The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team represents the University of Delaware in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Fightin' Blue Hens compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I . The program has had 5 head coaches since it began play in 1969, Natasha Adair is currently the head coach.
Season by season
Statistics overview
Season
Coach
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Susana Occhi[ 1] () (1969–1971)
Susana Occhi:
(–)
Mary Ann Hitchens () (1971–1978)
1971-72
Mary Ann Hitchens
8-4
3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals
1972-73
Mary Ann Hitchens
9-5
3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals
1973-74
Mary Ann Hitchens
8-7
3rd Place, Mid-Atlantic Regionals
1974-75
Mary Ann Hitchens
12-5
3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals
1975-76
Mary Ann Hitchens
12-6
3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals
1976-77
Mary Ann Hitchens
9-9
3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals
1977-78
Mary Ann Hitchens
12-6
2nd Place, EAIAW Regionals
Mary Ann Hitchens:
70-42 (.625)
Joyce Perry () (1978[ 2] –1982)
1978-79
Joyce Perry
6-11
1979-80
Joyce Perry
7-13
1980-81
Joyce Perry
21-7
1981-82
Joyce Perry
9-14
Joyce Perry (East Coast Conference ) (1982–1991)
1982-83
Joyce Perry
12-12
4-4
1st, ECC West
1983-84
Joyce Perry
22-4
8-0
1st
1984-85
Joyce Perry
19-9
11-3
2nd
1985-86
Joyce Perry
15-15
8-6
3rd
1986-87
Joyce Perry
10-17
5-9
6th
1987-88
Joyce Perry
18-11
9-5
3rd
1988-89
Joyce Perry
23-6
13-1
1st
1989-90
Joyce Perry
21-9
10-4
1st
1990-91
Joyce Perry
18-11
10-2
1st
Delaware (East Coast):
158-94 (.627)
78-34(.696)
Joyce Perry (North Atlantic Conference ) (1991–1996)
1991-92
Joyce Perry
15-14
7-7
4th
1992-93
Joyce Perry
17-11
8-6
4th
1993-94
Joyce Perry
10-17
7-7
5th
1994-95
Joyce Perry
12-15
5-10
7th
1995-96
Joyce Perry
11-16
9-9
5th
Delaware (North Atlantic):
65-73(.471)
36-39(.480)
Joyce Perry:
266-212 (.556)
114-73 (.610)
Tina Martin (America East Conference ) (1996–2001)
1996-97
Tina Martin
9-19
6-12
7th
1997-98
Tina Martin
6-21
3-15
10th
1998-99
Tina Martin
16-11
10-8
5th
1999-00
Tina Martin
21-8
13-5
3rd
2000-01
Tina Martin
26-5
17-1
1st
NCAA 1st Round
Delaware (America East):
78–64 (.549)
49–41 (.544)
Tina Martin (Colonial Athletic Association ) (2001–2017)
2001-02
Tina Martin
23-7
15-3
2nd
WNIT 1st Round
2002-03
Tina Martin
22-9
15-3
T-1st
WNIT 1st Round
2003-04
Tina Martin
19-10
10-8
4th
2004-05
Tina Martin
25-6
16-2
1st
WNIT 1st Round
2005-06
Tina Martin
22-8
13-5
3rd
WNIT 1st Round
2006-07
Tina Martin
26-6
16-2
T-2nd
NCAA 1st Round
2007-08
Tina Martin
7-24
6-12
9th
2008-09
Tina Martin
15-15
7-11
9th
2009-10
Tina Martin
21-12
11-7
4th
WNIT 1st Round
2010-11
Tina Martin
20-14
10-8
T-5th
WNIT 1st Round
2011-12
Tina Martin
31-2
18-0
1st
NCAA 2nd Round
2012-13
Tina Martin
32-4
18-0
1st
NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2013-14
Tina Martin
20-11
10-6
3rd
WNIT 1st Round
2014-15
Tina Martin
15-17
8-10
7th
2015-16
Tina Martin
16-15
10-8
5th
2016-17
Tina Martin
16-14
10-8
5th
Delaware (CAA):
330–174 (.655)
193–93 (.675)
Tina Martin:
408-238 (.632)
242-134 (.644)
Natasha Adair (Colonial Athletic Association ) (2017–2021)
2017-18
Natasha Adair
19-13
11-7
5th
WNIT 1st Round
2018-19
Natasha Adair
16-15
11-7
T-3rd
2019-20
Natasha Adair
12-17
8-10
6th
2020-21
Natasha Adair
24-5
16-2
1st
WNIT semifinals
Natasha Adair:
71-50 (.587)
46-26 (.639)
Total:
815-542 (.601)
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
References