Florida State University Women's Basketball

Brooke Wyckoff was named the ninth head coach of Florida State women's basketball program on March 29, 2022. Wyckoff has built a brand of basketball that foc...

Adam Surguine brings a wealth of experience to the Florida State Women’s Basketball team, joining the program in October 2019. In the summer 2022, Surguine’s...

Dave Plettl, who is in his 24th year as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida State, works primarily with the women’s basketball and men’s ...

Desma Thomas Bateast was hired in July of 2023, bringing in a versatile assistant coach who has great experience in several facets of the game. Bateast enters her fourth season in 2026-27. Bateast has helped the Seminoles to two NCAA Tournament appearances, two 20-win seasons, including a 13-3 record in ACC play 2024-25. Bateast, who serves as the team's recruiting coordinator, helped bring in a talented signing class that includes 2024 portal transfers Malea Williams (Cincinnati), Raiane Dias Dos Santos (Gulf Coast State), Sydney Bowles (Texas A&M) and Morelia Chavez (Eastern Arizona). Prior to Florida State, Bateast saw success at Cleveland State, helping the Vikings record their second 20-win season in three years in 2022-23, winning the Horizon League title and making an appearance at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Bateast had a large oversight in recruiting, opponent scouting, game preparation and game strategy in her three years with Cleveland State. From 2017-20, she served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Florida Atlantic where she helped engineer the second-best turnaround for a coaching staff in a debut season at an NCAA Division I program. The Owls had their highest scoring average in several years at 70.6 points per game in that 2017-18 season, where she focused on skill development for guards and wings, among other responsibilities. She was part of a successful run at USF from 2013-17, helping the nationally-ranked Bulls make four po

Kami Walk joined the Florida State women’s basketball staff as a graduate assistant for the 2025-26 season. A native of Eugene, Oregon, Walk attended Souther...

Morgan Toles returned to her Alma mater as the team's assistant coach on July 13, 2020. She will begin her seventh season in 2026-27. Since her return, Toles has helped the Seminoles to five NCAA appearances and three 20-win seasons. While primarily serving as the team's defensive coordinator, Toles has guided Makayla Timpson to national prominence during the 2024-25 season, where she was a semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and finalist for the Katrina McClain award. Timpson set FSU single-season record for blocked shots in the 2023-24 season with 87 and surpassed that mark as a senior with 103. She also holds the program record for single-season rebounds at 350 and is the only Seminoles to grab 300 or more rebounds in a single season, twice in her career. Timpson is a three-time member of the ACC All-Defensive Team and was selected 19th overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever. Toles spent four seasons with Kent State from 2016-20, mentoring the team’s point guards, serving as the Golden Flashes’ recruiting coordinator and guiding the school to plenty of success. In the 2019-20 season, Kent State won its second Mid-American Conference East Division Title under Toles, while two of her guards in Megan Carter and Katie Shumate earned All-MAC recognition. Shumate was the first freshman to earn All-MAC honors at Kent State since 2008. Year after year, Toles found a way to make an enormous difference. In 2018-19, former Kent State player Naddiya