University of Wyoming Men's Basketball

Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced the addition of Nic Reynolds to the Cowboy coaching staff on May 15, 2024. He is in his second season with the Brown and Gold. The Peoria, Ill. native comes to Wyoming from Green Bay spending one season with Wicks as an assistant coach for the Phoenix.  "Nic Reynolds has one trait that a lot of people preach, but very few actually practice, and that is loyalty," Wicks said. "He loves at a high level and serves with great passion and purpose.  A true mentor leader, Nic does not tell you the way, he shows you the way. I am not sure there is a job in this profession that Coach Reynolds has not done.  He understands the grit and grind of this profession and that the mission is the man. Without first leading the man, there can be no mission.  Committed, competitive and all about the culture, Cowboy Country please welcome coach Reynolds to the Wild West."   Reynolds is the brother of former Cowboy guard Noah Reynolds. He spent time on the front range serving as the Director of Operations at Denver.   "It is one of those situations where you are a little overwhelmed, but I'm so excited and thankful for the opportunity," Reynolds said. "I'm so happy for coach Wicks and this opportunity for him and his family. This is a full circle moment for the both of us. To be able to share this with Sundance is special as he has done so much for our family and I'm happy to get to come home with him. He is a big brother, a mentor and working with him every day is truly special. We are ready to get to work." Wyoming opened the 2024-25 season with an impressive 5-1 record in non-conference play. The Poke also earned a win at UNLV during the conference season for the first win in Las Vegas since 2003.  He helped mentor All-MW player Obi Agbim. One of the nation's top scorers and three-point shooters he added 17.6 points per game and shot 43.7 percent from behind the arc. Wyoming was also solid on the glass during his first season being +2.0 on the boards and averaged 34.8 per game.    At UWGB, Reynolds helped the Phoenix to 18-14 record after the program finished at 3-29 during the 2022-23 season. That 15-game turnaround tied for the ninth-best turnaround in NCAA DI history.   Reynolds also helped mentored numerous players to award-winning seasons at Green Bay. Noah Reynolds was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year, All-Horizon League First Team, and NABC District 12 All-Region First Team. For the first time in program history, Green Bay also saw two freshmen named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team in David Douglas Jr. and Marcus Hall. Douglas Jr. was named the Freshman of the Year in the conference.   Prior to his time in Green Bay, Reynolds spent one season at NCAA Division II Southern Arkansas. The Muleriders finished the GAC (Great American Conference) regular season in second place and won the GAC Tournament and an NCAA Tournament Appearance. He served as the Director of Basketball Operations at Denver during the 2021-22 season, holding responsibility for all logistics of team travel including scheduling, meals, and lodging in addition to handling all team film and video editing, scheduling of practice times, and plans both home and away. He coached at Division II Illinois-Springfield where he served as a graduate assistant for the Prairie Stars during the 2019-20 campaign. In addition to overseeing of the scouting report and video operations, Reynolds was instrumental in the planning and execution of player workouts and skill developmental sessions. Reynolds would depart for Purdue Northwest of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) for the 2020-21 season where he was a top assistant. Reynolds produced the team scouting reports and handled opponent film analysis as well as directing in-game substitutions, adjustments, and defensive matchups. Additionally, Reynolds oversaw academics for the program.   Reynolds' coaching experience began in 2018 as an assistant for his alma mater, Columbia College. A 2018 graduate of the school, Reynolds was part of three league championships, a conference tournament title, and four national tournament appearances as a player at Columbia College.  

Nick Whitmore was added to the coaching staff in March of 2023 and enters his third season with the Brown and Gold.   Wyoming opened the 2024-25 season with an impressive 5-1 record in non-conference play. The Poke also earned a win at UNLV during the conference season for the first win in Las Vegas since 2003.  He helped mentor All-MW player Obi Agbim. One of the nation's top scorers and three-point shooters he added 17.6 points per game and shot 43.7 percent from behind the arc. Wyoming was also solid on the glass during his first season being +2.0 on the boards and averaged 34.8 per game.  In 2023-24, Whitmore helped mentor Sam Girffin to All-MW honors. Griffin was named Third Team All-Mountain West by the media and Honorable Mention by the league coaches. He led the Cowboys in scoring last season at 16.9 points per game. He also led the team in assists with 3.4 per night. Griffin ranked in the top-five of the conference with 76 made three pointers. he along with fellow guard Akuel Kot signed professional contracts in Europe. Whitmore came to Wyoming after serving as head coach at the Prep School level for nearly a decade producing 39 Division I players and one First Round NBA Draft pick. He has also coached 30 players that have gone to play professionally including a First Round NBA talent and recruited players from 11 different countries.   Whitmore has been the head coach at the Asheville School in Ashville, N.C. since 2019. He led Asheville to three-straight titles and attracted the first Top-100 player in school history. Whitmore is one of the top recruiters of national and international talent attracting National Team players from Turkey, Greece, Germany, France, Latvia Puerto Rico, United States, and the Netherlands.   He spent sent six years coaching at the New Hampton School one of the nation’s top prep programs. His teams were consistently in the Top-10 in the nation and were ranked as high as second. He reached the NEPSAC AAA Title game in just his second season at the helm of the program.   Whitmore spent time at the University of San Francisco as the director of operations from 2012-14. The Dons earned a second seed in the National Invitational Tournament after finishing second in the WCC. He also spent the previous two seasons on the staff as a volunteer assistant.   He also spent time at the Drew School in San Francisco as the head coach. He helped lead the team to their best season in 25 years.   Whitmore is a graduate of Boise State University and earned his master’s degree from Middlebury College in Vermont. He was a student assistant while at Boise State.   His father Bill was a long-time basketball coach spending time as the head coach at the University of Vermont.  

Thornton joined the Cowgirl Basketball staff in April of 2025 and will be in her second season with the program in 2026-27. Thornton spent the previous three seasons as an assistant at Utah Tech, where she worked primarily with the guards and was the director of Utah Tech summer team camps. Prior to arriving at Utah Tech, Thornton was an assistant coach at College of Idaho. In addition to her college experience, Thornton is the club founder and co-president of the Tree of Hope club team, which is part of the Nike EYBL Circuit. Thornton was with Tree of Hope from 2013 to 2022 and was the 17U National Head Coach for the club. Before entering the collegiate coaching ranks, Thornton spent six seasons (2016-22) as the head coach at Centennial High School. Thornton, who was the 5A State Coach of the Year in 2017, helped lead the Patriots to an Idaho 5A State Championship. In her collegiate career, Thornton spent two seasons playing at Northern Colorado before finishing her career at UCCS, where she graduated in 2008 with her degree in communications. Thornton earned her master’s degree in organizational leadership from Colorado State in 2013. Thornton and her husband, Eli, have five children, Sophie, Elin, Sylvie, Dean and Navi.

Marquelle Dent is in her second season on the Cowgirl staff in 2026-27. She spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Denver University. While with the Pioneers, Dent helped lead a pair of student-athletes to All-Summit League honors in each of the past two seasons. In her first season at DU, Dent helped the Pioneer offense to 8.4 3-pointers made per contest, which ranked 18th in the nation. Prior to arriving in Denver, Dent spent the 2021-22 season at Northern Colorado. Before arriving to Greely, Dent spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Regis. Additionally, Dent has high school coaching experience at Cheyenne Central High School. A 2016 graduate from Wyoming, Dent was a 2015 WBCA Honorable Mention All-America honoree and was a two-time All-Mountain West Team selection. Dent is 17th in program history with 1,337 career points and is second all time with 514 career assists. Dent is the only former player in program history to have at least 1,000 career points, 500 career assists and 175 career steals.