The following is a summary of NCAA Division I women’s head coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason. St. Bonaventure hired former Massachusetts assistant coach Dan Magner, while Austin Daniels resigned at Colorado: Key: recent moves in bold.
| School | Old Coach | New Coach |
| Arizona State | Terri Patraw | Ray Leone |
| Arkansas-Little Rock | Chris Pratt | Greg Hess |
| Cal Riverside | new program | Veronica O’Brien |
| Cal State Fullerton | Al Mistri | Ali Khosroshahin |
| Canisius | Carlos Obiano | Meagan Dougherty |
| Clemson | Ray Leone | Todd Bramble |
| Colorado | Austin Daniels | TBD |
| Drury | Ann Cook | Chris Baker |
| Fresno State | Peter Reynaud | *Stacy Welp |
| Hartford | Mark Krikorian | Ewa Bergsten |
| Kent State | Colleen Marcum | Rob Marinaro |
| Long Beach State | Julie Cochran | Peter Reynaud |
| Louisiana-Monroe | Rena Richardson | Stacy Lamb |
| Memphis | *Brooks Monaghan | Brooks Monaghan |
| New Mexico | John DeWitt | Kit Vela |
| No. Arizona | Tracy Custer | Andre Luciano |
| Northwestern | Marcia McDermott | Jenny Haigh |
| Penn State | Pat Farmer | Paula Wilkins |
| Portland State | Dana Kusjanovic | Tara Bilanski |
| Rhode Island | Shelley Smith | Geoff Bennett |
| Robert Morris | Elizabeth Tobin | John Kowalski |
| St. Bonaventure | Geoff Bennett | Dan Magner |
| St. Francis (Pa.) | Tim Rosenfeld | Michael Coll |
| San Francisco | Jean Paul Verhees | Pamela Kalinoski |
| San Jose State | *Tamie Grimes | Tamie Grimes |
| South Carolina | Sue Kelly | Shelley Smith |
| Southern Utah | new program | Brian Stock |
| Toledo | Rj. Anderson | Brad Evans |
| Tulane | Eliot Perkins | Betsy Anderson |
| UNC Greensboro | Jack Poland | Eddie Radwanski |
| Utah | Stacey Enos | Jennifer Kennedy Croft |
| UTEP | Veronica O’Brien | Kevin Cross |
| Western Kentucky | new program | Jason Neidell |