Alecia Smith

Bio

Alecia Smith joined the McLennan women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2023.

In 2023-24, her first season with the program, Smith helped lead the squad to a North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Championship with an 11-2 record and an appearance at the Region V Tournament. Four players earned all-conference selections including Defensive Player of the Year Aysia Ward. Mersadez Nephew was named an all-region selection and an NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American.

The squad once again claimed the NTJCAC Championship in 2024-25 with a 14-2 record, and went 3-0 in the Region V Tournament to claim the championship and secure a spot in the NJCAA Division I Basketball Championship in Casper, Wyoming. McLennan earned the No. 7 seed and a first-round bye in the tournament but came up short in its first game against Eastern Arizona. Three players earned all-conference honors including Tajenae Gooden, the Freshman of the Year, and Charnelle Hoof, the Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Gooden was also named to the all-region team along with Jalayah Ingram.

Smith came to McLennan after spending the 2022-23 season as the assistant women’s coach at Tyler Junior College (TJC), working primarily with the guards and scout team. She was also responsible for recruiting, overseeing the academic progress of the student-athletes and supervising the student managers. Additionally, she coordinated the team’s strength and conditioning program, managed the program’s social media channels, and served as a liaison with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Prior to joining the TJC staff, Smith was the head varsity basketball coach at Hillcrest High School in Dallas and Tarkington High School in Cleveland, Texas.

Smith was a four-year letterman at the University of Houston, finishing her career ranked among the top-30 in seven statistical categories: 3-point field goal attempts (2nd, 575), 3-point field goals made (5th, 143), minutes played (6th, 3,346), games played (12th, 118), games started (13th, 87), assists (13th, 260) and steals (22nd, 138). At Cedar Hill High School, she was named among VYPE Magazine’s DFW Fab. 50 to Watch entering her senior season, and was rated a four-star recruit and the No. 15 overall prospect in Texas by Premier Basketball Report.

Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Houston in 2015 and a master’s degree of science in coaching and athletics administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2021.

Coaching experience
2023-present: Assistant coach, McLennan Community College
2022-23: Assistant coach, Tyler Junior College
2020-22: Head varsity coach, Hillcrest High School
2018-20: Head varsity coach, Tarkington High School

Playing experience
2012-15: University of Houston
2009-12: Cedar Hill High School

Education
2021: Master’s of science in coaching & athletics administration, Concordia University Irvine
2015: Bachelor’s in kinesiology, University of Houston