West Virginia University Athletics

Bett Shelby enters her third season as the associate head coach for the West Virginia women’s basketball program.
 
During her time at West Virginia, Shelby has helped guide the Mountaineers to 39 wins, including top-25 wins against No. 10 Mississippi State, No. 17 Texas and No. 19 Michigan State. In 2020-21, she was part of a coaching staff that propelled WVU to a second-place finish in the Big 12, the team’s best regular-season finish since 2014, and a win streak of 11 games. In the spring of 2021, she was selected as a part of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Next Up program, which is designed to promote the advancement and retention of women basketball coaches in intercollegiate athletics.
 
She also has helped to coach two WNBA draft picks during her time at WVU. In 2020, guard Tynice Martin was selected with the 34th overall pick in the third round by the Los Angeles Sparks after an illustrious Mountaineer career. Shelby also coached guard Kysre Gondrezick who became the highest WNBA Draft pick in program history when the Indiana Fever selected her with the fourth overall pick in the first round.
 
Shelby arrived in Morgantown in April 2019 after spending the 2018-19 season at North Carolina, where she served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Working with the guards, Shelby helped guide the program to its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2015 and was in charge of all recruiting.
 
Prior to her time in Chapel Hill, Shelby spent three seasons at Maryland, where one of her many accomplishments was landing a pair top-five recruiting classes.  Additionally, she helped the Terps to Big Ten regular-season and conference tournament championships in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
 
From 2013-15, Shelby was an assistant coach at Virginia Tech. During her tenure in Blacksburg, Shelby assisted with scouting and guard training while serving as the recruiting coordinator, signing a top-20 recruiting class for the Hokies in 2015.
 
Shelby spent the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons at Seton Hall, signing a class that ranked 33rd in the nation according to the All-Star Girls Report. In her second season with the Pirates, she helped the squad to its most wins in a season since 2006-07 and to its first BIG EAST Tournament win since 2009.
 
While at Southern Illinois, Shelby put together a recruiting class that ranked as the No. 1 mid-major class by ESPN HoopGurlz. Additionally, the group was touted as the No. 1 signing class in the Missouri Valley Conference and was ranked 57th overall by the All-Star Girls Report. Among the signees were SIU’s first Parade All-American, top-100 player and top-100 transfer as rated by the All-Star Girls Report.
 
Prior to SIU Shelby had stops at Tennessee Tech, where she put together the No. 1 recruiting class in the Ohio Valley Conference and a top-100 recruiting class via the All-Star Girls Report, and Stetson University, getting a top-100 class that ranked first in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Additionally, she spent two seasons serving as the Director of Basketball Operations at East Carolina, helping the Pirates to the Conference USA title and the team’s first NCAA berth in 25 years.
 
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Shelby played two seasons at UNC Wilmington before transferring to Greensboro College. As a team captain, she led the Pride to the USA South regular-season and conference tournament titles, as well the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Shelby graduated from Greensboro with a bachelor's degree in sports and exercise studies with a concentration in coaching in 2005. The daughter of Brad and Texie Shelby, she has one sister, Mary.