With the announcement in 2000 by President Gordon B. Hinckley that Ricks College’s intercollegiate activities would terminate with the change to BYU-Idaho, more than just students’ lives were affected — coaches of all the athletic teams suddenly discovered their jobs would no longer exist.

Lori Woodland, the coach for the Ricks College women’s basketball team, which finished fifth in the nation the year of the announcement, was present in the Hart Auditorium when President Hinckley made the announcement. [read more]