Hart Named GM; Edwards Promoted to Assistant Coach

Amanda Hart has been elevated to General Manager of the Nebraska women's basketball program, while Taylor Edwards has earned a full-time assistant coaching role, Head Coach Amy Williams announced on Friday, May 30.

Hart, who has served as Nebraska's Director of Operations since Williams was named the Husker head coach in 2016, has spent nine seasons with the Big Red. Hart has helped Nebraska to five consecutive postseason tournament trips, including three NCAA Tournament bids in the past four seasons. Hart coordinates all aspects of Nebraska's team travel and assists in scheduling. She also plays a major role in Nebraska's women's basketball summer camps. She coordinates interactions between the Nebraska women's basketball program and all areas of the department, including Athletic Communications, Marketing, Digital Media and Ticketing to help promote the program across all platforms. She played an important role in Nebraska's first sellout of a women's basketball game at Pinnacle Bank Arena with 15,042 fans in an 82-79 win over No. 2 Iowa on Feb. 11, 2024. She has helped Nebraska to nine consecutive top-25 attendance rankings during her time at Nebraska, including No. 16 in NCAA Division I in 2024-25.

“We are thrilled to elevate Amanda to our General Manager role with Nebraska women’s basketball," Williams said. "As our Director of Operations, she has been involved with all of the major decision making within our program and has worked closely with all internal departments on campus as well as all the external people who touch our program. She has played a significant role in expanding our NIL efforts, and as we move toward further change in the day-to-day operations in college athletics, I can think of no one better equipped to handle the duties of General Manager.”

Edwards, who has served as a graduate assistant manager for the Huskers the past two seasons, helped the Big Red to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2024 and 2025. In addition to her position as assistant coach, Edwards will be Nebraska's assistant director of scouting and operations.

“Keeping Taylor Edwards on staff with our program was a huge win for Nebraska women’s basketball," Williams said. "She has been an incredible resource for our student-athletes and she has an excellent mind for the game. She is a tireless worker and has a passion to be here working in this program.”

A four-year contributor at Montana State-Billings from 2015-16 through 2018-19, Edwards spent one season as an assistant at MSU-Billings in 2019-20, before spending three seasons at Carroll College as an assistant coach.

In 2022-23, Carroll College finished with a 27-6 record as one of the top NAIA teams in the nation. It followed a 27-8 campaign for the Fighting Saints in 2021-22. The Helena, Mont., school also advanced to the 2021 NAIA Tournament with a 21-3 record in 2020-21.

Edwards earned her bachelor's degree as a health and human performance major at MSU-Billings in 2019. A graduate of Charles M. Russell High School in Great Falls, Mont., Edwards was a three-time Academic All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference selection at Montana State-Billings. The 5-9 guard played in 92 games during her college career, despite missing much of her sophomore season with an injury. She started her first 11 games as a sophomore before the injury and made nine starts as a senior.

As a junior in 2017-18, Edwards helped MSUB to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight after helping the Yellowjackets capture the West Regional championship. She also helped Montana State-Billings to the 2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament title.