Howard White enters his first season at the helm of the Owl's women's basketball program.
The Wilmot, Ark. native comes to The W after serving two seasons as the head women's basketball coach at Concordia College – Alabama, in the historic city of Selma, Ala. As a first time head coach, White found much success coaching the Lady Hornets. At the helm of the program, White led his team during the 2015-16 season to a 26-3 record and a USCAA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship. In his second season, White repeated the success of his first season with a 25-4 record in the 2016-17 season and another USCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship, marking the sixth national championship in Concordia's history.
While at Concordia, White recruited and coached several All-American players including 2015-16 Player of the Year and first team All-American Shuntavia Harris, Academic All-American Carshava Suttun, second team All-Americans Erica Ousley and Lashanique Youngblood, 2016-17 first team All-American Teondra Crawford, and 2017 national tournament MVP Traniya Pitts.
Before his time at Concordia, White served as the 2009-11 Aiken Technical College assistant coach and worked at Benedict College, where he helped the Tigers win the 2011-12 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament.
His coaching resume also includes stints as the head assistant coach at St. Augustine's College, assistant coach at Bethune-Cookman, and assistant coach at the University of North Florida. Â At Bethune Cookman, he assisted in bringing in one of the best recruiting classes in the nation and at UNF he helped the Ospreys rise from a NCAA Division II program to NCAA Division I.
He began his coaching career at Florida State College at Jacksonville where he helped the Stars win two Mid-Florida Conference Championships.
As a player, White was a standout in his hometown at Wilmot High School. He served as the team captain and led the team in scoring his senior year.
