Dominique Dillingham, a former Mississippi State standout, has been named an assistant coach for the University of Houston Women’s Basketball program, Head Coach Matthew Mitchell announced.
“Dominique is a huge addition to our program, and we are thrilled to have another Houstonian on our staff,” Mitchell said. “When I coached against her, she always showed competitiveness and excellence on the court which has translated into her coaching. She expressed great enthusiasm for our program’s vision, and that means a lot. She is very versatile and will be a tremendous asset in developing our players’ skills.”
Dillingham returns to the collegiate coaching ranks after coaching the freshman girls basketball team at Klein Collins High School in Klein, Texas, from August 2023 to April 2025.
Before that, she spent two seasons with the Texas Women’s Basketball staff, working as video coordinator from 2020-21 and as director of player development in 2021-22. During the 2021-22 season, the Longhorns put together a historic campaign, culminating in the program claiming its first Big 12 Championship title since 2003 and making a second-consecutive run to the Elite Eight.
Texas finished the season 29-7 overall, which marked its highest win total since the 2015-16 season, and finished as the #6 ranked team in the county in the final AP poll, its highest finish since the 2003-04 season.
Before her time with the Longhorns, Dillingham spent three seasons at Mississippi State as a graduate assistant from 2017-18 and as the video coordinator from 2018-2020.
Dillingham joined the staff after wrapping her four-year playing career in Starkville. She was part of Vic Schaefer’s first signing class that claimed its then-school record 111th career win in the program’s Final Four upset of UConn which halted the Huskies’ collegiate-record 111-game win streak and won the ESPY for Best Upset.
Throughout her career in Starkville, Dillingham played in 139 games, starting 119, and averaged 7.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. She scored 1,013 points and recorded 210 steals. She took 131 career charges and was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team in her junior and senior seasons. She also earned AP All-SEC Honorable Mention following her junior season.
Academically, Dillingham was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll all four years. She was also Mississippi State’s nominee for the SEC Boyd-McWhorter Scholarship and the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
A native of Spring, Texas, Dillingham earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a concentration in clinical exercise physiology in 2017 and a master’s degree in kinesiology with a focus in sports pedagogy in 2019.
She played high school basketball at Klein Collins, averaging 10.9 points, 1.6 assists, 7.1 rebounds and 2.5 steals over her four-year career. She was a four-time All-District 13-5A selection and a two-time First-Team honoree. She was a three-star prospect by ESPN and ranked No. 57 at her position.
