Maggard Set for Belmont Hall of Fame Induction

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Huntington University women's basketball head coach Darby Maggard is headed to the Hall of Fame.

As announced last week by Belmont University Athletics, Maggard will be one of four individuals inducted into the Belmont Hall of Fame this fall, honoring her remarkable and lasting impact on the Bruin women's basketball program.

Before leading the Foresters from the sideline, Maggard built one of the most decorated careers in NCAA women's basketball history.

The Larwill, Indiana native helped power Belmont to 108 wins, four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, four consecutive Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Tournament championships and signature victories over Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Gonzaga, Florida Gulf Coast and Middle Tennessee. During her career, the Bruins also climbed to a program-best No. 22 national Top 25 ranking.

Maggard made NCAA Division I history as the first women's basketball player ever to record 400 made 3-pointers and 650 assists. She finished her career fourth all-time in NCAA Division I history with 430 3-point field goals, becoming one of only seven players ever to reach the 400-trey milestone.

Even more impressive, Maggard remains the only player with more than 400 career 3-pointers while shooting better than 40 percent from deep, finishing at a blistering 43.3 percent.

A four-time All-OVC First Team selection, Maggard also graduated with a career free throw percentage of 92.4 percent, which ranked first in NCAA history at the time, while her 2.77 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked third.

Her senior season capped a brilliant career. Maggard earned 2019 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors, was named to the Wade Trophy Watch List, became a two-time Ann Meyers Drysdale Award finalist, was selected as the 2019 OVC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and finished as the national runner-up at the State Farm College 3-Point Championships.

Maggard also stands among the OVC's all-time greats, ranking as one of just 19 players in conference history to score 2,000 career points with 2,031, while sitting third in league history with 683 assists.

Now entering her fifth season at the helm of the Forester program, Maggard continues to build on a championship standard at Huntington. She has guided HU to back-to-back NAIA National Championships, and the Foresters are coming off a 19-12 campaign in 2025-26 as the program looks to keep its momentum rolling.

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 19 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 192 NAIA All-America honors and 698 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Huntington has a top quartile ranking in the 2026 U.S. News Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings.