Troy University Women's Basketball

The Rigby File Personal Information Birthday April 16 Hometown Franklinton, La. Education Southeastern Louisiana, 1990 (Bachelor's) Southeastern Louisiana, 1998 (Master's) Nova Southeastern, 2017 (Doctorate) Husband Ed Children Ramsey, Randon Coaching History 2012-Pres. Troy - Head Coach 2005-12 Pensacola State - Head Coach 2001-05 Holmes CC - Head Coach 2000-01 Tabor College - Head Coach 1995-00 Loranger HS - Head Coach 1992-95 NW Rankin HS - Head Coach 1990-92 Ponchatoula HS - Head Coach Now the winningest coach in Troy women’s basketball history, head coach Chanda Rigby enters her 15th season at the helm in 2026-27, fresh off three straight postseason appearances. Over the last seven seasons, the Troy women’s basketball team has accumulated 159 wins, the most of any Sun Belt men’s or women’s basketball team. Since taking over the program in 2012, Rigby has made Troy a perennial championship and NCAA Tournament contender. Rigby's impressive resume includes 10 20-win seasons, five wins over Power Four opponents, three Sun Belt Tournament championships, two Sun Belt regular-season titles, three trips to the NCAA Tournament, nine postseason appearances (including the first postseason victory in program history with a WNIT Fab 4 run in 2023-24), 27 all-conference selections, seven Sun Belt postseason award winners, a Sun Belt Player of the Year honoree, a Lieberman Award finalist, two Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Players, two Defensive Player of the Year awar

Grace Daniels returns to Troy for her third season in 2026-27, looking to build on two postseason appearances in her first two years. In 2025-26, Daniels helped elevate Troy’s play from beyond the arc. Primarily coaching the guards, Daniels guided Emani Jenkins to an All-Sun Belt Third Team selection. Jenkins led the Sun Belt in 3-pointers made (94), 3-pointers per game (2.85) and 3-point percentage (40.2 percent). Her 94 3-pointers also shattered Troy’s single-season record, while her 40.2 percent shooting from deep ranked fourth in Division I and fifth-best in program history. Jenkins also concluded her Troy career with the best Division I 3-point percentage in program history at 38.4 percent on 161 made 3-pointers, the fifth-most in Troy history. Daniels’ guards helped Troy lead the Sun Belt in assists at 15.8 per game. Another senior, Ashley Baez, ranked eighth in the conference with 3.5 assists per game. Overall, Daniels helped guide Troy to a 25-8,13-5 record, earning the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, which led to a runner-up finish to James Madison in her first-ever title game appearance and the program’s first WBIT berth. The first season for Daniels at Troy was nothing short of memorable as her coaching of the guard position saw Shaulana Wagner claim the first-ever triple-double in program history with 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds against Memphis. Year one saw her help Troy to become the 41st Great Alaska Shootout champions, defeat Arkansas for th

Entering her second year, Hailey Kuhns joined the women’s basketball program with an extensive basketball background. Hired in June 2022 as the new Director ...

The Graf File Personal Information Birthday June 11 Hometown Loranger, La. Education Northwestern State, 2000 (Bachelor's) Northwestern State, 2002 (Master's) Playing Career Northwestern State, 1996-2000 Coaching History 2013-Pres. Troy - Associate Head Coach 2012-13 Troy - Assistant Coach 2004-12 Northwestern State - Head Coach 2002-04 Northwestern State - Assistant Coach 2000-02 Northwestern State - Graduate Assistant Coach Fresh off three straight postseason appearances, Jennifer Graf prepares for her 15th season under head coach Chanda Rigby and 14th as the associate head coach. Over 14 seasons with Rigby, Graf has guided her post players to lead the nation in rebounds for nine straight seasons (2017-26), averaging 49.91 per game in 2025-26. She has helped guide the Trojans to five Sun Belt championships and nine postseason berths, including three NCAA Tournament appearances, back-to-back WNIT Fab 4 runs (2023-25) and, most recently, the program’s first WBIT berth in 2025-26. Graf’s top two post players in 2025-26 combined for 42 double-doubles, ranking second and 12th nationally, respectively, in Zay Dyer and Fortuna Ngnawo. Dyer led the conference in double-doubles and earned her second straight All-Sun Belt First Team honor, along with Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year recognition and becoming the first All-Sun Belt Defensive Team selection in program history. Meanwhile, Ngnawo earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors. Both post players joined the Sun Belt All-Tourna

The Murphy File Personal Information Birthday November 28 Hometown Tutwiler, Miss. Education Ole Miss, 2000 (Bachelor's) Ole Miss, 2002 (Master's) Playing Career Ole Miss, 1996-2000 Coaching History 2023-Pres. Troy - Assistant Coach 2018-23 Coahoma CC - Head Coach 2011-18 Brandon HS - Head Coach 2006-11 Tupelo HS - Head Coach 2004-06 Meridian HS - Head Coach Murphy heads into her fourth season with the Troy Trojans with a perfect 3-for-3 mark in postseason appearances, including a WNIT Fab 4 appearance in 2023-24, a WNIT runner-up finish in 2024-25 and a WBIT berth in 2025-26. In her third season with Troy, Murphy helped the Trojans reach 25 wins, tying the program record. With a 25-8 overall record and 15-3 mark in Sun Belt play, the Trojans finished second in the conference during the regular season before completing a 3-0 season sweep over Arkansas State in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament semifinals. Ultimately, the Trojans fell in Murphy’s first Sun Belt Conference title game appearance against James Madison, 69-52, but Troy earned its first WBIT berth against No. 2 Kansas. Murphy also helped guide Troy to key victories over Missouri, Arkansas State (three times), Marshall and Longwood, with both the Marshall and Longwood wins featuring 20-plus-point road comebacks. As a team, the Trojans led the nation in rebounds per game (49.91) for the ninth straight season while also leading the Sun Belt in assists (15.8), rebound margin (12.2), defensive rebounds (31.8), offensiv