UT Arlington Women’s Basketball Staff Update

UT Arlington Lady Mavs head coach Shereka Wright has constructed her coaching staff for the 2025-26 season with the addition of Ethan McIlhargey, Steven Reynolds Jr. and Christian Chapman.
 
The trio bring a wealth of coaching and playing experience across all levels of basketball.
 
Ethan McIlhargey
Ethan McIlhargey joins the UT Arlington Lady Mavs staff after spending the 2024-25 season at Dodge City Community College, where he helped guide the Conquistadors to a historic season in which they finished with a 31-5 record which marked the most wins in a single season in program history to go along with KJCCC and Region 6 championships, while making the program’s first ever Final Four.
 
Prior to his time at Dodge City, McIlhargey spent two seasons at Abilene Christian where he was involved in several aspects of the team including recruiting, post-player development, scouting opponents, and more. While helping the team compete on the court the program boosted the 11th-best team GPA in all of NCAA DI programs. Before his time in Texas at Abilene Christian, he was at the University of Utah as Director of Video/Analytics from June 2019 to June 2022 a time which saw the Utes go 21-12 in 2021-22 and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.
 
He spent a season at Tennessee Tech as the Director of Basketball Operations with their women’s basketball program. The Golden Eagles finished 22-11 during the 2018-19 season, going from seven wins the previous year to 22 and the team made the postseason. He coordinated all aspects of practice, game scheduling, and travel for the program as well as other duties as assigned. During the 2017-18 season, he was the video coordinator at Stephen F. Austin, a season which saw the Ladyjacks post a 25-7 record as the team earned a bid into the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).
 
His coaching career started as a student assistant at his alma mater the University of Idaho where he aided the Vandals in making three NCAA Tournament appearances. The Kuna, Idaho, native earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Idaho.
 
Steven Reynolds Jr.
Steven Reynolds Jr. joins the Lady Mavs staff after spending the past 11 seasons as the head coach at South Bend Washington High School in South Bend, Indiana. 
 
At South Bend Washington, Reynolds compiled a 189-89 overall record, winning five sectionals, three regionals, two semistates and a 2022 Class 3A state championship. Reynolds is the only African American head coach to win a state championships in South Bend high school sports history across any sport. In 2023, he was named a Naismith National High School Coach of the Year finalist.
 
Reynolds played collegiately at Western Michigan where he was an All-MAC Second Team selection in 2002 behind 16.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game and still ranks fifth in program history with 31.7 minutes per game and third in single game three-pointers with eight.
 
He is the proud husband to Marcy Reynolds and the father of seven: Mila, Amiyah, Kira, Steven III, Jordan, Aubrey and Tristian.
 
Christian Chapman
Christian Chapman joins the Lady Mavs staff after spending the 2024-25 season as the head women’s basketball coach and director of basketball operations at Sacramento State’s California Tribal Athletics. Under his tutelage, the team achieved historic success, securing a 16-4 league record with quality wins over NAIA and D2 programs. They were named Co-Southwestern State Conference Champions with five First Team and Second Team All-SWSC selections.
 
Prior to CA Tribal, Chapman spent the 2023-24 season CSU Monterey Bay where he served as the top lieutenant on Sarah Hopkins-Chery’s staff. His responsibilities included recruitment, scouting, academic support, training and player development.
 
During the 2022-23 season, Chapman served as the associate head coach at San Jose City College, where he helped the Jaguars win the CCCAA NorCal Regional with a 26-5 overall record. The 26 wins is a program record and helped secure a No. 2 ranking in California. The Jaguars made an Elite 8 run, the first in a 20 year span for the program.
 
Much of Chapman’s expertise comes in the area of player development. He is the founder and head of player development for the CC Skills Academy as well as the founder and head coach of the Academy AAU Showcase Team. He has served as a coach and featured trainer at the Adidas Grassroots Elite Basketball Circuit Camps as well as the Stanford Youth Basketball Elite Camps. He has trained several women’s players who have gone on to NCAA Division I and professional basketball careers. Chapman served as a Klutch Sports pre-draft trainer as well as serving on the Houston Rockets summer league staff in 2024 and 2025.
 
The Oakland, California native is a graduate of Cal State East Bay, from where he earned his bachelor’s in sociology in 2021.

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