Returns biography, current team / college refs, and counts of career record entries + per-season coaching entries for one WBB head coach.
Value
A single-row tibble.
| col_name | types | description |
| coach_id | character | ESPN coach identifier. |
| uid | character | ESPN UID string. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth (ISO 8601). |
| birth_city | character | Birth city. |
| birth_state | character | Birth state / region. |
| n_career_records | integer | Count of career-records entries. |
| n_coach_seasons | integer | Count of seasons coached. |
| college_ref | character | $ref to the coach's college. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to the coach's current team. |
| league | character | League slug. |
See also
Other ESPN WBB Functions:
espn_wbb_athlete_awards(),
espn_wbb_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_wbb_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_wbb_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_wbb_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_wbb_athlete_info(),
espn_wbb_athlete_overview(),
espn_wbb_athlete_seasons(),
espn_wbb_athlete_splits(),
espn_wbb_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_wbb_athlete_stats(),
espn_wbb_athletes_index(),
espn_wbb_award(),
espn_wbb_calendar(),
espn_wbb_coach_record(),
espn_wbb_coach_season(),
espn_wbb_coaches(),
espn_wbb_conferences(),
espn_wbb_event_broadcasts(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_leaders(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_linescores(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_records(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_roster(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_roster_entry(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_score(),
espn_wbb_event_competitor_statistics(),
espn_wbb_event_odds(),
espn_wbb_event_official_detail(),
espn_wbb_event_officials(),
espn_wbb_event_play(),
espn_wbb_event_play_personnel(),
espn_wbb_event_player_box(),
espn_wbb_event_powerindex(),
espn_wbb_event_predictor(),
espn_wbb_event_probabilities(),
espn_wbb_event_propbets(),
espn_wbb_event_situation(),
espn_wbb_franchise(),
espn_wbb_franchises(),
espn_wbb_game_all(),
espn_wbb_game_rosters(),
espn_wbb_injuries(),
espn_wbb_leaders(),
espn_wbb_news(),
espn_wbb_pbp(),
espn_wbb_player_box(),
espn_wbb_player_stats(),
espn_wbb_position(),
espn_wbb_positions(),
espn_wbb_powerindex(),
espn_wbb_rankings(),
espn_wbb_scoreboard(),
espn_wbb_season_awards(),
espn_wbb_season_group(),
espn_wbb_season_group_children(),
espn_wbb_season_group_teams(),
espn_wbb_season_groups(),
espn_wbb_season_info(),
espn_wbb_season_leaders(),
espn_wbb_season_ranking(),
espn_wbb_season_rankings(),
espn_wbb_season_type(),
espn_wbb_season_types(),
espn_wbb_season_week(),
espn_wbb_season_weeks(),
espn_wbb_seasons(),
espn_wbb_standings(),
espn_wbb_team(),
espn_wbb_team_box(),
espn_wbb_team_injuries(),
espn_wbb_team_leaders(),
espn_wbb_team_news(),
espn_wbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_wbb_team_roster(),
espn_wbb_team_schedule(),
espn_wbb_team_season_profile(),
espn_wbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_wbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_wbb_team_stats(),
espn_wbb_teams(),
espn_wbb_tournament(),
espn_wbb_tournament_season(),
espn_wbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_wbb_tournaments(),
espn_wbb_venues(),
espn_wbb_week_ranking(),
espn_wbb_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_wbb_coach(coach_id = 2167842)
#> ── ESPN WOMENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Coach Detail ───────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 19:25:02 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 12
#> coach_id uid first_name last_name date_of_birth birth_city birth_state
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2167842 s:40~l:54~… Larry Vickers NA Virginia … VA
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: n_career_records <int>, n_coach_seasons <int>,
#> # college_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>, league <chr>
# }