Experience
2015 – 2023: Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Abilene Christian University
2014 – 2015: Assistant Coach, Bethel University (MN)
2013 – 2014: Assistant Coach, Ohio Wesleyan University
2011 – 2013: Assistant Coach, Charleston Southern University
2008 – 2011: Director of Basketball Operations, College of Charleston
2004 – 2008: Player/Team Captain (06-08), College of Charleston
Education
2010: College of Charleston, Masters, Public Administration
2008: College of Charleston, Bachelors, Corporate Communication and Historic Preservation
Personal
Hometown: Mannsville, NY
Maiden Name: Smith
Family: Paul (Husband) & Ava, Maya (Children)
Career Highlights
Selected to participate in the 2020 WBCA/Women Leaders in College Sports NEXT UP program, and in 2021, was named one of 22 assistant women’s basketball coaches ready to lead their own program by The Athletic
From 2015 to 2023, helped lead Abilene Christian to seven winning seasons, four 23+ win seasons, two Southland Conference Regular Season Championships (first in program history), one Southland Conference Tournament Championship (first in program history), and four post-season berths (one NCAA Tournament – firsts in program’s Division I history)
Abilene Christian’s scoring offense finished nationally ranked t-25th in 2021-22 and 10th in 2019-20
In 2011-12, helped lead Charleston Southern to only the program’s third winning season (17-14) in 13 seasons, as well as only the second post-season berth in program history
A two-year Team Captain at the College of Charleston, scored over 700 career points and is second all-time in career blocked shots (164) in program history
Co-Founder of Moms In Coaching, which is a group dedicated to supporting mothers in college basketball coaching at all levels
News & Media
Head Coach Record
Season | School | Overall | Conference | Championships | Post-Season |
2023-24 | North Florida | ||||
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