Francis Marion University Women's Basketball

Porter is entering her 11th season as head coach of the Francis Marion University women's basketball program. Altogether, Porter has 25 years experience as a collegiate head coach – 11 at the NCAA Division I level and 14 at the Division II level – and has recorded a 374-333 career mark.   Her 167 wins on the FMU bench ranks second among Patriot coaches. She was named the 2025 Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year after guiding Francis Marion to a 23-7 record, a No.21 national ranking at the end of the regular season, and the top seed in the conference tournament. In 2023-24, she guided Francis Marion to a 20-8 mark -- the team's second straight 20-win campaign and third under Porter -- and an appearance in the semifinals of the Conference Carolinas Tournament. In 2022-23, she directed Francis Marion to a 20-7 record, a second-place finish during the Conference Carolinas regular-season, and an appearance in the tournament semifinals.  FMU concluded that regular season with an 18-game winning streak, the third longest in program history. Porter was named the WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Capital Elite Agency for NCAA Division II for the week ending Jan. 24, 2022, after picking up her 300th career win.  Later during the 2021-22 season, she helped guide the Patriots to the Conference Carolinas Tournament title game in the program's first year as a member. Porter was named to the position on May 11, 2015, and made an immediate impact.  Inheriting a squad that lost 20 games the year before and was picked to finish next to last according to the pre-season Peach Belt Conference coaches' poll, she directed the Patriots to a 24-9 record, a No.23 national rankings, and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.  That squad produced one All-Conference performer and one PBC All-Academic Team selection. During her second year, FMU went 18-12 and placed second in the Peach Belt Conference's East Division.  The Patriots advanced to the PBC Tournament semifinals, one player earned All-Conference honors, and one garnered Academic All-Conference recognition.  In 2017-18, the Patriots posted a 16-12 mark and saw two players earn All-Conference honors and one pick up All-Region and All-America accolades. In 2018-19, FMU went 12-15 with one player gaining All-Conference and All-Region honors, and during the 2019-20 season the Patriots were 14-13 and featured a pair of All-PBC performers. Porter came to Florence after spending the 2014-15 season at Georgia State University as an assistant on the Panthers’ staff. Her first head coaching position was at Division II University of North Alabama, where she posted three winning marks in four seasons, including a 21-7 record in 1999-2000. That squad captured the Gulf South Conference East Division title, while Porter garnered conference Coach of the Year recognition. She was named the head coach at Radford in 2002 and led the Highlanders to 93 wins in six seasons, including a pair of 20-win campaigns and two second-place finishes in the Big South Conference. Her 2007-08 squad was 23-12 and earned a WNIT invitation. In 2008, she accepted the head coaching position at George Mason University, where she remained until 2013.  Porter increased the Patriots’ win total over her first four seasons (from four to 15 wins).  During her time in Fairfax, she also created and directed the Jeri Porter Girls’ Basketball Camps.  Her final two squads posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.09. Porter is a 1991 graduate of Liberty University, where she earned a B.S. degree in psychology. She garnered first-team All-Big South Conference honors as a senior and was twice named her squad’s most valuable player. She was inducted into the university’s Lady Flames Hall of Fame in 1998. She began her coaching career at her alma mater serving as an assistant coach for six seasons, during which time the Lady Flames won two conference tournament championships and advanced to the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Tournaments. She married Michael Porter of Manassas, Va., in 1997 and the couple has a son (EJ) and a daughter (Jada). Her son played basketball at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Porter is the 13th head coach in the storied history of the Francis Marion program. The Francis Marion program has an all-time record of 977-532 in 52 seasons and ranks 15th among all NCAA Division II institutions in total wins.  The Patriots have captured two national championships, the 1982 AIAW Division II title and the 1986 NAIA title, and also advanced to the 1998 NCAA Division II Final Four.  The program made five straight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances between 1997 and 2001, and four consecutive appearances between 2008 and 2011. (8/6/2025)

Sharee' Boyd enters her first season as an assistant coach with the Francis Marion University women's basketball program. Boyd comes to Florence after serving as the head coach at NCAA Division III Salem College for the past two seasons (2022-24).  In 2023-24, Boyd brought in nine new players, including eight freshmen, and the result was the first 5-0 start in program history. That squad posted the most wins in six seasons. She also served as an assistant coach at Winston-Salem State University for four years (2018-22) and at Louisburg College for one season (2017-18). During her stint at WSSU, she worked directly with the forwards and centers, developing one CIAA Freshman of the Year, two All-CIAA selections, and three All-CIAA Tournament selections. With Boyd on the bench the Rams were 42-42 overall and posted a 25-25 mark in league play.  At Louisburg, Boyd was an assistant coach, while serving as head coach of the Hurricanes’ jayvee program. She eventually was elevated to interim head coach of the varsity program as Louisburg posted a 23-5 record during the 2017-18 campaign and reached the Region X championship game. Boyd’s first experience as a coach came at her alma mater Hopewell High School in Huntersville, N.C., where she was an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season. Boyd played three seasons at Wingate University, where she helped the Bulldogs win the South Athletic Conference Tournament in 2014 as a sophomore. Early in her junior season, shoulder injuries forced her to end her college playing career. She transferred to UNC Charlotte, earning a Bachelor of Arts in history degree in 2016. During her prep career at Hopewell, Boyd was a four-time All-Conference selection, an All-District selection, and 2012 conference Player of the Year honoree. She was selected to play in the North Carolina East-West All-Star game. Boyd led Hopewell to three consecutive conference championships, and ended her career holding school records for points, rebounds, and blocked shots.  (8-2024)

Ryan McGee enters his second year of his second stint as an assistant coach with the Francis Marion University women's basketball program, having previously served as a Patriot assistant coach for the 2022-23 campaign. During his two seasons on the FMU bench, the Patriots have posted a pair of 20-win campaigns and a combined 43-14 mark, while making the 2025 NCAA Division II National Tournament. He spent the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Lander University, where the Bearcats produced a 19-win campaign.  The program matched the largest turn-around in school history (8 to 19 wins).  He help developed WBCA All-American and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year Wykeria Johnson Kelly and second-team All-Conference pick Tania Gordon, both of whom are now playing professionally overseas. Prior to coming to Florence, he served as head coach for boys' basketball, football, and baseball at Effingham County Middle School in Guyton, Ga. for the 2021-22 school year, and was an assistant boys' basketball coach at Effingham County High School.  He helped guide Effingham County to a 19-8 record and a state playoff appearance and a region championship-game appearance, while helping develop six All-Region selections.  He was an assistant boys' basketball coach at West Florence High School during 2020-21. McGee earned a B.S. degree in sports management from Berry College in 2021 and a masters of arts in education from Middle Georgia University in 2022.  He also did undergraduate work at Brevard College. The Columbus, Ga., native played basketball at Brevard and was a two-year starter on the football squad at Berry.  He later served as a student assistant coach for the Berry basketball program. In addition to collegiate coaching, McGee serves as a site manager for Point Guard College (PGC) Camps, and has lead operations at 19 national sites while working with over 3,000 athletes from across the globe - teaching and mentoring through the game of basketball.  (8-2025)