Rebecca Tillett

Rebecca Tillett is an American college basketball coach who is currently serving as the head coach of the Saint Louis University women's basketball team. She was previously the coach of the Longwood University women's basketball team. She led both Longwood and Saint Louis to their first appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

Rebecca Tillett
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSaint Louis
ConferenceAtlantic 10
Record17–18 (.486)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2014IUP (asst.)
2014–2018Navy (asst.)
2018–2022Longwood
2022–presentSaint Louis
Head coaching record
Overall68–86 (.442)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big South regular season (2022)
Big South tournament (2022)
Atlantic 10 tournament (2023)

Career

Tillett graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1999; she was captain of the women's basketball team during her senior year. She began her career coaching high school basketball in Virginia, spending time at Jamestown High School, Osbourn Park High School, and Forest Park High School. In 2013, she took a position as an assistant coach of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team.[1] After one season at IUP, she became an assistant coach at Navy, where she remained for the next four seasons.

In 2018, Tillett became the head coach of the Longwood women's basketball team, her first collegiate head coaching role. She coached at Longwood for four seasons. In the 2021–22 season, she led the team to a 22–12 record and won the Big South Conference tournament, granting Longwood its first appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2] Longwood defeated Mount St. Mary's in the First Four before losing to NC State in the first round of the main tournament.[3]

Tillett was hired by Saint Louis University to coach their women's basketball team in 2022.[4] In the 2022–23 season, her first year as head coach, Saint Louis won the Atlantic 10 Conference basketball tournament, earning the team its first appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[5] She is the second coach in NCAA history, after Lisa Bluder, to reach the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament with different schools in consecutive years.[6]

Personal life

Tillett's parents are both teachers and sports coaches. Her father was a high school basketball and soccer coach, while her mother coached middle school soccer. Her brothers Nate and Daniel are both high school coaches as well, coaching boys' soccer and girls' basketball respectively.[7]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Longwood (Big South Conference) (2018–2022)
2018–19 Longwood 3–272–1611th
2019–20 Longwood 12–188–12T-7th
2020–21 Longwood 14–1112–63rd
2021–22 Longwood 22–1215–3T-1stNCAA 1st Round
Longwood: 51–68 (.429)
Saint Louis (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 Saint Louis 17–1810–6T–3rdNCAA 1st Round
Saint Louis: 17–18 (.486)
Total:68–86 (.442)[8]

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Rebecca Tillett". IUP Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. Fawcett, Dave (April 14, 2022). "Osbourn Park graduate Rebecca Tillett takes over as Saint Louis University's new head women's basketball coach". InsideNoVa. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. Northam, Mitchell (March 19, 2022). "No. 1 North Carolina State runs past Longwood 96-68". Associated Press. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. Durando, Stu (July 5, 2022). "New coach Rebecca Tillett bringing pieces together for SLU women's basketball". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. Durando, Stu (March 5, 2023). "SLU women find their boiling point to earn first trip to NCAA Tournament". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  6. "Martinez triple-double takes Saint Louis women to first NCAA". Yahoo! Life. Associated Press. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  7. Durando, Stu (April 13, 2022). "Tillett comes to SLU from a family of coaches". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  8. "Rebecca Tillett". Sports Reference CBB. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
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