VU Assistant Coach Ingrida Hartsfield has been named VU Women’s Basketball Interim Head Coach.

Legendary Hall of Fame Coach Harry Meeks announced his retirement last month and yesterday he announced Hartsfield has his interim successor.

Meeks says he and University President Chuck Johnson discussed what is in the best interest of the program and the student-athletes, concluding that Ingrida Hartsfield is the best person to fill the role of interim head coach and will ensure continuity and maintain leadership within the program.

Hartsfield is entering her sixth season overall and third consecutive coaching the Trailblazers. Her coaching career began during the 2015-16 season and stretched through the 2017-18 season before she returned to the Trailblazers bench for the 2022-2023 season.