University of Memphis Athletics
Women's Basketball
Shanasa Sanders
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Shanasa Sanders was hired as an assistant coach in April 2026.
Sanders joins head coach Hana Haden’s staff after competing against her in the Sun Belt as a co-associate head coach at Georgia State. Overseeing the guards, Sanders helped develop Mikyla Tolivert into a Third Team All-Sun Belt player in 2024-25 behind 15.5 points, 5.4 points and 2.5 assists per game.
Prior to her four-year stint at GSU, Sanders was an assistant coach at her alma mater Stetson, where she trained and developed 10 all-conference players. In 2021-22, she helped guide the Hatters to a 20-win campaign and an Atlantic Sun Conference semifinal appearance.
Sanders spent one season as a varsity assistant coach at Jean Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Florida, which won the 2017 FHSAA 6A state title. While there, Sanders helped coach McDonald’s All-American Rennia Davis who went on to get drafted ninth overall in the 2021 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
A successful guard in her own right, Sanders began her collegiate playing career with two seasons at Cincinnati, highlighted by Big East All-Freshman honors. After transferring to Stetson, she earned all-conference honors as a senior while leading the Hatters to the 2013 Atlantic Sun title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. She played three seasons professionally in Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Spain and Dubai from 2013-16.
A two-time graduate of Stetson, the Jacksonville native earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management and business in 2013 and received her master’s of business administration in 2021.
Sanders joins head coach Hana Haden’s staff after competing against her in the Sun Belt as a co-associate head coach at Georgia State. Overseeing the guards, Sanders helped develop Mikyla Tolivert into a Third Team All-Sun Belt player in 2024-25 behind 15.5 points, 5.4 points and 2.5 assists per game.
Prior to her four-year stint at GSU, Sanders was an assistant coach at her alma mater Stetson, where she trained and developed 10 all-conference players. In 2021-22, she helped guide the Hatters to a 20-win campaign and an Atlantic Sun Conference semifinal appearance.
Sanders spent one season as a varsity assistant coach at Jean Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Florida, which won the 2017 FHSAA 6A state title. While there, Sanders helped coach McDonald’s All-American Rennia Davis who went on to get drafted ninth overall in the 2021 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
A successful guard in her own right, Sanders began her collegiate playing career with two seasons at Cincinnati, highlighted by Big East All-Freshman honors. After transferring to Stetson, she earned all-conference honors as a senior while leading the Hatters to the 2013 Atlantic Sun title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. She played three seasons professionally in Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Spain and Dubai from 2013-16.
A two-time graduate of Stetson, the Jacksonville native earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management and business in 2013 and received her master’s of business administration in 2021.
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