Latisha Luckett reunited with Andrea Gorski when she arrived on The Hilltop for the 2019-20 and is in her third season as an assistant coach with the Braves. Luckett also serves as the team’s recruiting coordinator.
She has 10 years of experience coaching at the collegiate level, including the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons working as a graduate assistant under Gorski at Concordia University. She came to The Hilltop after spending the previous four years at Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C.
Luckett has had an immediate impact at Bradley with her two seasons arguably ranking as the most successful in program history.
On the heels of a record-setting 2019-20 campaign, the Braves made the first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history in 2020-21. Bradley had never advanced past the MVC Tournament semifinals, but a 70-56 semifinal win over Loyola and 78-70 comeback victory over Drake in the title game locked up the first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The Braves have finished fifth or better in the MVC standings in three consecutive seasons, marking just the second time BU has been able to do so (1989-90 through 1991-92).
Her first season at Bradley was a historic one, with the Braves finishing with school records for both overall (22) and MVC (13) victories. Sporting a 22-7 overall record before the 2019-20 campaign was cut short, BU posted the best conference finish (third) in program history in addition to producing a school-record three First-Team All-MVC honorees.
A Detroit, Mich., native Luckett helped Coastal Carolina to the first postseason appearance in program history in 2018-19 with the Chanticleers reaching the Women’s Basketball Invitational during a 17-15 campaign. The postseason appearance came on the heels of Luckett helping guide the Chanticleers to an improved conference record each of her first three seasons in Conway, S.C., and Coastal Carolina won 17 games in each of the last two seasons to mark the first time dating back to 2005-06 and 2006-07 the team won at least 17 contests in back-to-back years.
Luckett mentored four all-conference selections during her four years at Coastal Carolina, including a pair of First-Team All-Sun Belt picks and the top scorer in the Sun Belt during the 2017-18 campaign. The Chanticleers had just two all-conference honorees in the four years before Luckett’s arrival in Conway, S.C.
Prior to her tenure at Coastal Carolina, Luckett spent the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Claflin University. Posting five wins in 2012-13, the Panthers were 14-14 in each of her two seasons at the Orangeburg, S.C., school.
Luckett also has coaching experience at the prep level, serving as assistant coach at Arbor Prep High School for the 2012-13 season.
A graduate assistant at Concordia under Gorski, Luckett helped Concordia to a 10-win improvement her first season with the squad and the 2010-11 season resulted in a 23-11 record along with the first NAIA Tournament appearance in program history. She earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership during her time at Concordia.
A 2009 Central Michigan graduate with a degree in entrepreneurship, Luckett also played for the semi-pro Flint Monarchs while embarking on her coaching career. A first-team all-region pick during her second season with Flint, she helped the Monarchs to three Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League tournament appearances.
Luckett was a team captain her junior and senior seasons at Central Michigan, in addition to serving as the team’s representative to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She led the Chippewas in both rebounding and steals as a junior, while Luckett helped CMU reach the MAC Tournament quarterfinals for the first time since 1992 during her senior year.