Laurinburg, N.C. – Denise Hannah has been hired as the new St. Andrew’s head women’s basketball coach.
She is a native of Miami, Florida and graduated from Miami Southridge Senior High school where she was a three sport athlete.
She brings coaching experience from the professional, collegiate, and high school levels to the Knights program. She started as a high school coach, where she served for nine years while she was teaching at Miami-Dade County Public Schools. In addition, she served as an Athletic Director and Academic Success Coordinator at the high school level.
Hannah continued to prioritize academics when she was an Academic Success Coach and Athletics Advisor at Albany State University. Hannah started as a college coach with Sun Conference rival St.Thomas University. She coached for the Bobcats for two seasons (2017-2019).
Following her experience at STU, Hannah moved to another Sun Conference Institution (Thomas University). At TU, she was the women’s assistant coach for one season and in September 2021, she was hired as the head women’s basketball coach at The College of Coastal Georgia for three seasons.
Denise was a four-year standout player at Oklahoma City University. She helped lead the 1988 team to become the first NAIA National Champions at OCU. Following the standout season, she earned a spot on the NAIA National Championship All-Tournament Second Team. She was a three-time NAIA All-American and she also earned First Team All-SAC honors all four years. She was tabbed the Sooner Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year. She finished up her career as the fifth all-time leading scorer (1,755) and holds the school record in rebounding (1,255).
Denise spent time playing overseas for the Republic of China. During her time on the team, she was the team captain and earned Defensive Player of the Year. She was the team rebounding leader (15 RPG) and ranked second on the team in scoring (17 PPG). She had several invites to participate in the WNBA as a free agent.
Denise earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Oklahoma City University. She has two adult children (Jamaal and Jaddah) and five granddaughters: Caleigh, Jahzara, Jahzea, Jahzore’ and Jaset and one grandson, Jarvon.
