University of North Carolina Asheville Women's Basketball

Tynesha Lewis enters her third season as the head coach of the Bulldogs in 2026-27. The Bulldogs improved in Lewis's second season, posting 12 wins on the season including seven in the Big South Conference to earn the No. 6 seed in the Big South Conference tournament and achieve their highest tournament seeding in five years. Lewis coached Nia Green, who was the Big South Conference Co-Player of the Week on Jan. 12 and an All-Conference Second Team selection posting a team-high 10 double-doubles. Jamaria Freeman also earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team, after being named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week in back-to-back weeks to end the season. Jaidyn Koerdt was also named to the All-Academic Team, while Deborah Orianegbena was named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection. The Bulldogs finished the season 17th in Division I in Offensive Rebounds per Game (15.2), 26th in the the nation in Rebounds per Game (41.1) and also leading the Big South Conference and 12th in all of Division I in three-point percentage defense, holding opponents to just 26.4 percent beyond the arc. The Bulldogs won four games in Lewis's first season as the Bulldogs bench boss. She picked up her first win at Asheville on Dec. 4 as the Bulldogs thumped Warren Wilson 98-23, before Asheville beat Brevard 79-45 on Dec. 30 for their second win. Asheville picked up its first Big South Conference win under Lewis on Feb. 26 at Presbyterian by a score of 67-60, before upending t

Clarissa Adams joins Tynesha Lewis's staff at UNC Asheville as the Director of Basketball Operations. Adams comes to Asheville from North Carolina Central, w...

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Dani Nicosia has been hired as UNC Asheville's Assistant Athletic Director for Digital and Creative Branding. She comes to Asheville after two-plus years at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where she served as Assistant Athletic Director for Digital and Creative Media, overseeing the athletic department's digital brand, digital content and social media. During her time at LR, she helped the Bears' social media following grow 125% in three years and video content viewership grow 100% in three years. Prior to Lenoir-Rhyne, she was Communications Coordinator at Charlotte Country Day School. She got her start in athletics at her alma mater, Queens University of Charlotte, first as a marketing intern and then a graduate assistant in athletic marketing. While in undergrad at Queens, she was a Division II women's soccer student-athlete. She earned her master's degree in communication from Queens in 2019 and her bachelor's of science in sport management from Queens in 2017.

Elevated to Director of Athletic Communications in September 2023, Miller spearheaded the redesign and rollout of the new-look www.uncabulldogs.com in January 2024. During the 2024 fiscal year, the revamped website saw 1.5 million views and 1.9 million views during the 2025 fiscal year. Miller has also promoted Brendan Herb as Asheville's lone College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® selection in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Miller was also selected as the Athletics representative serving on UNC Asheville's Staff Council. Miller was hired on Nov. 2, 2022 as UNC Asheville's Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. In his role with the Bulldogs, Miller serves as the primary contact for the UNC Asheville women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis and baseball programs. Miller came to Asheville after running the Athletics Media Relations office at Division II Coker University for three-plus years in his second stint at the institution, first as the Director of Athletics Media Relations before being promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics in September 2021. In that time, Miller worked extensively with Coker's 24 athletic programs, overseeing all aspects of publicity and promotion, social media and live streaming, as well as special events and ticketing for Coker's Athletic department. In addition, Miller promoted 13 College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District selections and four Academic

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Mike Moses, Jr. joined UNC Asheville Women's Basketball's coaching staff in June 2025 as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. The Bulldogs saw impr...

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Ron Woodard enters his third season on the UNC Asheville staff in 2026-27. The Bulldogs saw improvement in Woodard's second season, posting 12 wins on the season including seven in the Big South Conference to earn the No. 6 seed in the Big South Conference tournament and achieve their highest tournament seeding in five years. Woodard coached Nia Green, who was the Big South Conference Co-Player of the Week on Jan. 12 and an All-Conference Second Team selection posting a team-high 10 double-doubles. Jamaria Freeman also earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team, after being named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week in back-to-back weeks to end the season. Jaidyn Koerdt was also named to the All-Academic Team, while Deborah Orianegbena was named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection. The Bulldogs finished the season 17th in Division I in Offensive Rebounds per Game (15.2), 26th in the the nation in Rebounds per Game (41.1) and also leading the Big South Conference and 12th in all of Division I in three-point percentage defense, holding opponents to just 26.4 percent beyond the arc. The Bulldogs went 4-27 in Woodard's first season on staff. The Bulldogs picked up their first win at Asheville on Dec. 4 as the Bulldogs thumped Warren Wilson 98-23, before Asheville beat Brevard 79-45 on Dec. 30 for their second win. Asheville picked up its first Big South Conference win under Lewis on Feb. 26 at Presbyterian by a score of 67-60, before upending the Blue

Sha-Teisa Sharpe enters her third season on the UNC Asheville staff in 2026-27. The Bulldogs saw improvement in Sharpe's second season, posting 12 wins on the season including seven in the Big South Conference to earn the No. 6 seed in the Big South Conference tournament and achieve their highest tournament seeding in five years. Sharpe coached Nia Green, who was the Big South Conference Co-Player of the Week on Jan. 12 and an All-Conference Second Team selection posting a team-high 10 double-doubles. Jamaria Freeman also earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team, after being named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week in back-to-back weeks to end the season. Jaidyn Koerdt was also named to the All-Academic Team, while Deborah Orianegbena was named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection. The Bulldogs finished the season 17th in Division I in Offensive Rebounds per Game (15.2), 26th in the the nation in Rebounds per Game (41.1) and also leading the Big South Conference and 12th in all of Division I in three-point percentage defense, holding opponents to just 26.4 percent beyond the arc. The Bulldogs won four games in Sharpe's first season on staff. The Bulldogs picked up their first win at Asheville on Dec. 4 as the Bulldogs thumped Warren Wilson 98-23, before Asheville beat Brevard 79-45 on Dec. 30 for their second win. Asheville picked up its first Big South Conference win under Lewis on Feb. 26 at Presbyterian by a score of 67-60, before upending th