to securing the program’s second NCAA berth under her direction.

The Cowgirls racked up 25 wins on the season, the third-best total in program history and earned their second NCAA berth in three seasons under her guidance. For her work, Hoyt was named a WBCA National Coach of the Year finalist.

OSU scored a program-best 113 points against Chicago State, before surpassing the mark with 125 points against Alabama State. The 125 points are the sixth most in a single game in Big 12 history. Against Alabama State, the Cowgirls also set program records for points in a quarter (36), points in a half (69), made 3-pointers (20), assists (34) and margin of victory (76).

The Cowgirls' 14 Big 12 wins were the most league wins recorded in a single season in program history.

OSU's 85-55 win over No. 12 Kansas State tied the second-largest win over a Top 25 squad in program history.

OSU entered the Associated Press Top 25 on Jan. 13 for the first time since Feb. 19, 2018. and reached No. 17 in the AP Top 25 poll, its highest ranking since reaching No. 17 in 2016. Additionally, the Cowgirls earned their first win over a top-10 opponent since defeating No. 7 UCLA on Dec. 8, 2017 when they knocked off No. 9 TCU on Jan. 22.

Individually, Stailee Heard led the list of honorees, garnering honorable mention All-America status and first-team All-Big 12 honors. Anna Gret Asi was tabbed as a third-team all-league pick and Micah Gray received honorable mention status. Jadyn Wooten was named to the league’s all-freshman team.

Asi and Macey Huard were named CSC Academic All-Region picks for their work in the classroom.

Gray shattered the school's individual single-game mark with 10 treys against Chicago State. For the second year in a row, OSU's single-season made 3-pointers record fell with Gray drilling 83 treys on the year.

The Cowgirls had a school-record four different players score 30 points on the year with Gray, Asi, Huard and Heard all eclipsing the mark.

The 2023-24 campaign saw OSU produce a pair of all-conference honorees with Asi earning honorable mention all-league status, while Heard was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

In the classroom, Hoyt’s squad produced three Academic All-Big 12 first-team picks, bringing OSU’s total to seven first-team selections under her guidance.

In 2022-23, its first year under Hoyt, the Cowgirls won 21 games, matching the program's best tally ever under a first-year head coach.

OSU’s total marked a 12-win improvement from the previous season and resulted in one of the 10 largest turnarounds in the nation on the year as well.

The Cowgirls navigated the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 10-2 mark before reeling off a 10-8 record in league play. OSU’s six-game winning streak during league play was its longest in Big 12 action since 2016.

Among the Cowgirls’ conference victories were a pair of wins over ranked opponents with OSU taking down No. 18 Baylor and No. 20 Iowa State. Additionally, the Cowgirls swept three Big 12 series on the year with sweeps of TCU, Texas Tech and Baylor. OSU’s season sweep of Baylor was its first over the Bears since 2008.

Overall, the Cowgirls sported five wins over teams either ranked in the Top 25 or receiving votes in the polls.

Hoyt’s squad proved formidable at home, amassing a 14-3 mark inside Gallagher-Iba Arena, its highest win total on its home floor since a 14-3 record in 2017-18.

The Cowgirls’ season of success culminated with the 17th NCAA tourney berth in school history. With OSU’s March Madness appearance, Hoyt became the first coach to lead the Cowgirls to the tournament in their first year at the helm.

Individually, Naomie Alnatas was tabbed as an All-Big 12 selection.

Hoyt was tabbed as the Cowgirls’ head coach on March 20, 2022. She came to OSU after serving in the same capacity at Kansas City from 2017-22.

Her roots in Big 12 country run deep. Her mother, Shelly Hoyt, is a Kansas High School coaching legend and Jacie, who played for her mother in high school, went on to play collegiately at Wichita State. In addition to leading the Kansas City program, Hoyt’s coaching career includes stops at Fort Hays State, Nevada and Kansas State.

“There are a million reasons to be excited about Oklahoma State,” Hoyt said. “First and foremost, it’s the people and the leadership there. Everyone I’ve had conversations with at OSU aligns with the beliefs and characteristics that lead to success. It’s the community as well. OSU has a fan base that supports the program and we are passionate about giving them something to proud of.”

Jacie Hoyt Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Conference
2017-18	Kansas City	11-19	6-7	4-11	1-1	7-7 / 5th WAC
2018-19	Kansas City	16-15	8-6	7-8	1-1	9-7 / 4th WAC
2019-20	Kansas City	21-10	13-4	7-5	1-1	13-3 / 1st WAC
2020-21	Kansas City	10-12	6-4	4-7	0-1	7-8 / 4th Summit League
2021-22	Kansas City	23-9	13-2	7-6	3-1	12-6 / 3rd Summit League
2022-23	Oklahoma State	21-12	14-3	4-6	3-3	10-8 / 4th Big 12
2023-24	Oklahoma State	14-16	10-5	4-7	0-4	7-11 / 8th Big 12
2024-25	Oklahoma State	25-7	17-1	6-3	2-3	14-4 / 3rd Big 12
Total		141-100	87-32	43-53	11-15	79-54

Her work at Kansas City was transformational. In her five seasons at the helm of the Roos, she compiled an 81-65 overall record (55.5 percent) and a 48-31 mark in conference play (60.8 percent). For perspective, the six Kansas City coaches before her combined to go 242-437 overall (35.6 percent) and 144-215 in conference play (40.1 percent). In 2021-22, she coached the Roos to their first postseason appearance in a decade.

Hoyt led the Roos to the 2020 Western Athletic Conference regular season championship – the first in program history – and more than 20 wins in two of her final three seasons.

She was honored as the 2020 WAC Coach of the Year to become the first Kansas City coach to ever receive such an honor and her top player, Ericka Mattingly, was named WAC Player of the Year.

Despite moving to the more difficult Summit League in 2020-21, the Roos finished two spots better than predicted during their first year in the league and placed third in their second year.

In 2018-19, the Roos led the WAC and ranked 24th nationally by averaging 76.0 points per game. Making that even more remarkable is that Hoyt inherited a Kansas City program that finished seventh, eighth and fifth in the WAC in scoring offense in the three years prior to her arrival. Twice during Hoyt’s tenure did Kansas City finish among the top 50 nationally in scoring offense (2018-19 and 2021-22).

A consistent trait the Roos displayed during Hoyt’s time as head coach was the ability to shoot.

Her 2021-22 squad ranked in the top 30 nationally in both three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage and her 2020-21 squad finished 17th nationally in three-point field goals made per game. Kansas City ranked 62nd or better nationally in three-point field goals made in four of her five years as head coach and in her final two seasons, ranked 37th and 28th, respectively, in three-point field goal percentage.

Another signature trait of Hoyt’s Kansas City teams was sharing the ball. In four of her five seasons, the Roos ranked either first or second in the conference in assists per game, leading the league in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

She took the reins of the Kansas City program after gaining three years of Big 12 experience as an assistant coach under Jeff Mittie at Kansas State from 2014-17. Hoyt helped the Wildcats to NCAA Tournament victories in back-to-back seasons. The 2016-17 squad won 22 games overall and 11 in Big 12 play, which marked the highest totals for the program in nine seasons.

Hoyt recruited and coached seven All-Big 12 student-athletes, including two All-Defensive Team and two All-Freshman Team selections, headlined by Breanna Lewis, the 23rd pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings.

She assisted in all facets of recruiting, scouting, game planning and on-court coaching for the Wildcats. Hoyt also coordinated and managed all areas of the elite, overnight and day camps, in addition to the High School Coaching Academy. She was a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) 30 Under 30 honoree in 2017.

Prior to her time in Manhattan, Hoyt’s first full-time Division I coaching job came at Nevada, where she was an assistant under her college coach, Jane Albright, from 2011-14.

During her time there, Nevada achieved the program’s first winning season in three years in 2013-14 and set a program record with 12 victories in Mountain West Conference play. She recruited and coached four all-conference players, including Mimi Mungedi, the 2013-14 Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Year and 25th selection in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.

Hoyt was a graduate assistant coach at Fort Hays State during the 2010-11 season, where she recruited and coached two All-MIAA selections. She earned a Master of Science in Communication from FHSU.

As a student-athlete at Wichita State from 2006-09, Hoyt was a team captain for Albright and started every game at point guard during her final two seasons. In 2008-09, she ranked fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference in assists. She earned the 2009 Iron Shocker Award. Hoyt was also a standout in the classroom, earning a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference, WSU Athletic Director and WSU Dean’s Honor Rolls. She graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in 2009.


Coach Hoyt was named 2020 WAC Coach of the Year after leading Kansas City to the first regular season conference championship in the history of the program.

During her high school years, Hoyt enjoyed one of the most prolific scoring careers in Kansas prep history, finishing with 2,016 points in only three seasons at Hoxie (Kan.) HS. Her career average of 26.6 points per game ranks sixth in state history. As a senior, she averaged 28.4 points, 7.4 assists, 6.3 rebounds and 6.1 steals per game. She was a three-time all-state performer in basketball and volleyball and was also a state champion in multiple track events.

Hoyt comes from a family of educators. She is the daughter of Kansas high school coaching legend Shelly Hoyt, who at one point led Hoxie HS to a state record 107 straight wins and four consecutive state titles. Her mother is currently the head coach at Eureka (Kan.) HS. Her father, Scott, is the superintendent in Eureka and two of her sisters, Tabitha and Corinna, are teachers. A third sister, Terran, served as a graduate assistant on Jacie’s staff at Kansas City.

She is married to Daniel Heflin. The couple has one daughter, Harlow.