Six Division I WBB programs in Texas changed head coaches ahead of this season. Now that we're a couple of months into the season, how are those new head coaches faring?

North Texas: Jason Burton

In the interest of time, I'm going to direct you to last week's deep dive on this UNT program, which currently sits atop the American and looks like the best Mean Green team in program history.

SFA: Leonard Bishop

Of all the new hires, the one who seemed to be in the most uncertain space was Len Bishop at SFA. He was an internal hire, so he wasn't bringing any transfers from his old school, but the Ladyjacks had their best two players leave to follow Mark Kellogg to West Virginia. It was tough to really get a read on what the 2023-24 season would look like for Bishop.

Turns out, this Ladyjacks team is still really good. 7-2 in WAC play. One of those losses was a surprise one against UT Arlington, but the other was to a Cal Baptist team that's 8-1 in conference play. Plus, SFA handed Grand Canyon its only WAC loss so far.

That loss aside, GCU has been the cream of the crop in the WAC with a +25.7 net rating. Cal Baptist is right there at +21.5. Those two teams stand above the rest of the conference by a good bit. Still, SFA's +5.0 net rating in WAC play is third in the conference, and they can beat anyone on any given night. Kurstyn Harden has been great on both ends of the floor and Kyla Deck's provided some good long-range shooting. Being at the top of the WAC's second tier of teams is a great result so far for Bishop in Year One.

Tarleton: Bill Brock

Tarleton's a tough job. Since moving to Division I, the team has had just one season with double-digit wins, going 12-13 against D-I opponents in the 2021-22 season. While A&M Commerce had a great transition from Division II to Division I, that's simply not the case for every program.

Bill Brock has been around basketball forever, including spending 2000-2021 as an assistant at Baylor, Texas Tech, and then Baylor again. Still, this is his first Division I head coaching gig, so it makes some sense that it's been a slow process.

Still, through nine games, the Texans have as many conference wins as they had last season in 18 games. The -18.4 net rating in WAC play is their worst mark since joining the conference, but there have still been some bright spots like Jakoriah Long averaging 11.3 points per game and shooting 41.5% from deep.

Texas A&M-Commerce: Valerie King

Following Jason Burton was always going to be tough, especially with two of Commerce's best players joining him at UNT. Despite that, Valerie King has the Lions at 4-4 in Southland play, which is a really solid result for a team that's in just its second season at the Division I level.

Offensively, the Lions are doing some good stuff. Through eight conference games, their 92.5 offensive rating is third in the conference behind just Lamar and UIW. King has the team playing at the second-fastest pace in the conference, but despite that, they aren't turning the ball over, with the second-best turnover rate in the Southland.

Mia Deck has taken a leap in her third season with the Lions. In conference play, Deck is averaging 16.8 points, 2.4 assists, 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 steals per contest.

TCU: Mark Campbell

No matter how this season ends, Mark Campbell's first season in Fort Worth goes down as a resounding success. Due to injuries, I'm not holding losses against him going forward.

The Horned Frogs started the season 14-0, but injuries struck. First, Sedona Prince went down. Then Jaden Owens. Then, well...everyone. The team canceled two games because they didn't have enough healthy players. They've added four walk-ons. They'll likely struggle to win more than a couple more games going forward, but that shouldn't take away from the fact that Campbell built a top-25 program in his first season with TCU.

UTEP: Keitha Adams

UTEP found itself in an impossible situation last season. Kevin Baker resigned from the head coaching role pretty late in the process and UTEP ended up making a really strange hire, bringing Keitha Adams back to El Paso. She previously was the head coach from 2001-2017 before leaving for Wichita State.

Adams oversaw a lot of success in her first stint with the program, but this second time is off to a so-so start. The team is 3-3 in Conference USA play and sits sixth out of nine times in net rating at -3.5. Jane Asinde and Erin Wilson have both scored well for the Miners, but this team is on track to finish a bit worse than they did last year. 

Still, considering the circumstances, things are going okay for Adams in this new era in El Paso. Let's see a full recruiting cycle from her before we make any decision about this hire.