Former Cowgirl Hillary Carlson Joins Wyoming Coaching Staff

LARAMIE — Wyoming Cowgirl head basketball coach Heather Ezell has announced the hiring of former Cowgirl Hillary (Carlson) Baker as an assistant coach, joining the Cowgirls staff for the 2026-27 season.

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Baker spent this past school year as an assistant coach and mathematics teacher at he alma mater, Cheyenne Central High School. Prior to Central, Baker spent the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Weber State.

“Hillary is a tremendous addition to our staff, program, and Wildcat nation,” WSU’s Jenteal Jackson said back in 2023. “She brings a lot of experience, knowledge, and expertise. She exudes the qualities and characteristics that we want to cultivate within our program. I’m so excited she’ll be joining us here at Weber State and I can’t wait to get to work with her.”

Before Weber State, Baker was an assistant coach and the post-player development coach at the Air Force Academy from 2019 to 2023. Baker began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Central Washington from 2017-19…

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