Troy University Women's Basketball

Rigby has quickly turned around the Troy program.  The program won just two games in 2011-12, the season prior to Rigbys arrival, but has won 20 games in each of the last two seasons. Last season, the Trojans finished 20-13, won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. Guard Ashley Beverly Kelley was named first team All-Sun Belt Conference and SBC Tournament MVP. Caitlyn Ramirez took home third team All-Sun Belt honors as well. Rigbys squad led the conference in scoring for the fourth consecutive season and eclipsed to 100-point plateau six times. The team tied the school record with eight straight wins culminating with a victory in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game. Troys 2014-15 team won 20 games for just the fourth time in program history and made the second postseason appearance in program history.  The Trojans posted a 15-5 Sun Belt record, good for a program-best third place finish, then played in the Womens Basketball Invitational, making a postseason appearance for the first time since 1997.  The team also tied the Troy Division I era record with six straight wins in January before breaking the record with eight straight wins to close the regular season. In addition to a winning culture, Rigby has also brought an exciting, fast-paced tempo to Troy.  All four of her teams have led the Sun Belt in scoring offense, and the most recent three teams have both finished in the NCAAs top 20 in scoring offense.  Rigbys teams have scored 100 points in a game 12 times and have scored 80-plus points 56 times in four seasons. Rigby has also brought a pressure defense to Troy as the Trojans have forced 64 opponents into 20-plus turnovers in the last four seasons. In 2014-15, the Trojans averaged 12.1 steals per game, ranking first in the Sun Belt and fourth in the NCAA. In her four seasons, Rigby has coached six first or second team All-Sun Belt selections, more than the program had in its previous seven combined seasons in the Sun Belt Conference.  In 2015-16, Ashley Beverly Kelley and Ronita Garrett were both named to the All-Sun Belt First Team, giving Troy two first team selections for the first time in over a decade. Garrett posted a Troy-record 21 double-doubles to rank first in the Sun Belt and eighth in NCAA, while Beverly Kelley led the Sun Belt in scoring in conference games at 19.8 points per contest.  Beverly Kelley was also named a Mid-Major All-American. In 2013-14, Joanna Harden became the first All-Sun Belt First Team member under Rigby when she led the Sun Belt in scoring at 25.1 points per game.  Harden finished seventh in the NCAA in scoring, was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award given to the nations top point guard, and along the way set the Troy single-season scoring record as well as the Troy and Sun Belt single-game scoring record. Harden led a 2013-14 squad that posted an 8-10 Sun Belt record and finished fifth in the league standings, Troys best finish in five years.  The Trojans averaged 80.4 points per game and became just the second Sun Belt team since 2000 to average over 80.0 points per game.  Rigbys 2012-13 squad also led the Sun Belt in scoring with a 70.2 points per game average, an NCAA-best improvement of 20.3 points from the previous season (49.9 ppg, 2011-12). Rigbys first season in 2012-13 was also Troys first season playing its home games in the newly constructed Trojan Arena.  In just her second home game, Rigby led the Trojans to a 118 points in a win over Furman, marking the third most points scored in Troys history.  Troy has since matched that total with 118 points in a 2013-14 win over UAH, a game that also saw Harden score her record 52 points. Trojan Arena has seen some exciting Sun Belt wins as well as Troy has beaten the eventual conference champion in all three of Rigbys seasons, with the most recent two wins coming at home.  Trojan Arena has also been the site of the highest scoring game in Sun Belt history as Troy beat Georgia State, 111-90, in 2013-14. Rigby came to Troy after seven seasons as the head coach at Pensacola State, including a state championship and Final Four trip in each of her last two seasons.  She led the Pirates to a combined 64-6 record over the last two seasons with two trips to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Final Four; the Pirates were victorious in third-place games on both occasions. With over 20 years of head coaching experience, Rigby has been successful at every level of competition, posting a 453-202 record, at the high school, two-year college and four-year college levels. She has won sixteen Coach of the Year awards at the conference, district, regional, and state levels, and has also won eight conference championships and four state championships, with some of her most astounding numbers coming in her seven seasons at Pensacola State. In 2010-11, she led the Pirates to an undefeated (32-0) regular season that included 20 consecutive weeks at No.1 in the national polls.  The Pirates followed that up in 2011-12 with the first back-to-back state titles and Final Four appearances in school history. While in Pensacola, Rigby coached three WBCA All-Americans as well as one McDonalds All-American and four NJCAA All-Americans.  In her last five years at Pensacola State, 100 percent of her players graduated and moved on to play Division I basketball, including former Trojan DeAngela Sword. Rigby joined the staff at Pensacola State College as head coach in 2005 after four seasons as the head coach at Holmes Community College.  Rigbys teams posted a winning record all four years and were ranked No. 12 in the nation in her final season. Her dedication to academics also showed as the Bulldogs saw their GPA and graduation rates soar during her tenure. Rigbys collegiate career began in 2000 at Tabor College, a four-year NAIA institution, where she transformed a last-place team into one of the top teams in the conference in just a season before moving on to Holmes Community College. She began her head coaching career at the prep level in Mississippi in 1992 at Northwest Rankin High School before returning to her home state, Louisiana, to coach at Loranger High School from 1996-2000.  While at Loranger, she won a pair of state championships and was twice named the Louisiana Coach of the Year. Rigby led Loranger High School to six consecutive undefeated district championships and state titles in 1996 and 2000; Loranger also played for another championship during her tenure. Rigby graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelors degree in English education in 1990 and masters degree in secondary education in 1998. She is currently working on her doctorate degree in higher education leadership at Nova Southeastern University. She is married to Ed Rigby, a high school football head coach.  The couple has two sons, Ramsey and Randon. Customize how you experience . You can change your selections at any time.

Graf has helped head coach Chanda Rigby turn around the Troy program from a two-win team in 2011-12 to back-to-back 20-win teams over the last two seasons. Last season, the Trojans finished 20-13, won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. Guard Ashley Beverly Kelley was named first team All-Sun Belt Conference and SBC Tournament MVP. Caitlyn Ramirez took home third team All-Sun Belt honors as well. The Trojans led the conference in scoring for the fourth consecutive season and eclipsed to 100-point plateau six times. The team tied the school record with eight straight wins culminating with a victory in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game. The 2014-15 team tied the Troy Division I era record with six straight wins in January before breaking the record with eight straight wins to close the regular season.  In addition to the team accolades, Ashley Beverly Kelley and Ronita Garrett both earned first team All-Sun Belt honors.    Graf works primarily with the Troy forwards and helped Ronita Garrett to a Troy-record 21 double-doubles in 2014-15, a mark that led the Sun Belt and ranked eighth in NCAA.  Garrett averaged 15.6 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game, ranking fifth and first in the Sun Belt, respectively.   As a team, Troy has led the Sun Belt in scoring in all three of Grafs seasons, including finishing in the top 20 in each of the last two seasons.  In 2013-14 the Trojans averaged 80.4 points per game, becoming just the second Sun Belt team since 2000 to average over 80.0 points per game.   In her three seasons with the program, Graf has coached five first or second team All-Sun Belt selections, more than the program had in its previous seven seasons combined in the Sun Belt.   Graf came to Troy after spending the previous eight seasons as the head coach at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La.  Graf spent 16 seasons overall with the Lady Demons, including four years as a player and four as an assistant coach.   Graf was named the Lady Demons head coach on Sept. 1, 2004, becoming the youngest NCAA Division I head coach at the time at the age of 26.  In her eight seasons at the helm of the Northwestern State program, Graf posted a 106-131 career record, giving her the third most wins in program history.   She led her first team as head coach to a 17-12 record, a third place finish in the Southland Conference standings and a berth in the Southland Tournament semifinals.  Graf sent two more teams to the tournament semifinals during her eight-year tenure.   In Grafs eight seasons at the helm of the Lady Demons, 24 of her 25 seniors received their degrees, including 2005 Southland Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Amanda Bennett.  Graf also coached the LSWA Louisiana Newcomer of the Year in her last season, Jordi James.   During her time at Northwestern State, the Lady Demons produced 19 All-Southland selections and 15 All-Louisiana selections overall, including two Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year, Chassidy Jones and Demetria White.   Prior to being named the Lady Demons head coach, Graf spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Lady Demons posting an 86-32 mark over those four years.  In her final season as an assistant coach (2003-04), Northwestern State went 24-7, winning the Southland Regular Season and Tournament Championships, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.   Graf was also a four-year letterwinner for the Lady Demons at guard from 1996-2000.  As a player, Graf played in 110 games for Northwestern State, winning 74, starting 48 times, including 30 games in her senior season.  She was an all-conference selection her senior season, a three-time Academic All-Southland Conference selection and won the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Lady Demon of the Year award as a senior.   The Lady Demons won over 20 games in both her junior and senior seasons, including a Southland Conference Championship and a WNIT appearance during her junior year in 1998-99.   A native of Loranger, La., Graf led Loranger High School to a state championship her senior season and was named the Louisiana Class 2A Most Valuable Player under the direction of Rigby.    Graf earned her bachelors degree in health and physical education from Northwestern State University in 2000.  She received her Masters of Education in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2002.   Coaching Experience             Northwestern State, Assistant Coach (2000-04) Northwestern State, Head Coach (2004-12) Troy, assistant coach (2012-13) Troy, associate head coach (2013-Pres.) The Jennifer Graf File Hometown             Loranger, La. High School           Loranger HS (LA), 1996 College                  Northwestern State University (Health and Physical Education), 2000;                               Northwestern State University (Masters, Sport Administration), 2002 College Athletics   Northwestern State, womens basketball (1996-00)   Jennifer Graf begins her fifth season at Troy in 2016-17, and her fourth as associate head coach after being elevated to that position in 2013-14.  In her first four seasons with the Trojans, Graf has helped head coach Chanda Rigby turn around the Troy program from a two-win team in 2011-12 to back-to-back 20-win teams over the last two seasons. Last season, the Trojans finished 20-13, won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. Guard Ashley Beverly Kelley was named first team All-Sun Belt Conference and SBC Tournament MVP. Caitlyn Ramirez took home third team All-Sun Belt honors as well. The Trojans led the conference in scoring for the fourth consecutive season and eclipsed to 100-point plateau six times. The team tied the school record with eight straight wins culminating with a victory in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game. The 2014-15 team tied the Troy Division I era record with six straight wins in January before breaking the record with eight straight wins to close the regular season.  In addition to the team accolades, Ashley Beverly Kelley and Ronita Garrett both earned first team All-Sun Belt honors.    Graf works primarily with the Troy forwards and helped Ronita Garrett to a Troy-record 21 double-doubles in 2014-15, a mark that led the Sun Belt and ranked eighth in NCAA.  Garrett averaged 15.6 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game, ranking fifth and first in the Sun Belt, respectively.   As a team, Troy has led the Sun Belt in scoring in all three of Grafs seasons, including finishing in the top 20 in each of the last two seasons.  In 2013-14 the Trojans averaged 80.4 points per game, becoming just the second Sun Belt team since 2000 to average over 80.0 points per game.   In her three seasons with the program, Graf has coached five first or second team All-Sun Belt selections, more than the program had in its previous seven seasons combined in the Sun Belt.   Graf came to Troy after spending the previous eight seasons as the head coach at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La.  Graf spent 16 seasons overall with the Lady Demons, including four years as a player and four as an assistant coach.   Graf was named the Lady Demons head coach on Sept. 1, 2004, becoming the youngest NCAA Division I head coach at the time at the age of 26.  In her eight seasons at the helm of the Northwestern State program, Graf posted a 106-131 career record, giving her the third most wins in program history.   She led her first team as head coach to a 17-12 record, a third place finish in the Southland Conference standings and a berth in the Southland Tournament semifinals.  Graf sent two more teams to the tournament semifinals during her eight-year tenure.   In Grafs eight seasons at the helm of the Lady Demons, 24 of her 25 seniors received their degrees, including 2005 Southland Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Amanda Bennett.  Graf also coached the LSWA Louisiana Newcomer of the Year in her last season, Jordi James.   During her time at Northwestern State, the Lady Demons produced 19 All-Southland selections and 15 All-Louisiana selections overall, including two Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year, Chassidy Jones and Demetria White.   Prior to being named the Lady Demons head coach, Graf spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Lady Demons posting an 86-32 mark over those four years.  In her final season as an assistant coach (2003-04), Northwestern State went 24-7, winning the Southland Regular Season and Tournament Championships, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.   Graf was also a four-year letterwinner for the Lady Demons at guard from 1996-2000.  As a player, Graf played in 110 games for Northwestern State, winning 74, starting 48 times, including 30 games in her senior season.  She was an all-conference selection her senior season, a three-time Academic All-Southland Conference selection and won the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Lady Demon of the Year award as a senior.   The Lady Demons won over 20 games in both her junior and senior seasons, including a Southland Conference Championship and a WNIT appearance during her junior year in 1998-99.   A native of Loranger, La., Graf led Loranger High School to a state championship her senior season and was named the Louisiana Class 2A Most Valuable Player under the direction of Rigby.    Graf earned her bachelors degree in health and physical education from Northwestern State University in 2000.  She received her Masters of Education in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2002.   Coaching Experience             Northwestern State, Assistant Coach (2000-04) Northwestern State, Head Coach (2004-12) Troy, assistant coach (2012-13) Troy, associate head coach (2013-Pres.) The Jennifer Graf File Hometown             Loranger, La. High School           Loranger HS (LA), 1996 College                  Northwestern State University (Health and Physical Education), 2000;                               Northwestern State University (Masters, Sport Administration), 2002 College Athletics   Northwestern State, womens basketball (1996-00)