(AP) — South Dakota women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit, who took the Coyotes to a surprising run in the NCAA Women’s Tournament the Sweet 16, was hired last week as coach at West Virginia.

Plitzuweit replaces Mike Carey, who retired two weeks earlier after 21 seasons.

South Dakota beat Ole Miss and No. 2 seed Baylor in the NCAA Tournament before losing to Michigan, 52-49. The Coyotes finished the season 29-6.

Lyons said Plitzuweit will have a five-year contract worth a total of $3 million with a starting salary of $550,000, plus incentives.

Plitzuweit was 158-36 in six seasons at South Dakota, including four NCAA tourney appearances. She was named the Summit League’s coach of the year three times.

She won a Division II national championship in 2006 as head coach at Grand Valley State of the GLIAC.

Plitzuweit is a native of West Bend, Wisconsin, and played at NCAA Division II Michigan Tech.