Sytia Messer

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Sytia Messer
Current position
Title Head coach
Team UCF
Conference Big 12
Record26–32 (.448)
Biographical details
Born Waldo, Arkansas
Playing career
1995–1999 Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001 Arkansas State (assistant)
2001–2004 Memphis (assistant)
2004–2009 Georgia Tech (assistant)
2009–2012 Tennessee Tech
2012–2013 Georgia Tech (associate HC)
2014–2021 Baylor (assistant)
2021–2022 LSU (associate HC)
2022–present UCF
Head coaching record
Overall80–73 (.523)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
OVC regular season (2011)

Sytia Messer is an American women's college basketball coach.

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Career

She is the head coach of the UCF Knights women's basketball program. She was the head women's basketball coach at Tennessee Technological University from 2009 to 2012, compiling a record of 54–41. From 2012 to 2014, she was associate head coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology. [1]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference)(2009–2012)
2009–10 Tennessee Tech 14–168–10T–4th
2010–11Tennessee Tech 23–815–31st WNIT First Round
2011–12Tennessee Tech 17–1711–54th WBI First Round
Sytia Messer:54–4134–18
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference)(2022–2023)
2022–23 UCF 14–154–1110th
UCF Knights (Big 12 Conference)(2023–present)
2023–24 UCF 12–173–1514th
Sytia Messer:26–32 (.448)7–26 (.212)
Total:80–73 (.523)

      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

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References

  1. "Sytia Messer steps aside as Tech women's basketball coach". Tennessee Tech. May 15, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2021.