Former Arkansas standout Sytia Messer will be officially introduced as head coach of the Central Florida women’s basketball team Tuesday.
Messer spent last season as an associate head coach to Kim Mulkey at LSU. She was also an assistant to Mulkey for seven seasons at Baylor and was part of the Bears’ national championship team in 2019.
UCF is the second head coaching opportunity for Messer, who went 54-41 during three seasons at Tennessee Tech from 2009-12. She replaces Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, who left for the head coaching job at Georgia.
According to the Orlando-Sentinel, Messer received a five-year contract at UCF that begins at $625,000 annually.