Tarleton State University Women's Basketball

A coaching veteran both at the collegiate and professional level, Geoff Golden leads the international recruiting efforts for the Texans and is responsible for offensive strategy, post player development, opponent scouting, and game scheduling. Golden was elevated to Associate Head Coach in 2024-25 and enters his fourth season on the Tarleton State Women's Basketball staff. In the 2025-26 season, Golden helped a pair of Texans shine. Freshman center Elodie Lutbert broke the program’s all-time single season blocks record and the D1 era single season rebounds record. Lutbert was also named to the All-WAC Freshman and Defensive Teams. Senior guard Jakoriah Long was named to the All-WAC Second Team in 2025-26 for the second time in her career, becoming the 23rd 1,000-point scorer in the process.  Tarleton State's post prescence improved greatly during the 2024-25 season, with the Texans finishing second in the WAC in offensive rebounds per game (13.4) and scoring defense (58.5), and 3-point percentage defense (29.9). The Texans finished 24th in the nation in rebounding margin and 48th in offensive rebounds per game with Golden's guidance.  Helping head coach Bill Brock establish a winning culture in the Purple and White, Tarleton State improved by nine wins during the 2024-25 season. Golden helped the Texans set a Division I program record 20 wins, allowing Tarleton State to finish second in the WAC. Golden also helped the Texans to an automatic bid to the WNIT, Tarleton State's first-ever Division I postseason bid.    Golden helped the Texans win three of their final four regular season games to advance to the WAC Tournament, their first postseason conference tournament appearance at the NCAA Division I level. Defensively, the Texans were a top-five team in the conference most of the season, finishing second in scoring defense (65.4 PPG), second in blocks (3.9 BPG), fourth in opposing field goal percentage (.392) and fourth in opposing three-point percentage (.305).   Golden joined the Tarleton State Women's Basketball program as an assistant coach on April 19, 2023.   "I am honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a Tarleton State Texan and serve alongside Coach [Bill] Brock," Golden said at the time of his hiring. "He is a proven winner, a man of integrity, and has a championship vision for this program. I'm very excited to be a part of this wonderful university and my family and I are looking forward to making Stephenville our home."   Golden owns an extensive coaching resume covering the professional, collegiate, prep and developmental ranks over the past 20-plus years.   Including his 2024-25 campaign at Tarleton State, Golden has now spent four years coaching at the NCAA Division I level: Northern Colorado (2021-22) as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, and one as an assistant coach at Montana State (2020-21).   Before Tarleton State, he was most recently the head coach at Central Arizona College in 2022-23, where he led the program to 16 wins and coached three ACCAC All-Conference performers and one NJCAA All-American.   In his lone season at Northern Colorado in 2021-22, UNC finished with a 15-16 record including 9-11 in the Big Sky. The Bears won two games in the Big Sky Tournament before ultimately falling in the semifinals. In the first round, they took down No. 1 seed Idaho State. Two Bears, Hannah Simental and Kurstyn Harden, were named All-Big Sky.   Prior to the year at UNC, Golden spent 2020-21 at Montana State. Golden helped the Bobcats to a 17-7 record and a 13-3 conference mark, good for third place in the Big Sky. He helped develop four All-Big Sky Conference performers in the lone season.   Besides his collegiate coaching career, Golden has also coached internationally with BK RIG Mark Academy and Mark Basket of the Svenska Basketligan Dam in Kinna, Sweden. He was also the player development coach for the Colorado 14ers of the NBA Development League and spent four seasons coaching high school boy's basketball at Broomfield HS and Legacy HS in Colorado.   In 2010, Golden founded Basketball Club Denver (BC Denver), where for 10 years he built a strong national reputation and had what was considered the top developmental basketball academy in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. In 2018 BC Denver was selected as one of 36 programs nationwide to become a charter member of the inaugural Girls Under Armour Association. BC Denver assisted in the development and consultation of over 100-plus athletes who committed to continuing their education and basketball career at the collegiate level.   Golden shares a hometown with Brock as they both hail from Durant, Oklahoma. As a player, Golden was a two-time All-State point guard at Durant High School. As a senior, he led the state in scoring and free three percentage while being named the top college point guard prospect in the state by USA Today. Golden played two seasons at Texas State from 1995-97. He helped the Bobcats to the 1997 Southland Conference Championship and a berth into the 1997 NCAA Tournament.   Golden earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Arts & Sciences from Texas State University. He and his wife Brandi have two children, Avery and Langston.

Monique Whaley-Briggs enters her fourth season on the Tarleton State coaching staff. The 2026-27 season marks her third year as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach/Director of Player Development. She spent her first season as an assistant in 2023-24.  A former guard as a player, Whaley-Briggs plays a key role leading the development of the Texans' guards while assisting with scouting and recruiting. Under Whaley-Briggs' guidance, guard Jakoriah Long earned her second All-WAC Second Team honor and also became the 23rd 1,000-point scorer in program history. Long also finished her career fifth on the program's career 3-pointers list.  Tarleton State set a Division I program record 20 wins en route to its first-ever Division I postseason in 2024-25, playing in the second round of the WNIT in Whaley-Briggs' second season. The 2024-25 team was also on top in several statistical categories in the WAC, leading the conference in field goal percentage defense (38.6), free throw percentage (75.0), rebounding margin (7.2) and rebounds per game (38.03). Whaley-Briggs played an instrumental role in helping Long to All-WAC Second Team honors. She also helped senior guard Arieona Rosborough make the transition to Division I basketball, where Rosborough broke four single season program records. During the historic 2024-25 season, three of Tarleton State's top four leading scorers were guards.    In Whaley-Briggs' first season on staff in 2023-24, the Texans won three of their final four regular season games to advance to the WAC Tournament. It was their first postseason conference tournament appearance at the NCAA Division I level. Defensively, the Texans were a top-five team in the conference most of the season, finishing second in scoring defense (65.4), second in blocks (3.9), fourth in opposing field goal percentage (.392) and fourth in opposing three-point percentage (.305).   Whaley-Briggs was hired on June 22, 2023, joining head coach Bill Brock’s staff.   “We are excited that Monique has decided to join our staff at Tarleton State,” Brock said at the time of her hiring. “She brings a wealth of knowledge in numerous areas that will help us build and develop our program. Our players will definitely benefit from the energy, enthusiasm and passion that Mo brings everyday for the game of basketball.”   Whaley-Briggs arrived in Stephenville after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Cochise College (2021-23) and UTSA (2020-21).   “Every day is a great day to be a Texan and I am honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to spend my days here at Tarleton amongst a great staff with bounds of experience and knowledge,” Whaley-Briggs said at the time of her hiring. “I want to thank Coach Brock for presenting me the opportunity to work alongside him and our amazing staff. He is a winner with high character and integrity. I couldn’t ask for a better leader. I am excited to get to work and wake up every day ready to serve the Tarleton community. Go Texans!”   In 2022-23, Whaley-Briggs helped lead the Apaches of Cochise College to a 28-6 overall record, including a 19-3 spot in conference play. Cochise College advanced to the district championship game, then upset No. 10 Collin College in the opening round of the NJCAA Women's Basketball National Tournament, who entered the game at 29-2. Whaley-Briggs coached a NJCAA All-American and the Region 1 Player of the Year that season.   Whaley-Briggs spent the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach at UTSA where they competed in Conference USA.   She spent 2018-20 as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech. In the 2019-20 season, Texas Tech finished 18-11 overall with Whaley-Briggs on staff. They ended the season on a high note, defeating Oklahoma 106-94 in Norman. That was the last game of the season as the conference tournament and postseason were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   In the summer of 2018, Whaley-Briggs spent time as a strength and conditioning intern with the Red Raiders, working with men’s and women’s basketball.   Before interning at Tech, she spent the 2016-17 year as a student athletic trainer at Duke where she worked with the field hockey, men’s track, swimming & diving and wrestling teams her last year as a student.   Whaley-Briggs also spent a year as the Warren County High School strength and conditioning coach in Virginia. She worked with football, basketball, tennis, cross country, soccer, golf and volleyball. Whaley-Briggs was also an athletic trainer for Mariah Parham Health the same year.   Before her coaching career began, she played five seasons at North Carolina Central from 2012-17. Her best season came in 2015-16, where she won the NCCU Women's Basketball Coach's Award. That season she played in all 28 games in her junior season, including 18 starts. Whaley-Briggs averaged 4.1 points and 1.5 rebounds per game, totaling 115 points, 41 rebounds, 18 assists and 13 steals.   The Philadelphia native earned her master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in educational leadership and mass communications from Texas Tech in 2020. Her undergraduate degree field was in athletic training where she earned her degree from North Carolina Central in 2017. She graduated from G.W. Carver H.S. of Engineering and Science in 2012.

Entering the 2026-27 season, Ashleigh DeBoue will be in her fourth year as the director of basketball operations for Tarleton State Women’s Basketball.   DeBoue handles all aspects of the day-to-day operations for the Texans including but not limited to team travel, budgeting, scheduling and managing team apparel and inventory. Since her arrival at Tarleton State, DeBoue has made a great impact on the Texans' culture on and off the court. DeBoue works closely with multiple organizations for the Texans' community outreach, camps, and other off court events for the program. DeBoue has helped establish a winning program for the Texans, with Tarleton State collecting a Division I program record 20 wins in her second year.    She joined the Texans after spending a season in the same role at Syracuse in 2021-22, where she was responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the women’s basketball program.   Head coach Bill Brock and DeBoue worked together at Baylor, where Brock was the associate head coach and DeBoue was a student manager for the team for four years. At Baylor she helped supervise the daily roles and responsibilities of five student managers, managed inventory of team apparel and equipment, aided the team’s recruiting coordinator with design and distribution of printed materials and organized trip information and tournament schedules for coaches.   Additionally, DeBoue assisted with Lady Bear Basketball Camps where she handled camper registration, prepared rooming assignments for campers, arranged practice gym set up and managed the timeline of activities to keep operations running smoothly.   After graduating from Baylor, DeBoue was hired as an assistant academic coach in the Baylor University Student Athlete Center for Excellence. In 2018, she was elevated to a learning specialist where she worked with student-athletes from various teams to achieve academic success.   She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in sociology from Baylor in August 2016 and completed a Master of Science in sports pedagogy in December 2017.   DeBoue is a McKinney, Texas, native.