Hope College Women's Basketball

Brian Morehouse '91 has developed the Hope College women's basketball team into one of the nation's elite programs during his tenure, guiding the Flying Dutch to national championships in 2022 and 2006 and a national runner-up finish in 2010 as well as 18 MIAA championships through the 2024-25 season. In 29 seasons, Morehouse has guided the Flying Dutch to a 732-103 record (.877) and a 388-42 mark in MIAA play (.902). On February 14, 2026, Morehouse claimed his 400th MIAA victory in his 446th league game when the Flying Dutch won, 81-43, at Olivet. On January 13, 2024, Morehouse became the fastest collegiate basketball coach to 700 wins with a 79-77, double-overtime victory against Alma College at DeVos Fieldhouse in his 795th game. He broke the collegiate record set by Mark Campbell of Union University, Tenn. (811 games) and the NCAA record set by Kim Mulkey of Louisiana State (813 games). In 2022, Morehouse guided the Flying Dutch to the third national title in team history and a 32-1 overall record. Hope extended a winning streak to 61 games over three seasons — tying for the third-longest in NCAA Division III history. In 2021, Morehouse led Hope to a 16-0 record in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Flying Dutch's 45-game winning streak set a school record and ranked as the eighth-longest in NCAA Division III history. In 2020, Morehouse guided Hope to being the only undefeated team in Division III women's basketball with the No. 1 ranking. The Flying Dutch were one of 16 teams in title contention before the NCAA Tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also marked the 22nd consecutive time the Flying Dutch had earned at least 20 wins during his tenure. Morehouse also reached the 600-win mark in his 690th game — faster than, at the time, any basketball coach in NCAA history at any level, women's or men's.   Morehouse has been chosen as the Division III National Coach of the Year three times by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (2021, 2020, 2006). He was also named Division III Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com (2019-20). Morehouse was selected as the 2024 MIAA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Flying Dutch to a fourth consecutive regular season title and seventh consecutive MIAA Tournament title game appearance. The Detroit Free Press included Morehouse among the state's top sports figures in 2006 and among the candidates for the newspaper's annual "Michigan's Best" honor roll. Morehouse has been named the Michigan Collegiate women's basketball coach of the year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan four times in his career (2001-02, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2015-16). Morehouse is ranked among Division III's elite active coaches by winning percentage.  In 2024, Morehouse was selected as serve as an on-court coach for the USA Women's Under 17 Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A 1991 Hope graduate who serves as director of the college's DeVos Fieldhouse, Morehouse is familiar with the Hope basketball scene having served in the men's program for a number of years. He was the men's junior varsity coach for two years, compiling a record of 30-9. He was a student assistant coach through his undergraduate years. Morehouse majored in business administration and had minors in history, psychology, and sociology and earned a teaching certificate for secondary education. He holds a master's degree in sports management from Western Michigan University. Morehouse's basketball roots run deep. His father, Dean, was the boy's basketball coach at Fremont (Mich.) High School. He joined son Brian as an assistant coach in 2000-01. Brian and Dean were honored as "Hometown Heroes" during the 2006 National Baby Food Festival in Fremont. Morhouse contributed a chapter to the book, "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball," chronicling an experience from the 2006 national championship run (February, 2009). Also, he was a contributor to a book Leadership Off the Wall (2010) by Paul B. Thornton.  Morehouse currently represents MIAA coaches on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Conference Captains Committee and serves as a member of the WBCA board. He also serves as a member of the board of the Hand Up Fund, and is involved with Special Olympics and Holland Area Hospice. His wife, Elizabeth (Liz) Hain, a 1993 Hope graduate, played in the college's basketball program for two years. The Morehouses have two daughters, Meg and Emma.  Home Record: 421-37, .919 (DeVos Fieldhouse 308-18, Dow Center 113-19) Away Record: 311-66, .825 MIAA Record: 19 championships, 385-44, .897 NCAA Record: 21 appearances, 45-17, .726 Milestone Games First Game Coached - at Grand Valley 71, Hope 45, 11-22-96 Victory #1 - at Hope 72, Saint Mary's 46, 11-26-96 (3rd game as coach) Victory #100 - at Hope 89, Rochester 26, 11-20-01 (138th game) Victory #200 - at Hope 89, Kalamazoo 66, 2-22-05 (250th game) Victory #300 - at Hope 73, Olivet 42, 1-17-09 (358th game) Victory #400 - Hope 62, at Defiance 56, 11-20-12 (468th game) Victory #500 - Hope 95, Saint Mary's 58, 2-6-16 (576th game)  Victory #600 - Hope 76, at Olivet 27, 1-25-20 (690th game) Victory #700 - Hope 79, Alma 77, 2OT, 1-13-24 (795th game) First Win in MIAA - Hope 65, at Albion 57, 1-15-97 First Win vs. Calvin - at Hope 59, Calvin 36, 2-15-00 (after seven losses) Clinched First MIAA Title - at Hope 59, Calvin 36, 2-15-00 First NCAA Game - at Baldwin-Wallace 75, Hope 71, 3-2-98 First NCAA Win - at Hope 87, Thomas More, Ky. 76, 3-2-02 (after three losses) First DeVos Fieldhouse Game - Hope 94, Edgewood, Wisc. 55, 11-19-05 First NCAA Final Four Appearance - Hope 59, Scranton, Pa. 56, 3-17-06 National Championship Game - Hope 69, Southern Maine 56, 3-18-06 National Championship Game - Washington, Mo. 65, Hope 59, 3-20-10 National Championship Game - Hope 71, Wisconsin-Whitewater, 58, 3-19-22   Overall MIAA Season W L Win PCT. W L Win PCT. 2024-25 21 5 .808 14 2 .875 2023-24 26 4 .867 15 1 .938 2022-23 26 3 .897 14 2 .875 2021-22 32 1 .970 15 1 .938 2019-20 29 0 1.000 16 0 1.000 2018-19 24 5 .828 14 2 .975 2017-18 27 2 .935 15 1 .938 2016-17 24 5 .828 14 2 .875 2015-16 26 2 .929 15 1 .938 2014-15 25 5 .833 14 2 .875 2013-14 28 1 .966 16 0 1.000 2012-13 29 2 .935 15 1 .938 2011-12 22 5 .815 13 3 .812 2010-11 27 3 .900 15 1 .938 2009-10 32 2 .941 16 0 1.000 2008-09 28 2 .933 15 1 .938 2007-08 30 1 .968 16 0 1.000 2006-07 24 4 .857 13 3 .812 2005-06 33 1 .971 16 0 1.000 2004-05 23 4 .852 14 2 .875 2003-04 23 4 .852 12 2 .857 2002-03 31 1 .969 14 0 1.000 2001-02 27 3 .900 12 2 .857 2000-01 25 3 .893 14 0 1.000 1999-00 21 5 .808 14 2 .875 1998-99 20 7 .741 14 2 .875 1997-98 16 11 .593 8 4 .667 1996-97 15 12 .556 7 5 .583 Total 732 103 .877 390 42 .903

Courtney Kust ’13 became Hope College’s associate head women’s basketball coach prior to the 2023-24 season. Kust had served as an assistant coach for the Flying Dutch the previous nine seasons and as the college’s Assistant Athletic Director of Events since July 1, 2019. Head coach Brian Morehouse said he is excited about Kust’s promotion to associate head coach. “Courtney is recognized nationally as one of the best assistants in college basketball,” Morehouse said. “She is a leader in the women's basketball coaching community. She has established a network of coaches she learns from, but also mentors. I’m excited to continue to work together as she mentors our players in every phase of their lives.” Kust assists with in-game coaching,  recruiting responsibilities, scouting reports of opposing teams and player skill development. Morehouse said Kust has worked diligently to grow as a coach during her tenure at Hope. During the 2021-22 season, Kust helped the Flying Dutch claim the third NCAA Division III national championship in program history. Hope’s record during Kust’s coaching tenure is 231-23, a winning percentage of .909. In 2018, Kust was named a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association "Thirty Under 30 Class," a distinction that recognizes 30 up-and-coming women’s basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game. “As Courtney has evolved as a coach, I've given her more and more responsibility and she continues to excel in every phase,” Morehouse said. “The success of our program is a reflection of Courtney and our other assistants' continued efforts to help our athletes reach their potential both on and off the court.”   A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Kust played basketball for the Flying Dutch from the 2009-10 to the 2012-13 season. She was a member of the 2010 national runner-up team and a captain her senior year. She earned All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association First Team honors during her junior and senior seasons. Kust holds a master's degree in sports administration from Xavier University (2014) and a bachelor's in business administration from Hope College (2013). Previously to be named an assistant athletic director at Hope, Kust worked as an event and conference manager in the Hope College Events & Conference Office (ECO). Her responsibilities included developing and coordinating events, conferences and camps at Hope College. As a student, Kust was a recipient of the Hope College Kinesiology Department's Miner Stegenga Award for Christian leadership in 2012 and 2013.  

Carlson coached high school basketball for 13 years. He has taught at Hamilton High School and is in his 22nd year of teaching social studies there.  Carlson and his wife, Kristie (Gauntt) Carlson, are both graduates of Hope College in 1992. They live in Hamilton with their four children triplets Sydney, Samantha and Spencer, and another son named Reece.  | PO Box 9000, Holland, Michigan 49422

Morehouse is heading into his 17th season serving as an assistant coach for the Hope women's basketball team. Dean Morehouse is the father of Hope women's basketball head coach Brian Morehouse and a former high school basketball coach in Fremont. Morehouse and his wife, Jean, have three children Brian, Jeffrey and Emily. Dean Morehouse is heading into his 17th season serving as an assistant coach for the Hope women's basketball team. Dean Morehouse is the father of Hope women's basketball head coach Brian Morehouse and a former high school basketball coach in Fremont. Morehouse and his wife, Jean, have three children Brian, Jeffrey and Emily.