Sallee Signs Contract Extension Through 2030
June 27, 2024 | Women's Basketball
MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State University Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell announced Thursday that head women's basketball coach Brady Sallee has signed a contract extension that will run through 2030. This marks the fifth time in 12 years that Sallee has been awarded a contract extension. The last time was in 2021.
"Coach Sallee continues to build successful teams of exceptional quality," Mitchell said. "I have enjoyed working with Coach Sallee and value his perspective on leadership and coaching. He believes in our approach to developing winners and leaders, and our talented women's basketball student-athletes benefit from his mentorship."
Sallee arrived at Ball State in May of 2012. In 12 seasons, he has guided the Cardinals to the NCAA's first-ever postseason Women's Basketball lnvitation Tournament (WBIT), nine postseason Women's National Invitation Tournaments (WNIT), a WNIT Final 16 appearance, a Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division title (2014), 10 MAC Tournament appearances, and seven 20-plus win seasons —a feat no head coach at Ball State had done before him.
"Time flies when you're having fun," Sallee said. "It seems like yesterday when my family and I rolled into Muncie, and now, 12 years later, this is home. I am thrilled to continue my tenure at Ball State and am grateful to have leaders like President Mearns and Jeff Mitchell in my corner. I am excited for this season and the future of this program. I am thankful to be the head women's basketball coach at Ball State University."
The progam's winningest coach with 237 overall victories, Sallee has etched his name into the Ball State women's basketball record books a multitude of times over his tenure.
In 2023-24, the Cardinals had one of their most historic seasons yet as Ball State finished with a program-record 28 overall victories and 16 MAC wins. Ball State won 14 games in-a-row from Dec. 10 until Feb. 7 which was another program record for the Cardinals.
Sallee has led Ball State to wins over six Power 5 schools -- Georgia, Pitt, Vanderbilt, Purdue, Iowa, and Minnesota. He has coached 36 all-conference selections and 15 players who have gone on to play professionally. He has mentored three league freshman of the year winners, three defensive players of the year, three sixth players of the year, one MAC Player of the Year and one Associated Press All-America selection.
Sallee has coached some of the program's most prestigious players, including Ball State's all-time leading scorer Nathalie Fontaine, all-time rebounder Oshlynn Brown, all-time assists leader Carmen Grande and all-time 3-point shooter Thelma Dis Agustsdottir. Over the years, 13 of Sallee's players have scored 1,000 points or more under his tutelage.
In 20 years, Sallee has amassed a 373-257 (.592) career coaching record, including his eight years as the head basketball coach at Eastern Illinois. Sallee currently owns a 237-147 (.617) mark at Ball State.
