Bethel women’s basketball coach Chris Nelson has been named the 2025 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year.
This season, Coach Nelson led the Wildcats to a Mid-South Conference Title and the program’s first NAIA semi-final appearance.
Coach Nelson is ranked 13th in career wins among active women’s basketball coaches with 402 and has qualified for 15 NAIA tournaments with Bethel.
Junior Madison Heart, of Gibson County High School, earned First Team All-American Honors while freshman Micah Hart, also of Gibson County, was named to the Second Team All-American.
