Former Texas Longhorns and San Antonio Silver Stars standout Tai Dillard recently completed her fourth season as an assistant coach at UTSA. Her primary duties include recruiting, working with the guards, scouting and organizing summer camps.
Since her hiring in 2007, the UTSA program has enjoyed success with back-to-back Southland Conference Tournament Championships and consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament (2008 & '09), a pair of 20-win seasons and one Southland Regular Season Title in 2009.
In Dillard’s short tenure, 11 Roadrunners have garnered All-Southland postseason awards, including three first teamers. She was vital in helping former standout Monica Gibbs become the UTSA’s all-time assists and rebounding leader, a three-time all-conference performer and the Southland Player of the Year and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2009.
The UTSA backcourt led the squad the last two seasons as Whitney York averaged 15.0 ppg in 2009-10 while Amber Gregg netted 15.1 ppg in conference action. Both were named second-team All-Southland. Gregg set the school’s 3-pointers mark (200) and she tied the school’s single-game free throws record with 17 against I-35 rival Texas State last season.
The San Antonio native began her coaching career as a head cross country and assistant basketball and track & field coach at Sam Houston High School. She also served as a physical education teacher.
Dillard brings a tremendous amount of collegiate and professional playing experience to UTSA. She was a four-year letterwinner at Texas from 1999-2003. During her four-year stay, she helped the Longhorns register a 92-42 record, which translated to a .687 winning percentage, and four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, including to the 2003 NCAA Women’s Final Four. In her final campaign at Texas, Dillard started 34 games and averaged 7.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest and helped the Longhorns to a 29-6 overall record and a 15-1 Big 12 Conference mark. That same year, UT swept the league with the regular season title and tournament championship. Dillard was a two-time Big 12 All-Academic honoree.
Professionally, Dillard appeared in 57 games for the San Antonio Silver Stars from 2003-05, had a short stint in the National Women’s Basketball League (NWBL) with the Houston Stealth in 2004 and played overseas in the Israeli Premier Basketball League for the Macabbi Tel Kabir from 2004-05.
Dillard earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 2003 and currently working on her master’s in education administration.
Since her hiring in 2007, the UTSA program has enjoyed success with back-to-back Southland Conference Tournament Championships and consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament (2008 & '09), a pair of 20-win seasons and one Southland Regular Season Title in 2009.
In Dillard’s short tenure, 11 Roadrunners have garnered All-Southland postseason awards, including three first teamers. She was vital in helping former standout Monica Gibbs become the UTSA’s all-time assists and rebounding leader, a three-time all-conference performer and the Southland Player of the Year and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2009.
The UTSA backcourt led the squad the last two seasons as Whitney York averaged 15.0 ppg in 2009-10 while Amber Gregg netted 15.1 ppg in conference action. Both were named second-team All-Southland. Gregg set the school’s 3-pointers mark (200) and she tied the school’s single-game free throws record with 17 against I-35 rival Texas State last season.
The San Antonio native began her coaching career as a head cross country and assistant basketball and track & field coach at Sam Houston High School. She also served as a physical education teacher.
Dillard brings a tremendous amount of collegiate and professional playing experience to UTSA. She was a four-year letterwinner at Texas from 1999-2003. During her four-year stay, she helped the Longhorns register a 92-42 record, which translated to a .687 winning percentage, and four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, including to the 2003 NCAA Women’s Final Four. In her final campaign at Texas, Dillard started 34 games and averaged 7.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest and helped the Longhorns to a 29-6 overall record and a 15-1 Big 12 Conference mark. That same year, UT swept the league with the regular season title and tournament championship. Dillard was a two-time Big 12 All-Academic honoree.
Professionally, Dillard appeared in 57 games for the San Antonio Silver Stars from 2003-05, had a short stint in the National Women’s Basketball League (NWBL) with the Houston Stealth in 2004 and played overseas in the Israeli Premier Basketball League for the Macabbi Tel Kabir from 2004-05.
Dillard earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 2003 and currently working on her master’s in education administration.