Brooke Wyckoff - Head Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches

Brooke Wyckoff

Title:
Head Coach
Phone:
850-644-3641

Brooke Wyckoff was named the ninth head coach of Florida State women's basketball program on March 29, 2022.

Wyckoff has built a brand of basketball that focuses on team culture, academics and fast-paced play that has become a fixture in women's college basketball. The Noles have appeared in 12 straight NCAA Tournaments, marking the seventh-longest active streak in the nation.

Including the 2020-21 season where Wyckoff was the interm head coach, Florida State has collected nine All-ACC individual honors and seven All-America accolades.

In 2024-25, Wyckoff produced the highest-scoring team in the nation, averaging 86.9 points per game. Led by the nation's leading scorer, Ta'Niya Latson (25.2 PPG), the Seminoles turned in a record of 24-9, making an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Touranment. The Seminoles surpassed the century mark seven times, setting a new program record, while also establishing a new record for the most points scored in a game at 119.

For the first time since 2013, three players earned All-ACC First Team recognition behind Latson, Makayla Timpson and O'Mariah Gordon.

Following a historic senior season, Timpson became Florida State's 16th WNBA Draft pick in program history, as she was selected in the second round by the Indiana Fever. With 47 career double-doubles and 1,094 rebounds, Timpson became the FSU all-time leader in both categories, passing Natasha Howard's marks that were set from 2011-2015. Timpson became the first player in program history to block over 100 shots, finishing the year with 103, raking fourth nationally.

Wyckoff's 2023-24 campaign was also highlighted by four nationally-ranked wins - the program's most since the 2019-20 season. She also helped FSU to an unblemished 4-0 record vs. the state of Florida.

Following the retirement of legendary Head Coach Sue Semrau, Wyckoff led the Seminoles to a 23-10 overall record in her first season, while making a 10th-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Despite being picked ninth in the ACC’s preseason predicted order of finish, the Seminoles were among the biggest achievers in the conference, finishing five spots ahead of its predicted finish.

In Wyckoff’s second overall season but her first as the official head coach, Florida State went 12-6 in the ACC and tied for fourth in the regular season. It was FSU’s most conference wins since the 2017-18 season.

Wyckoff returned to her Associate Head Coaching duties in 2021-22 after a successful stint as Interim Head Coach. Wyckoff was part of a group that collected four Top 50 NET wins, defeated Notre Dame for the first time ever and achieved a seventh consecutive season of double-digit ACC wins at 10-8.

Facing a myriad of pre-season challenges from COVID-19 obstacles, filling the shoes of Head Coach Sue Semrau (who took a single-season leave of absence) and numerous player injuries, Wyckoff was tasked with the Interim Head Coach role for the 2020-21 year. She led Florida State to its eighth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance with a 10-9 overall record and a 9-7 mark in the ACC. A worthy ACC Coach of the Year candidate, Wyckoff’s ability to relate to her players, get them to buy in and succeed despite plenty of attrition proved her abilities not only as a Head Coach but as an excellent communicator and relatable person.

Highlighting an overachieving year was Florida State earning a 68-59 win over No. 3 Louisville on Feb. 21 at the Donald L. Tucker Center. FSU wound up defeating five Top 50 NET opponents in Louisville, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and North Carolina by an average margin of +10.4 points.

The quality of wins racked up by Wyckoff and the Seminoles in 2020-21 was also eye-opening. FSU entered the NCAA Tournament with an average NET win of 71, which was tied for the second-highest nationally and behind only South Carolina.

In her first season as head of the sidelines, Wyckoff also made some history. She became the first FSU head coach since Janice Dykehouse in 1980 to win their first-ever meeting against rival Florida (W, 81-75 on Dec. 1, 2020 in her debut). Wyckoff also became the first FSU head coach to win in their ACC coaching debut when the Seminoles defeated Virginia at home, 69-51, on Dec. 13, 2020.

Wyckoff sparked the rise of the Florida State women’s basketball program as a standout player on the court from 1997 to 2001. Ten years later, Brooke Wyckoff returned to the Seminoles – this time on the bench, joining Sue Semrau’s revamped staff beginning in the 2011-12 season.

Through her first seven seasons, Wyckoff’s tremendous results in defensive game planning, coaching the post players, recruiting, scouting and other areas resulted in a reward: Being named the team’s associate head coach on May 1, 2018.

In her five seasons of taking over the defense, FSU’s sub-60 points allowed in three of the past six years mark the only three times the program has surrendered less than 60 in a season.

In 2017-18, the Seminole standout helped FSU record 25+ wins for the fourth straight season, finishing with a 26-7 overall record. The Seminoles once again displayed their rebounding hallmark, ranking sixth nationally in rebound margin and 11th in rebounds per game.

Her Spanish connections, being fluent in the Spanish language after enjoying a professional career overseas, resulted in point guard Leticia Romero finishing her career as the first three-time All-American in program history in 2016-17. Romero earned a spot on the podium at the 2016 Rio Olympics alongside Leonor Rodriguez, who led Spain to silver.

Without a doubt, Wyckoff was one of the greatest Seminoles ever to wear the Garnet and Gold on the hardwood before playing nine seasons in the WNBA. Wyckoff’s experience at the professional level has given the Seminoles a rare commodity on the bench.

A native of West Chester, Ohio, the talented post/wing was one of the top high school players in the country before signing a National Letter of Intent with FSU in 1997 in what was Semrau’s first season in Tallahassee.

In her freshman year, Wyckoff made an immediate impact as she set a single-season record at the time with 80 blocks on her way to earning ACC All-Freshman Team honors. Conference accolades continued to roll in during her next three years with a pair of All-ACC Third Team selections (1999 and 2000) and finally an All-ACC First Team honor as a senior in 2001.

Wyckoff’s 1,350 career points still rank within the top 20 in school history and her 804 rebounds rank eighth. She ranks No. 3 at FSU in career blocks with 209. She averaged 12.4 ppg and 7.4 rpg while starting all 109 games she played in her career.

Perhaps most importantly, Wyckoff was the cornerstone of the Seminoles’ first winning season in nine years as the team posted a 19-12 record in 2001 and finished fourth in the ACC. That season culminated in the school’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 10 years and All-America honors for Wyckoff, which was the first national accolade for an FSU women’s basketball player since 1993. She capped her career by scoring 14.6 ppg and pulling down 6.6 rpg that final season.

In addition to boasting the honor of being just one of four former ‘Noles to have their jerseys’ retired, Wyckoff was also an outstanding performer in the classroom. She is the only Seminole to ever earn four All-ACC Academic Women’s Basketball Team honors as well as four nods to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

In 2001, she earned an ACC Postgraduate scholarship and was named to the ACC Legends Class of 2010. In 2002, she was named to the 51-member ACC 50th Anniversary Women’s Basketball Team.

In 2011, Wyckoff was inducted into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame as well as the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame and the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame.

Following her senior year, Wyckoff was selected by the Orlando Miracle in the second round of the WNBA Draft. She spent two seasons in Orlando before the team moved to Connecticut where she played another three seasons with the Sun.

She was then selected by the Chicago Sky in the 2006 WNBA Expansion draft and played for that franchise until 2009.

During her nine-year WNBA career, Wyckoff appeared in 242 games.

Wyckoff has one daughter, Avery, and is married to Jose Ramon Esmoris. She is also a founding member of Moms in Coaching, a group of mothers who coach basketball that meet every year at the NCAA Women’s Final Four.

Wyckoff's Coaching History
2022-Present | Florida State Head Coach
2021-22, 2018-20 | Florida State Associate Head Coach
2020-21 | Florida State Interim Head Coach
2011-19 | Florida State Assistant Coach
2009-11 | Lakota East High School Assistant Coach