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A large part of the Bobcats' year-in, year-out recruiting success as well as success on the floor, Tracy McWilliams enters her fifth season at Texas State, and her second as the program's associate head coach and recruiting coordinator.
McWilliams joined the Bobcat staff in 2002, coming to Texas State after spending one season as an assistant on the staff at Rice. In her one season at Rice, McWilliams helped coach the Owls to an 18-16 overall mark to go with an 8-5 record in the Western Athletic Conference.
In addition to coordinating all aspects of the team's recruiting efforts, McWilliams is also the team's technical director, outlining all the aspects of the Bobcats' training and on-floor technical skills.
McWilliams was an assistant at Central Florida in the spring of 2001, and was the head coach at Arkansas Tech from 1996-2001. While at Arkansas Tech, McWilliams won three Gulf South Conference championships, guiding the team to at least 30 wins in three of her five seasons. McWilliams compiled a 137-55 record in five seasons as the head coach at Arkansas Tech.
In 2001, she led Arkansas Tech to a 34-6 record and a 12-0 mark in conference, along with a second-place finish in the conference tournament. The team's appearance in the NCAA tournament was the first in school history. McWilliams also tallied three undefeated Gulf South West Division championships and had a 43-10 conference record in her time at ATU.
Players from McWilliams' teams garnered conference MVP honors in 1997, 1999 and 2001, and two of her players received National Player of the Week on three different occasions. McWilliams also served as the Senior Woman Administrator from 1996-1998 and was a physical education instructor while at Arkansas Tech.
McWilliams is a 1996 graduate of the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. As a player, McWilliams was recruited by Karen Chisum and Texas State out of Clear Lake High School, but signed with Utah State as an outside hitter.
McWilliams transferred to Texas after one season at Utah State, but her playing days were cut short by a career-ending injury. She worked as a student assistant while completing her degree under former Longhorn and current Southern California Head Coach and 2006 Bobcat opponent Mick Haley.
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