Courtesy of PVAMU Athletics
Prairie View, Texas – Prairie View A&M College Director of Athletics, Mr. Anton Goff, is proud to announce Tai Dillard as the brand new Head Coach of the HBCU Girls’s Basketball Program. Her begin date is Could 1, 2025.
“I’m excited so as to add Coach Dillard to the Panther Household,” exclaimed Goff. “I do know her success as a former participant and coach will resonate properly with our present and future student-athletes. She possesses all of the instruments to be an amazing coach and develop a successful program. We’re assured that she is going to assist our student-athletes attain their highest objectives, on and off the courtroom.”
A local Texan and seasoned coach with deep roots in each collegiate {and professional} basketball, Dillard brings a wealth of expertise and a confirmed observe document of participant improvement and program success to the HBCU.
Dillard joins the Prairie View A&M Girl Panthers following a formidable tenure on the College of Houston, the place she served as Affiliate Head Coach from 2022 to 2024 and Recruiting Coordinator from 2016 to 2022. Throughout her time with the Cougars, Dillard helped information the workforce to a number of postseason appearances, together with the WNIT in 2017, 2018, and 2021.
A key a part of her success at Houston was mentoring standout student-athlete Laila Blair, who broke this system’s document for many three-pointers made, most minutes performed, and most video games began. Beneath Dillard’s steering, Blair collected quite a few accolades, together with choice to the American Athletic Convention (AAC) Freshman Group, AAC Second Group, AAC First Group, and Honorable Point out honors within the Huge 12 Convention. In 2024, Dillard participated within the NCAA Champion Discussion board, a premier skilled improvement program for present coaches. The discussion board provides a novel and transformative expertise, offering perception into the realities of turning into a head coach on the collegiate stage.
Veteran Coach
Previous to her time at Houston, Dillard held teaching roles on the College of Mississippi (2013–2014), the College of Southern California (2012–2013), and the College of Texas at San Antonio (2007–2012). She started her teaching profession at Sam Houston Excessive College in San Antonio, Texas, serving as Head Cross Nation Coach and Assistant Coach for basketball and observe and area.
No stranger to elite competitors, Dillard was a four-year letter winner on the College of Texas underneath legendary head coach Jody Conradt. She helped lead the Longhorns to 4 straight NCAA Match appearances, together with a visit to the Remaining 4 in her senior season (2003). A two-time Huge 12 All-Tutorial honoree, Dillard began 34 video games throughout that memorable marketing campaign.
Following her collegiate profession, Dillard performed professionally for the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars (2003–2005), the Houston Stealth of the Nationwide Girls’s Basketball League, and internationally in Israel with Macabbi Tel Kabir.
She holds a bachelor’s diploma in kinesiology from the College of Texas and a grasp’s diploma in Sports activities Management and Sports activities Research from Texas Southern College.
Tai Dillard is married to former Texas males’s basketball standout and 2003 Remaining 4 participant Brandon Mouton. They’re the proud dad and mom of two sons, Langston and Caden.
Be aware: A press convention introducing Coach Dillard on the HBCU will probably be held on Could 2, 2025, at 1:00 pm.
