In light of the whole Rene Lyst situation, ASU has finally hired a new head coach to replace her. Lyst was hired after the retirement of John Spini, coming over from a position at Arkansas. Ever since then, it has gone downhill from there, and there were so many injuries and transfers that they couldn't even fill up whole lineups for a time. While they had a freshman class coming in that seemed like it could turn around, the injuries continued, and, eventually, she was placed on administrative leave, and it was safe to say this meant she would not return as head coach next season. For the rest of the season, their assistant coach served as interim head coach, and just in that time period it was obvious that the girls seemed a lot happier when they were not being coached by Lyst.
