Delaware State University announced today that the contract of Lady Hornets Head Basketball Coach Tamika L. Louis will not be renewed for the 2015-2016 season.

Louis B. “Skip” Perkins, Jr., interim associate vice president /athletics director, said a national search for the next women’s head basketball coach will begin immediately. “While we appreciate the three years of service Coach Louis put in working with the Lady Hornets, the University has reached the conclusion that a new direction is needed for the DSU women’s basketball program,” Perkins said.

Assistant Coach Jaresha Obey, who has been on the women’s basketball coaching staff one year, will serve as the Lady Hornets’ interim head coach, Perkins said.

Coach Louis became the Lady Hornets head basketball coach in 2012, succeeding former Head Coach Ed Davis, who stepped down after 12 years in that post. Over the three years under Coach Louis, the Hornets were 23-67 overall and 11-37 against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams.

During the recently completed 2014-2015 season, the Lady Hornets were 5-25 overall and 2-14 in conference play, ending with the team’s first round 70-45 loss to Norfolk State University in the MEAC Tournament.