Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball

Tarniesha Scott

  • Title
    Women's Basketball Assistant Coach
  • Email
    tscott17@xula.edu
  • Phone
    504-520-7513
     •  2019-20 academic year is her fourth at XULA . . . First day on the job was Aug. 1, 2016, and her hiring was announced Aug. 4, 2016
     •  2019-20 is her eighth season as a college assistant coach . . . volunteer assistant at UT Dallas in 2011-12, assistant (and eventual interim head coach) at Talladga from 2012-14 and assistant at Prairie View A&M in 2014-15
     •  Year-by-year at XULA:
     — 2016-17:  19-13 overall, 6-6 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (tie for third place), GCAC Tournament runner-up
     — 2017-18:  15-12 overall, 7-5 GCAC (tie for third place), GCAC Tournament semifinalist
     — 2018-19:  23-8 overall, 13-1 GCAC, GCAC regular-season champion, NAIA nationals qualifier, No. 24 ranking in final coaches poll
     — XULA totals:  57-33 overall (.633), 26-12 GCAC (.684)
     •  Led Talladega to a 10-3 record as interim head coach to close the 2013-14 season, the GCAC regular-season championship (by a half-game over XULA), a berth at NAIA nationals and a No. 25 ranking in the postseason coaches poll
     •  Played at UT Dallas from 2007-11 and ranks second there in career rebounds and sixth in career points
     •  A 5-foot-9 forward who wore No. 35 at UT Dallas, Scott led the American Southwest Conference her senior year with 17.4 points per game and was first-team All-ASC and was honorable-mention All-America on teams chosen by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Women's D-III News
     •  Academic All-ASC three consecutive seasons
     •  Received bachelor of science degree in business administration from UT Dallas in 2011
     •  Received MBA with a concentration in sports entertainment from the University of Dallas in 2013
     •  An Arkansas native and a graduate of that state's Jacksonville High School