Cagers Club - Rutgers Women's Basketball Fan Club

Membership information for the Cagers Club will be found in an email message from that was distributed from rucagersclub@gmail.com and on the Membership Application. This season we are offering a FREE MEMBERSHIP to first-time Cagers. If you have NEVER been a member, we encourage you to take advantage of this special offer by completing this special membership application. We would love to have you join our Cagers family! Our "Huddles" are great ways to gather as fans and hear a chalk talk by a member of the RUWBB staff. Huddles are planned this year on Nov. 14, Dec. 10, Jan. 19 and Feb. 5.

On May 23, Rutgers announced the hiring of veteran coach Coquese Washington as head coach. She succeeds legendary Hall of Fame Coach C. Vivian Stringer, who announced her retirement on April 30. Please visit this link for details. You can view the May 24 Press Conference here.  Read more about new coach Coquese Washington on the Scarlet Knights website. 

Joining Coach Washington on the sidelines this year as assistant coaches are returning RU star guard and former assistant Tasha Pointer, veteran coach, WNBA All-Star and Olympic Gold Medal winner Nikki McCray-Penson and John Hampton from St. Joseph's. Here is a link to the entire staff. For a sneak peek at the 2022-2023 roster, see this link. 

Both Seton Hall and Princeton return to the Rutgers schedule this season for non-conference games at Jersey Mike's Arena. Here is a link to the non-conference schedule, which features 9 home games! The full schedule has been announced and can be found at this link along with the broadcast schedule.

We salute Coach Stringer for her 50-year career, the last 27 of which were spent at Rutgers. She goes down in the history of women's basketball as a pioneer, a leader and a highly successful coach who is in the Naismith Hall of Fame, among her many other honors. She led three different teams to the Final Four and took Rutgers twice - in 2000 and again in 2007. Her 2013-2014 team captured the Championship in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.  In 2018, she won her 1000th game at home in front of a huge crowd, watched by dozens of her former players from her coaching tenure at Cheney State and Iowa, as well as many of her former Rutgers players. She retires with a total of 1055 wins.

The Court at Jersey Mike's Arena - formerly the RAC - was named the "C. Vivian Stringer Court," at a special ceremony for Coach Stringer on December 4, prior to the game against Ohio State. Many of her friends, family, fans and former players were on hand to help honor Coach Stringer and salute her achievements.

Rutgers has announced that Hall of Fame Coach Theresa Grentz will be honored at Jersey Mike's Arena on January 7, prior to the 2PM game against Nebraska. Rutgers will also recognize 50 years of women's sports at the University.

The Cagers Club officers began their terms on July 1, 2022, and run for two years. The new officers, who were elected unanimously, are:

President - Nancy Foulks

Vice President - Kathy Duff

Corresponding Secretary/Membership Chair - Bob Manfre

Recording Secretary - Val Anderson

Treasurer - Jan Cancro

The Nominating/Election Committee was also elected for a two-year term. The members are:

Sharon Kosmo

Christine Gierlich

Cathyann Franko

We hope you will join the many fans who have made the Cagers Club the "Team Behind the Team" since 1979 and sign up this season!  Check out our social media information on the Cagers Club Facebook page and on Twitter (@CagersRU) as well as the News section of this site. Let's go, Cagers and RU!