Wilmington College

Shauna Watson was named the Quakers Head Women's Basketball Coach in July of 2025, with the 2025-26 season being her first at Wilmington College.

Watson has spent the last eight seasons as an NCAA Division III head coach. The last four seasons came at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas (2021-25) with the previous four at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana (2017-21).

During the 2023-24 season with Ozarks, Watson coached the Eagles to the American Southwest Conference (ASC) tournament semifinals. This was the first time in 22 years that the program advanced to the semifinals after qualifying for the tournament for the first time in seven years.

The Eagles won 13 games in 2024-25, which was their most wins in a season since the team also won 13 in 2018-19. After joining the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) this season, Ozarks qualified for the SCAC tournament for the first time in program history.

At Earlham, Watson led the Quakers to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) tournament in three of her four seasons.

During her time with both programs, she coached 13 total All-Conference players, one Newcomer of the Year in 2024 at Ozarks, and had one player go on to play professionally overseas. 

Her first coaching position came at NAIA institution Indiana Tech as a Graduate Assistant coach for two seasons. 

Watson played four seasons of college basketball at Hanover College in Indiana, where she was a three-year starting point guard for a team that made four straight conference tournaments, won two conference championships, and appeared in two NCAA tournaments.

*Last updated - July 7th, 2025*