Sytia Messer

Sytia Messer is an American women's college basketball coach.

Sytia Messer

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UCF
Conference	Big 12
Record	26–32 (.448)
Biographical details
Born	Waldo, Arkansas
Playing career
1995–1999	Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001	Arkansas State (assistant)
2001–2004	Memphis (assistant)
2004–2009	Georgia Tech (assistant)
2009–2012	Tennessee Tech
2012–2013	Georgia Tech (associate HC)
2014–2021	Baylor (assistant)
2021–2022	LSU (associate HC)
2022–present	UCF
Head coaching record
Overall	80–73 (.523)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
OVC regular season (2011)

Career

She is the head coach of the UCF Knights women's basketball program. She was the head women's basketball coach at Tennessee Technological University from 2009 to 2012, compiling a record of 54–41. From 2012 to 2014, she was associate head coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (2009–2012)
2009–10	Tennessee Tech	14–16	8–10	T–4th
2010–11	Tennessee Tech	23–8	15–3	1st	WNIT First Round
2011–12	Tennessee Tech	17–17	11–5	4th	WBI First Round
Sytia Messer:		54–41	34–18
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2022–2023)
2022–23	UCF	14–15	4–11	10th
UCF Knights (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24	UCF	12–17	3–15	14th
Sytia Messer:		26–32 (.448)	7–26 (.212)
Total:		80–73 (.523)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• UCF profile