University of North Carolina at Charlotte Women's Basketball

Tomekia Reed was named the ninth head women’s basketball coach for the Charlotte 49ers in April of 2024. Reed just finished her second season at the helm of Charlotte Women’s Basketball, doubling her conference wins from year one to year two and coaching two players named to the American Conference Postseason teams. Under Reed’s guidance, Charlotte ranked fifth in the NCAA averaging 17 offensive rebounds and led the conference with a +7.44 rebounding margin in league play. Charlotte faced six Power Four conference teams in the first 10 games of the season to mark the toughest stretch to open a season in program history. In year one with Charlotte, Reed made history by taking the 12th seeded 49ers to the American Conference Tournament quarterfinals, becoming just the second team to do so in the conference history. Reed, a three-time HBCU National Coach of the Year, came to Charlotte following a highly successful six-year stint as head coach of the Jackson State Tigers. Reed took Jackson State to new heights by winning five consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular season titles and three SWAC tournament titles, including back-to-back championships in 2021 and 2022. UNC Charlotte Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber said: “Tomekia Reed is one of the most talented young coaches in college basketball today. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a strong commitment to excellence, both on and off the court. We are delighted to welcome Tomekia to Niner Nation.” In maki

Swinson comes to Charlotte after one season as the associate head coach at Cal State Bakersfield. Previously, Swinson spent four years as an assistant coach at Hofstra. During his time here he helped provide on-court coaching, scout potential recruits and tracked academic progress. Before Hofstra, Swinson was the associate head coach and served as an interim head coach at Northwestern State University for one season as well as serving as both assistant coach / interim head coach during a two-year stint at Prairie View A&M. From 2011 to 2016, Swinson was on staff at Cincinnati. His college coaching career began in 2008 at Tulsa, where he was also an assistant for the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. Aaron began his career at the college level, playing for three years for Auburn University. In his time at Auburn, he was a two-year team captain, fifth in the NCAA for field goal percentage and made first team All-SEC. He brings professional playing experience to the table by spending the 1994 season with the Phoenix Suns followed by playing overseas from 1995-2005.

Campbell joins Charlotte after spending three years at Jackson State as an assistant coach under Tomekia Reed. During his time with the Lady Tigers, JSU won three SWAC regular season titles including two tournament championships and trips to the NCAA Tournament. JSU totaled 70 wins during that time including undefeated conference seasons in 2022 and 2024. The 2021-22 campaign saw a 21-game winning streak under Campbell's guidance. He assisted in the recruitment and development of 11 SWAC all-conference selections, highlighted by two defensive player of the year winners, and WNBA draft picks in Ameshya Williams-Holliday (2022) and Angel Jackson (2024). Williams-Holliday and Jackson were the first WNBA selections for both Jackson State and HBCU's. Before JSU, Campbell was the head men's basketball coach at Wiley College. Prior to Wiley, Campbell spent two seasons at Tuskegee University as an assistant coach. He helped the Tigers finish in the top 10 in the nation in scoring defense and the top five in the SIAC in three-pointers made per game, free throw percentage, field goal percentage and three-point percentage. Campbell was responsible for scouting, recruiting, budget, game-planning and late game situations. Before Tuskegee, he spent one season as an assistant coach at Benedict College. His team was second in the conference in scoring defense and fourth in field goal percentage. He helped guide them to the SIAC Semifinals. Campbell spent three seasons at his alma mater Paine

Dillon Byrum joined the Charlotte 49ers Sports Medicine Staff in June 2025 as Assistant Athletic Trainer. His primary responsibility is providing athletic healthcare for the Women’s Basketball program. He also serves as a clinical preceptor for the UNC Charlotte Master’s of Athletic Training Education Program. Prior to his arrival at Charlotte, he spent four years as an Associate Director at West Virginia University, working with the Women’s Basketball and Cheer programs while serving as a Preceptor for the Athletic Training Education Program. He arrived at WVU after serving as an assistant athletic trainer at Davidson College, providing daily athletic healthcare for the Wildcats’ Baseball and Field Hockey programs. Prior to his work at Davidson, Byrum also spent time on the athletic training staff at Gardner-Webb University, where he worked with the Women’s Basketball and Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field programs In 2016, Brum received a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Western Carolina University. During his time at WCU, he worked as an athletic training student at Davidson (Women’s Basketball) and at North Carolina State University (Football). He received his Master of Science in health exercise and sport sciences from The Citadel in 2018, while working as a graduate assistant certified athletic trainer with Football and Wrestling. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer by the Board of Certification and is licensed in North Carolina. He holds additional certi

Covington joined Charlotte in June of 2025. After an outstanding career at Jackson State under Coach Reed, Covington began her coaching career at UA Pine Bluff last season as a graduate assistant. Covington won three Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular season titles, two SWAC tournament championships, and two NCAA appearances. Her individual accolades included being named Second Team All-Conference in 2022-23 and Sixth Man of the Year in 2020-21. Prior to joining the Lady Tigers, she excelled at East Central – Community College from 2018-20, where she served as team captain, earned two MVP awards, and was the leading scorer for her team. She also received several honors including being named to the All-MACJC, First Team All-Conference 2019-2020, and Second Team All-Conference in 2018-2019. Covington received her bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Jackson State and a master’s degree in Physical Education from UA Pine-Bluff.

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LaShonda Cousin comes to Charlotte after spending six seasons in the Jackson State women's basketball program with Tomekia Reed. Her last four years as a ful...

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Reece Helms joined Charlotte in November of 2023 as an Assistant Strategic Communications Director, serving as the primary contact for Women’s Basketball, Vo...

Lyons joins Charlotte as the Director of Basketball Operations after serving in the same role at Hofstra since 2021. Lyons obtained her bachelor’s degree fro...

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Boyd comes to Charlotte from Northern Illinois where he implemented year-round strength, conditioning, speed, plyometric, and mobility programs for women’s basketball, men’s golf, and cross country since 2022. At Norfolk State, Boyd was the interim Director of Strength & Conditioning. His previous stops include being a coaching assistant at Delaware State and a sports performance intern at Old Dominion.