Tomekia Reed

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Tomekia Reed

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Jackson State
Conference	SWAC
Record	125–54 (.698)
Biographical details
Born	1985 (age 38–39) Template:Birth place
Playing career
2001-2003	Jackson State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011-2014	HS
2015-2017	Jackson State (assistant)
2020–present	Jackson State
2008-2009	Louisiana Monroe
Head coaching record
Tournaments	0–3 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4x SWAC tournament (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Awards
SWAC Coach of the Year (2020, 2022, 2023)

Tomekia Reed (born 1985) is an American collegiate basketball coach, who is currently the head women's basketball coach at her alma mater, Jackson State University, a position she has held since 2018.

In five seasons as head coach, Tomekia Reed has led Jackson State University women's basketball to the top of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

She has guided JSU to four consecutive berths in the SWAC Tournament semifinals (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), three straight berths in the conference tournament finals (2019, 2021, 2022 after 2020 tournament canceled), four straight SWAC regular season titles (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), and two straight SWAC tournament titles and NCAA appearances (2021, 2022), and the program's first even WNIT appearnce (2023). In making the program's second straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and the first as a #14 seed, Jackson State led in the fourth quarter in nearly achieving an historic tournament win over #3 LSU.

In April 2022, Ameshya Williams-Holliday became the first Jackson State player to be selected in the WNBA Draft, as Williams-Holliday was the 25th overall pick by the Indiana Fever. Williams-Hollliday was the first player chosen from an HBCU in 20 years and became only the sixth player drafted from an HBCU. In May 2022, freshman Alexis Roberts played on the United States Deaflympics team, helping the US team to secure the gold medal in Brazil, capping off an epic 2021-22 campaign for JSU Women's Basketball.

This year's mark of 23 wins tied a school record, including an historic 18-0 record in SWAC play, surpassing a program best 16 wins in 2020. JSU won 21 consecutive games in calendar year 2022, the longest streak in the nation entering the NCAA Tournament.

In 2021-22, Jackson State ranked in the top three in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in nearly every major category. JSU ranks 1st in both scoring offense (79.5 ppg / 4th in NCAA), scoring defense (62.6 ppg), and scoring margin (16.9 / 8th in NCAA), 1st in field goal percentage (44.4%/t-28th in NCAA) and field goal percentage defense (35.0%/t-9th in NCAA), 2nd in three-point percentage (30.8%), and 1st in three-point percentage defense (27.0% / t-21st in NCAA).

The Lady Tigers ranked 1st in all rebounding categories (total rebounds - 1,418 (10th in NCAA) - 47.2 rpg (4th in NCAA); fewest opponent rebounds – 34.1 rpg; defense rebounds - 30.9 rpg (4th in NCAA); offensive rebounds - 16.4 (8th in NCAA), and rebound margin - 13.2 / 3rd in NCAA), 1st in blocked shots (4.9 bpg/t-19th in NCAA), and fewest turnovers committed (15.6) and second in assists (14.2 apg).

Reed is a three-time SWAC Coach of The Year (2020, 2022, 2023), and two-time BOXTOROW National HBCU Coach of the Year (2021, 2022). The 2020 championship was the first regular season crown for JSU since 2008, and the 2021 tournament championship earned the first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008 as well.

During Reed's tenure, JSU has posted non-conference wins over Central Arkansas and the University of Chicago (2018-19), Northwestern State and Louisiana-Lafayette (2019-20), and Nicholls (2020-21 and 2021-22).

In posting a 78-37 record (school record .678 winning percentage) in four seasons, including 60-9 in SWAC play (.869 winning percentage), Reed and Jackson State have been dominant at home. The Lady Tigers are 40-4 at home and have the nation's second-longest home winning streak at 29 games, second only to BYU (30) entering 2022-23.

Over the last three seasons, Amesyha Williams-Holliday emerged as a three-time first-team All-SWAC selection, a three-time conference Defensive Player of the Year, and became the first player since Shakyla Hill in 2018-19 earn SWAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors in the same season. Dayzsha Rogan became a three-time All-SWAC selection (one first team, two second team), a two-time SWAC Tournament Most Valuable Player, and the 2021 SWAC Player of the Year.

A native of Jackson, Miss., Reed was Jackson State’s women’s basketball recruiting coordinator from 2006-2009. She served as the top assistant also worked with post players at JSU and served as the team’s academic liaison. Other responsibilities included strength and conditioning liaison, player development, community service coordinator and summer basketball camp coordinator.

During that time, the Lady Tigers claimed the SWAC regular season championship (2007), made WNIT appearances in 2006 and 2007, and won the SWAC tournament championship in 2008, making the program's fourth NCAA Tournament appearance.

Reed has the unique distinction of being a part of every JSU women's basketball national tournament appearance since 2006, including being on the coaching staff of three of JSU six NCAA Tournament games.

Named JSU head coach in 2018, Reed came to Jackson State following a successful three-year stint as coach of the Hinds Community College women’s basketball team. Hinds CC won a combined 47 games under Reed, including consecutive winning seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Reed led Hinds CC to the NJCAA Region 23 title game in 2017.

Reed also had assistant coach stops at Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, and New Orleans, serving as recruiting coordinator at each school during her respective stints. She has assisted in bringing several high-ranking recruiting classes, including the 2014 class at Louisiana Tech, which garnered a national Top 50 ranking and was the second-highest ranked class in Conference USA.

At Southern Miss, Reed also assisted in signing the 42nd-ranked recruiting class in the country (No. 4 among non-AQ programs) in 2010 and the No. 1 ranked recruiting classes in the state of Mississippi in both 2010 and 2011. Reed began her coaching career at South Georgia Technical College, where she served as assistant women’s basketball coach for three seasons. She signed two of Georgia’s top athletes and one of Mississippi’s finest Dandy Dozen players.

Reed began her collegiate playing career at Southern Miss, helping lead the program to a WNIT appearance before transferring to Hinds CC for the 2000-2001 season.

It was at Hinds that Reed led the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) in rebounds per game and was also second in the conference in scoring. She was chosen as an All-State first team selection.

Reed transferred to Georgia Southwestern State University after her time at Hinds, where she led the team in scoring (finishing second in the conference) and earned the team’s most valuable player award.

She earned an associate’s degree in sports medicine from Hinds in 2001 and a bachelor’s in exercise science from Georgia Southwestern in 2003.