HIGHLIGHTS
- Third season at the helm of the women’s basketball program at Ottawa.
- In two seasons, Scott has a coaching record of 19-37 and a KCAC mark of 17-34. She has coached five All-KCAC performers.
- She has coached seven all-conference players and one conference player of the year, coached and recruited an NAIA All-American, coached two conference championship teams, coached one Texas private school state championship team, was the first head coach to take Talladega College to the NAIA National Tournament, and helped two other teams reach the NAIA National Tournament.
Coach Scott is in her third season as head coach of the OU women's basketball program.
The 2021-22 Braves had an overall record of 8-21 and KCAC mark of 6-18. OU qualified for its second straight KCAC Tournament and Kanecia Payne was named Honorable Mention All-KCAC. The Braves finished the season ranked 50th in the NAIA in free throws attempted per game (20.1) and 37th in steals per game (10.6).
In Scott’s first season at the helm, the 2020-21 Braves finished with an overall record of 11-16 and an eighth-place finish in the KCAC with a record of 10-11. Ottawa qualified for the KCAC Tournament for the first time since the 2016-17 season, hosting for the first time in Wilson Field House since 2013-14. Under her leadership, four Braves were named to the All-KCAC Teams: Haylie Anderson (3rd), Liz Vaughn (HM), Mariah Grizzle (HM), and Kanecia Payne (HM). Ottawa finished the season ranked 29th in the NAIA in total steals (258), 36th in total rebounds (1,011), and 47th in total points scored (1,708).
Scott has an overall coaching record of 185-102 and a head coaching record of 53-27. She has coached seven all-conference players and one conference player of the year, coached and recruited an NAIA All-American, coached two conference championship teams, coached one Texas private school state championship team, was the first head coach to take Talladega College to the NAIA National Tournament, and helped two other teams reach the NAIA National Tournament.
Before coming to Ottawa University, Scott was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Xavier University of Louisiana from 2016 to 2020. In four years, she helped the Gold Nuggets to a record of 70-50, a 2018-19 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) regular-season championship with a conference record of 13-1, and an overall record of 23-8, and a trip to the NAIA Women’s Basketball Division I National Tournament.
Prior to working at Xavier, Scott was an assistant women’s basketball coach during the 2014-15 season at Prairie View A&M University. She helped the Panthers finish third in the Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC) with wins over the University of Houston and Sam Houston State University. Scott coached SWAC “Player of the Year” Jeanette Jackson.
Scott spent two seasons as a member of the women’s basketball staff at Talladega College from 2012 to 2014. She was an assistant coach with the program until the final 13 games of the 2013-2014 season, when she was named the interim head coach. Scott led the Tornadoes to a record of 10-3, a GCAC regular season championship, a berth to the NAIA Division I National Tournament, and a final ranking of no. 25 in the NAIA Postseason Women’s Basketball Division I Poll.
During the 2011-12 season, Scott was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Texas–Dallas, her alma mater. She played at UTD from 2007 to 2011. Scott lead the American Southwest Conference (ASC) in scoring, averaging 17.4 points per game as a senior. She was a First Team All-ASC selection and an Honorable Mention All-American on teams chosen by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and Women’s D-III News. Scott was three times named Academic All-ASC.
Scott graduated in 2011 from UTD with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She earned her MBA with a concentration in sports entertainment in 2013 from the University of Dallas.
