This goes under the same heading as Reggie Witherspoon being fired at Buffalo. Maria played at Miami, she coached for 15 years and had a winning record and in fact was 4th in MAC career wins and could have moved into second next year. It might be noted that 2 of the 3 coachs above her on the career wins list also got fired ( Bob Lindseay at Kent and Mark Ehlen at Toledo). Maria had one NCAA team and 3 WNIT teams in 15 years, with one postseason victory. Our new AD decided that that was not enough. She had one year left on her contract and he said he either felt he needed to add some years or fire her. Having two of the best players in school history (all time leading scorer and alltime leading rebounder) and finishing 6th in the league was the final straw.