Toriano Towns

Biography

• CU has gone 164-116 (.586) in his nine seasons • Coaches the Buffs’ defensive scheme • Women’s NIT appearance in 2014 at Southern Utah, 2016 at Santa Clara and 2017 and 2021 at Colorado • Women’s BIT No. 1 seed and host in 2025 • Has been a part of four NCAA Tournament teams (2005 Arizona, 2007 Boise State, 2022, 2023 Colorado) and six Women’s NIT teams as an assistant At Colorado • 2016-17 marked first season at CU • Defensive Coordinator • Helped coach Kindyll Wetta to Pac-12 All-Freshman and Pac-12 All-Defensive honors in 2022 and Jaylyn Sherrod to All-Defensive honors in 2021 and 2023 • Colorado's defense finished first in the Pac-12 (19th NCAA) in steals with 331 and allowed just 57.7 ppg (3rd Pac-12) in 2021-22 • Assisted Colorado into the Sweet 16 in 2023 for the first time since the 2002-03 season • Helped Buffs advance to the quarterfinals of the WNIT in 2020-21, the team’s first postseason berth since 2017 • Upset No. 1 Stanford 77-72 in overtime, claiming CU’s first win over a No. 1 opponent in school history (1/17/21) • Opened 2019-20 with a 12-game winning streak, CU’s best start since the 2011-12 season • Assisted the Buffs to one of the best single-season turnarounds in school history in 2016-17 as they more than doubled their win total from the previous year, finishing the year 17-16 overall and tied for ninth in the Pac-12, a year after a last-place finish in the conference in 2015-16. • The Buffs also reached the third round of the WNIT in 2016-17, their f

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