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After graduating from the University of Virginia and playing four years of college basketball, McConnell-Miller began her coaching career at the University of Pittsburgh in 1991 as an assistant coach. She later served as an assistant at Rutgers University and the University of Illinois.

McConnell-Miller's first head coaching opportunity came at the University of Tulsa, where she led the Golden Hurricane from 1999-2005. After taking over a program that had won just 23 games in the three years prior to her arrival, McConnell-Miller led Tulsa to a 91-88 mark over six seasons and Women's NIT appearances in her final two years at the helm.

In 2005, McConnell-Miller left Tulsa to become the head women's basketball coach at the University of Colorado, where she served for five seasons and led the team to a top-25 national ranking while competing in the Big 12. Following her tenure with the Buffaloes, McConnell-Miller was an assistant coach with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock. She then returned to the University of Pittsburgh, where she was associate head coach from 2013-18.

Most recently, McConnell-Miller has been at the helm of the Trinity Area High School Girls Basketball program. In her five years with the program, McConnell-Miller helped the Hillers become one of the most competitive teams in Western Pennsylvania.

A national recruiter, McConnell-Miller has landed seven top-25 recruiting classes throughout her coaching career – at Rutgers, Illinois, Colorado and Pittsburgh. With 10 different states represented on last year's Carnegie Mellon Women's Basketball team roster, McConnell-Miller will put her national experience right to work as she recruits the next classes of Tartans.

McConnell-Miller takes over a program that will have a new home for the 2024-25 season, as the Tartans prepare to move into the new state-of-the-art Highmark Center for Health, Wellness and Athletics. The Highmark Center will have a new arena, as well as a practice gym, varsity weight room, sports medicine suite, new lockers rooms and more.

McConnell-Miller and her husband Brad live in the Mt. Lebanon area. They are the proud parents of Brice, Mackenzie and Macie.

Yawman completed her playing career as a graduate student in 2022 for the Bombers and played in four NCAA tournaments with the 2019 squad reaching the Elite 8. Following graduation with a master’s in sport psychology, Yawman began her coaching career at Fairport High School in her hometown of Fairport, New York.

As the varsity girls basketball assistant coach at Fairport, Yawman assisted with daily operations, including practice and game planning, helped implement end-of-game plays, and worked on film review sessions. Yawman also coached each summer since 2014 as a counselor for the boys and girls skills camps at Fairport.

Yawman’s coaching experience also includes working with a USA Basketball Coach during NBA client workouts, one-on-one basketball skills training with private clients, and coaching the Western NYU Shock AAU Girls Basketball Team since March.

A point guard for Ithaca from 2017 to 2022, Yawman played an integral role in four regular season championships and three Liberty League tournament championships. In her final season, the Bombers set a program record of 20 consecutive wins. Yawman earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration with a sport management concentration and a minor in coaching in 2021 before taking advantage of the extra playing season allowed due to COVID to earn her master’s degree.