The High Point University women’s basketball team and head coach DeUnna Hendrix announced the addition of Colby Tilley as an assistant coach on Friday. Tilley comes to HPU with 34 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 17 as head coach at Kennesaw State.
Tilley has established himself as one of the most successful and well-respected members of the women’s basketball community over the course of his career. He holds an impressive 742-328 record in 34 years as a collegiate head coach and has a sparkling .693 winning percentage for his career.
Tilley is the longest-tenured and winningest women’s basketball coach in Kennesaw State history, coaching the Owls from 1995-2012. During his time at KSU, Tilley went 300-208 while also helping guide the team through the transition into Div. I. Tilley had three seasons with over 20 wins including a record of 30-2 in 1996-97. He reached the NCAA Div. II Elite Eight in 1997 and again in 1999.
After transitioning to Div. I in 2005-06, Tilley won 83 games and reached two Atlantic Sun Championship games. A skilled developer of talent, he saw at least one player earn All-Conference honors in each of the KSU’s six seasons as part of the A-Sun. Tilley coached both the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, Brittany Henderson, and the Defensive Player of the Year, Greteya Kelley, in 2008-09 and in 2011-12, he helped Taylor Mills become the first Kennesaw State player to be named the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year.
Before his time at Kennesaw State, Tilley spent nine years as the head coach at Auburn University at Montgomery (Ala.), where he started the women’s basketball program in 1986. Tilley went 218-74 (.747) at Auburn-Montgomery and captured five Southern States Conference titles and five NAIA District 27 crowns.
Tilley’s teams made seven appearances at the NAIA National Championship tournament and in the 1993-94 season, Tilley led the Lady Senators to a 34-4 record and a Final Four showing. His last year at the helm of Auburn-Montgomery was in 1994-95 during which his team went 34-3 overall and advanced to the Elite Eight.
Tilley’s first collegiate job came at Truett-McConnell (Junior) College in Cleveland, Ga. from 1976 to 1984 where he steered the team to a 236-46 overall record (.837) in nine seasons.
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