Harrison brings back Amie Anthrop to lead girls basketball program

Harrison is betting that familiarity can do what the last three seasons could not: restore a girls basketball program that has drifted from contender to reset. Amie Anthrop returned to the Raiders pending Tippecanoe School Corp. board approval, bringing back a coach who already knows the building, the pressure and the standard that comes with the job.

That standard is not theoretical. Anthrop went 33-15 in her first two seasons at Harrison from 2016 to 2018, and the program has spent the years since trying to recapture that edge. Rush McColley resigned after eight seasons on April 8, finishing 114-76 overall and leaving behind a résumé that included a Class 4A sectional title in 2023. But the recent trend line told the bigger story: Harrison went 13-13 in 2023-24, then slipped to 7-17 in 2024-25 and 9-15 in 2025-26. For a school that has seen sectional success, that is not stability. That is a program searching for traction.

Anthrop arrives with the kind of Indiana profile Harrison was clearly willing to trust. Purdue’s official bio says she coached girls basketball at Clinton Prairie, Harrison and Fountain Central over nine seasons and compiled a 144-65 record as a high school head coach. She also won sectional titles at Fountain Central and Clinton Prairie, and in 2021 earned an assistant-coach spot with the Indiana Junior All-Stars, a sign that her reputation extended well beyond one school’s sideline.

Her background also reaches beyond the gym. Purdue lists Anthrop as its women’s basketball director of operations, a role that includes contracts, camps and travel. Before that, she coached at the high school level while teaching social studies at Harrison and Fountain Central and serving as a physical education teacher for three years at Clinton Prairie. She earned bachelor’s degrees in history and international studies from Southern Indiana in 2011, later added a master’s in sports administration from Liberty and a school administration certificate from Indiana Wesleyan.

The playing résumé is just as strong. Anthrop, a Clinton Prairie graduate, scored 1,336 career points at Southern Indiana, played in 112 games and was named Academic All-GLVC in all four seasons. Purdue also lists her as married to Jade Anthrop, with three children.

Harrison is not hiring a novelty act. It is reaching for a coach who has already won at multiple stops, already worked in college operations and already knows what the Raiders looked like when they were moving in the right direction. That makes this more than a sentimental return. It is a direct attempt to get Harrison back into the conversation where it expects to live.