A new Delaware State University women's basketball coaching era has begun, as DSU President Harry L. Williams introduced Tamika L. Louis, a former championship junior college head coach and Division I assistant coach, as the new Lady Hornets head coach.
 
Williams said that he is "very happy" that Coach Louis has decided to become a member of the 1 Hornet Nation Family. "I expect that she will bring a high-level energy and excitement to our Lady Hornets' basketball program," he said.
 
Coach Louis arrives at DSU with 14 years of coaching and recruiting experience. Most recently, she served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2011-2012 season at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. From 2009-2011, Coach Louis was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for St. John's University, and she served as an assistant coach and a recruiting coordinator for the University of Illinois from 2007-2009.
 
From 2002-2005, she was head women's basketball coach at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich., where the team's record was 58-33 over those three seasons. The highlight of her MCC coaching tenure was the 2004-2005 season in which the team boasted a 16-0 conference record (27-7 overall), was the champion of Region XII of the National Junior College Athletic Association and earned a bid in the NJCAA Tournament. During that stellar season, Coach Louis received the Michigan Community College Athletic Association and the Region XII Coach of the Year awards.
 
From 1998 to 2002, Coach Louis also had stints as an assistant and associate basketball coach at Central High School in Fresno, Calif., Rhodes High School in Cleveland, Ohio, and Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
 
After playing her freshman year (1993-1994) at West Virginia University, she transferred to Fresno State, where she was the starting point guard and captain from 1995-1998. It was also at Fresno State where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree, both in communications.