Cherie Lea serves as Associate Head Coach for University of North Carolina Wilmington's Women's Basketball | Sport Administrator: Stacy Kosciak program in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Cherie Lea, a UNCW Athletics Hall of Famer who spearheaded a resurgence in UNCW women's basketball in the early 2000s, will begin her third season at her alma mater in 2025-26 as the associate head coach under head coach Nicole Woods. "She is a person driven by her personal core values. She was the CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, so she embodies what it means to be a student-athlete.