Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- preed21@uw.edu
Paul Reed enters his fourth season as the assistant women's basketball coach for Washington. In three years at UW, Reed has helped the Huskies steadily improved while rebuilding over the last three years, posting an overall record of 31-61 at UW including an 13-17 record in 2019-20. Washington posted its most overall wins (13) and conference wins (5) in the Wynn era despite another tough schedule. The Huskies were able to knock off Big Ten power Iowa to go 3-0 at the Puerto Rico Classico and ended the home portion of the schedule with an impressive 74-68 upset victory over No. 8 UCLA.
In 2018-19, Washington went 11-21 despite playing the 14th-toughest schedule based on average opponent winning percentage according to herhoopstats.com. Despite a rough regular-season, the Huskies made an impressive run through the Pac-12 Tournament to end the year. Washington entered as the No. 11 seed in the tournament, but knocked off the No. 6 seed Utah 64-54 in the first round. The Huskies then pulled off a massive upset, beating the No. 3 seed (and No. 11 ranked) Oregon State 68-67 to reach the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals for just the third time in program history.
In 2017-18, the Huskies posted a 7-23 overall record, after losing over 85 percent of its scoring and rebounding from the previous year and had just one player which had started a collegiate game prior to the start of the season. Despite its inexperience, UW led the Pac-12 in turnovers forced at 17.80 per game and ranked third in steals at 9.3 per game and second in three-pointers made at 8.5 per contest.
Prior to coming to UW, Reed spent three seasons at Long Beach State with his arrival coinciding with the program's recent success. In his three seasons with the program, the 49ers compiled a 69-30 overall record, including three consecutive 20-win campaigns, highlighted by last season's Big West conference tournament championship that granted LBSU's its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1992.
In 2015-16, the Beach went 24-9, marking the most victories in a season since 1990-91. Long Beach State also tied for second in the Big West and advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. The campaign culminated with the 49ers' second-straight WNIT bid.
Reed made an immediate impact in his first year as he helped LBSU to one of its best seasons in recent history. Long Beach State reached 20 wins for the first time since 1999-00, finishing with a 22-10 record. The Beach also put together a 15-game win streak, defeating LSU and nationally-ranked Cal along the way, and was receiving votes in the Associated Press Women's Basketball Poll for three-straight weeks. The 49ers went on to place fourth in the conference, while also earning an at-large berth to the WNIT.
Prior to LBSU, Reed served as the head girls' varsity basketball coach for two years at Cienega High School in Vail, Ariz. During that time, he compiled a 45-13 overall record and led the Bobcats to a pair of appearances in the state tournament. In 2014, Reed was named the Southern Arizona Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career after guiding Cienega to a regional championship and a runner-up finish at the Arizona Girls' State Basketball Division II Playoffs. They lost only two games all season, concluding the campaign at 26-2.
Prior to his stint at Cienega High School, Reed was the head coach of the girls' varsity team at Tucson High School (2005-11). In his six years at the helm, Reed led the Badgers to four state tournaments and three regional titles. Reed was named the Southern Arizona Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and finished with a 129-63 overall record. In addition, Reed spent three years as a head coach for the Tucson Heat Basketball Club. He mentored two McDonald's All-America nominees.
Reed was the director and founder of the Lady Badger Basketball Camp and also worked the USC Elite Camp. In addition, he worked with the offseason player development of high school athletes in the Tucson area as well as members of the University of Arizona basketball team. Reed is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Reed earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Langston University (Okla.) in 1995. He was a two-year letterwinner in football and was a USA Today Small College All-American defensive back. Reed went on to receive his master's in secondary education from the University of Phoenix.
