College - Middle Tennessee State
Marynell Meadors makes her fourth stop in the WNBA as she joins the Atlanta Dream with more than 35 years of coaching experience. Ms. Meadors spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach for the Washington Mystics, where she helped head coaches Richie Adubato and Tree Rollins to an aggregate record of 50-52, including a playoff appearance in 2006. Meadors aided the Mystics’ rapid turnaround in 2007 when the squad narrowly missed the playoffs – they were eliminated on the final day of the season – after an 0-8 start.

Meadors served as the first Head Coach and General Manager of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting where she led the franchise to the playoffs in each of its first two seasons. She also served as the Sting’s director of player and staff personnel.

Following her tenure with the Sting, Meadors moved south where she was hired as the director of scouting for the Miami Sol. With the Sol, her responsibilities included advanced scouting of opponents and player evaluations for the WNBA Draft.

Meadors has an extensive background in the women’s college game. For two seasons prior to joining the Mystics, she served as an assistant coach for the University of Pittsburgh, focusing her efforts on recruiting, scheduling, scouting, academics and community involvement.

Meadors was a head coach at Florida State and Tennessee Tech for a combined 30 years. At Florida State, she quickly turned the program around from three straight losing seasons prior to her arrival. The apex of her tenure came in 1991 when the Seminoles won the Metro Conference Championship and advanced to second round of the NCAA Tournament where they fell to Western Kentucky. A year earlier, she drove the Seminoles to the NCAA Tournament, though the squad was unable to advance past the opening round.

Before heading to Florida State, Meadors earned her stripes at Tennessee Tech where she won more than 300 games as head coach. She was the first head coach of the women’s basketball program and in her 20 years at the helm, she posted a school-record .723 winning percentage. During her tenure, she received numerous accolades, including two Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Coach of the Year awards and a Metro Conference Coach of the Year award. While at Tennessee Tech, she steered her Golden Eagles squads to four OVC championships and two Metro Conference titles and became the first major women’s college coach to win 350 games at one institution.

Meadors earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Middle Tennessee State University.