Brooke Stoehr knows the storied tradition of Lady Techster basketball.

During her four years in Ruston, she was a big part of that history as a player under legendary Hall of Fame head coach Leon Barmore.

This fact, combined with her established track record of winning on the hardwood as a head coach, led Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland to name Stoehr the seventh head coach in Lady Techster basketball history in April 2016.

Stoehr returned to her alma mater after four tremendously successful years at Northwestern State, where she guided the Lady Demons to three postseason tournaments, including a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.

"I have a deep passion for this program and have a personal investment in it from my time here as a student-athlete," said Stoehr. "I take great pride and responsibility in leading this group of young women and helping move the Lady Techster program forward."

Stoehr surpassed the 150-win milestone with a road win at UAB during the 2020-21 season and topped 100 wins at Tech in a C-USA tournament semifinal win over UAB in March of 2022. Stoehr now sits third all-time in program wins behind Leon Barmore and Sonja Hogg after the 2022-23 season with an overall record of 191-150, including a 120-91 mark in Ruston.

"Brooke was the last point guard I ever coached at Louisiana Tech," Barmore said. "When things were tough and the game was on the line, I wanted Brooke to have the ball. To be honest with you, I'm glad she has the ball now. I love her, and I'm glad she is in charge of this program."

Coach Stoehr has led the Lady Techster program to four postseason berths during her tenure, including back-to-back WNIT selections following her first two seasons (2016-17, 2017-18) and last two seasons (2021-22, 2022-23) in Ruston, including an automatic selection after winning the 2022 Conference West Division title. 

Her most recent postseason selection followed a 19-12 campaign during the 2022-23 season, which produced back-to-back 19-plus win seasons for the first time in the program since 2010 and 2011. Her 12-8 conference record also produced back-to-back double-digit conference wins since her first two seasons in Ruston and tied the most C-USA wins since 2016-17. 

During the 2021-22 season, Stoehr led the Techsters to a 21-12 record on their way to winning the Conference USA West Division crown and earning an automatic birth in the WNIT. The Techsters also reached the C-USA finals for the first time since joining the conference after beating UAB and completing an 11-point fourth-quarter comeback over Middle Tennessee in the tournament semifinals.

Stoehr led the Lady Techsters to a 14-10 record in 2020-21, including an overtime win on the road at Marshall to open up Conference USA play and a first-round win over the Thundering Herd in the Conference USA tournament.

She has also seen some impressive wins in the past few years, including wins over P5 programs in Alabama and Ole Miss. Other remarkable wins include a road win over a 14-1 UAB in 2018-19, as well as a victory over the Blazers in the first round of the 2020 C-USA Tournament (first time a 12 seed had defeated a 5 seed in the event).

Stoehr recorded back-to-back winning seasons during her first two years at the helm. After being picked to finish 12th in the 14-team Conference USA in the preseason coaches' poll prior to 2016-17, Stoehr led the Lady Techsters to 18 wins, a fourth-place finish in the regular season standings, and the program's first national postseason berth since 2011 during her first year.

LA Tech won seven straight C-USA regular season games down the stretch, advanced to the semifinals of the league tournament before falling to tournament champion WKU, and then took SMU to overtime in Dallas in the first round of the WNIT.

She followed that up with a 19-12 record in 2017-18, a third-place finish in the C-USA regular season, and a second straight berth in the WNIT. It marked the most wins and the highest league finish since 2011-12.

The Techsters posted a win over Big Ten foe Penn State, its first over a P5 program since 2011-12. LA Tech also recorded a road win over eventual C-USA regular season champion UAB and snapped the Rice Owl's program-record 15-game winning streak.

During her six seasons at Tech, Stoehr has recruited and developed All-Conference players such as the 2022 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year, Keiunna Walker, who graduated as the No. 6 scorer in program history. Walker was also a two-time First Team All-Conference USA selection, Conference USA All-Defensive selection, Second Team All-Conference USA selection, and was named to the 2022 Conference USA All-Tournament team. Stoehr also has coached and developed local product Anna Larr Roberson to a two-time Second Team All-Conference USA honoree and Conference USA All-Tournament and Preseason selection. During the 2022-23 season, Roberson surpassed 700 career rebounds, sits as the No. 34 all-time scorer in program history, and produced 20 double-doubles.

Coach Stoehr also coached three-time All-Conference USA member Kierra Anthony and First Team All-CUSA selection Alexius Malone.

Off the court, the Lady Techsters have been very involved in the local community, volunteering countless hours of community service with several organizations, including DART, Buddy Ball, The Big Event, Special Olympics, and visiting several local elementary schools.

The Lady Techsters continued to make strides in the classroom as well. Over the past six years, 41 players were named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, including a record-high eight Lady Techsters during the 2021-22 season. Taylor Stahly became the first Techster since joining the league in 2013 to earn a spot on the women's basketball All-Academic Team, recording the honor in back-to-back seasons. Stahly, Ashley Santos, Lotte Sant, Amaya Brannon, Robyn Lee, Silvia Nativi, Autumn Smith, and Mackenzie Wurm earned the C-USA Commissioners Academic Medal. Sant, Lee, and Nativi were all selected to the 2023 CSC Academic All-District team, and Nativi was also named Conference USA All-Academic in 2023. The Techsters have also achieved a perfect single-season APR score in two of their last three seasons. 

Stahly, who finished her academic career with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, was also named a Google Cloud Academic All-American in 2018-19, just the 16th recipient of the highest academic honor in Louisiana Tech Athletics history.

"Brooke needs no introduction to Louisiana Tech University," said Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey. "She is Lady Techster basketball! Her history with the program speaks volumes. She was loved as a Lady Techster player and will be loved as the head coach."

Prior to Louisiana Tech, Stoehr inherited a Northwestern State women's basketball program that had won a total of six games the previous season. In four seasons, NSU compiled a record of 71-58 as the Lady Demons won back-to-back Southland Conference Tournament championships in 2014 and 2015. Those victories produced the first consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in program history.

In her last season in Natchitoches, Northwestern State earned an appearance in the Women's Basketball Invitational, extending its run of national postseason appearances to three.

On the court, Stoehr developed four-year starting point guard Janelle Perez from a player who had no other Division I scholarship offers into a 1,000-point career scorer, the 2012-13 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, and a 2014-15 first-team All-Southland Conference selection.

During Stoehr's tenure in Natchitoches, she has also guided Keisha Lee on a path that led the shooting guard to become the 25th player in program history to score 1,000 points and Trudy Armstead to becoming just the seventh player in school history to record at least 1,000 career points and grab at least 700 career rebounds. Armstead also earned 2014 Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player honors before signing to play in Romania.

The maturation of shooting guard Beatrice Attura into the Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player only served to underscore further Stoehr's ability to develop quality guard play, something that marked her playing career at Louisiana Tech.

Stoehr demands just as much or more from her players off the court, and the numbers prove it. In the classroom, Northwestern State finished with the nation's 16th-best cumulative GPA (3.461) in the 2014-15 season and had the fifth-highest among NCAA Tournament teams that season. The team GPA for the Fall 2015 semester was 3.48, trending NSU toward another high ranking nationally when the 2015-16 review is released this summer by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Each player who completed her athletic eligibility during the Stoehrs' tenure earned their degree.

In addition to her time at Northwestern State, Stoehr spent time as an assistant coach at Texas Tech (2009-12), Southern Mississippi (2008-09), LA Tech (2005-08) and UALR (2003-05).

Stoehr played for the Lady Techsters from 1998 through 2002 and helped guide the program to four NCAA Tournament appearances, two Elite Eights, and one Final Four. She ended her LA Tech career as the NCAA's all-time leader in free throw percentage.

Brooke and husband Scott have a 13-year-old daughter, Aubrey, and a 11-year-old son, Cooper.
 

Stoehr Year-By-Year

Year	School	Overall	League/Finish	League Tourney	Postseason
2012-13	Northwestern St	12-18	7-11/8th
2013-14	Northwestern St	21-13	11-7/4th*	Champions	NCAA
2014-15	Northwestern St	19-15	10-8/5th*	Champions	NCAA
2015-16	Northwestern St	19-12	13-5/2nd		WBI
2016-17	LA Tech	18-14	12-6/4th	Semifinals	WNIT
2017-18	LA Tech	19-12	10-6/3rd	Quarterfinals	WNIT
2018-19	LA Tech	14-16	6-10/10th
2019-20	LA Tech	15-15	6-12/12th	*
2020-21	LA Tech	14-10	8-8/8th	Quarterfinals
2021-22	LA Tech	21-12	11-7/1st West	Finals	WNIT
2022-23	LA Tech	19-12	12-8/T-4th	Quarterfinals	WNIT
2023-24	LA Tech	0-0	0-0
Totals		191-149	106-88

*2020 CUSA Tournament canceled due to COVID-19