Beth Burns retires as San Diego State's women's basketball coach
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Beth Burns has retired after 16 seasons as San Diego State's women's basketball coach.
Burns was the winningest coach in Aztecs women's basketball history, going 295-186 in two eight-year stints. She led the Aztecs to six regular-season conference championships and four league tournament titles. San Diego State qualified for the NCAA tournament seven times, highlighted by a final 16 appearance in 2010.
The Aztecs were 27-7 last season, setting a school single-season record for victories en route to their second straight Mountain West Conference regular-season title. Burns was the MW Coach of the Year for the second straight season and sixth time overall.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Associate head coach Jualeah Woods will serve as interim head coach.
In between stints at SDSU, Burns coached for five seasons at Ohio State, going 82-65 overall with a WNIT title in 2001.