Theresa Scott begins her fifth year as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri. Scott coaches the Redhawk sprint and relay teams, and assists with hurdles.
2024 saw Scott coach Breanna Miles to the indoor and outdoor OVC Feamle Track Athlete of the Year Awards. Scott also guided freshman Brianna Dixon to the OVC indoor and outdoor Female Freshman of the year, as well the Outdoor OVC Field Athlete of the year award.
During the year Scott coached Brianna Dixon, Breanna Miles, Anna Thomason, and Terrico Garrett who achieved new SEMO records in their respective event.
In 2023 Scott Coached Lila Hardin to an appearance at the NCAA West Preliminary round. Hardin took gold in the 400-meter hurdles at the Ohio Valley Championships.
During the year Scott also helped sprinter Breanna Miles break the SEMO school record in the 200-meter twice in the indoor season and once during the outdoor season.
2022 saw Breanna Miles win Female Freshman of the Year after she broke the SEMO Indoor record for 200-meters this week at the Championships for Bronze all under Scott’s watch. Miles scored in four events at the championships.
Scott comes to SEMO after serving as an assistant at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky. In three seasons with the Blue Raiders of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), Scott had the pleasure of coaching five All-Americans, 12 National Qualifiers and 48 top-8 Mid-South Conference finishers.
Her student-athletes have also broken 10 school records at Lindsey Wilson.
Scott designed and oversaw the periodization and weight training for the men's and women's sprints, hurdles and relay teams. She also was responsible for recruiting prospective student-athletes as well as providing assistance with event selection and meet entries.
Prior to Lindsey Wilson, Scott served as the graduate assistant track coach at NCAA Division II member Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. In her time with Washburn, she helped coach a pair of national qualifiers, 10 top-8 MIAA (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) finishers and saw a total of 20 school records fall.
As a student-athlete at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio, Scott was an NCAA Division II First Team All-American in the 4x100 meter relay and a Second-Team All-American in the 60 meters.
The Austintown, Ohio, native, holds the Great Midwest Conference and Tiffin program records in both the 60 meters and 4x100 meter relay. Scott is also the 100 meters record holder at Tiffin. She was named the Tiffin Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year in 2016.
In the classroom, Scott was a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, a National Honor Society Nominee and an NCAA Academic Team honoree.
Scott earned her Bachelor's in Business Administration from Tiffin in 2016. She also attained her Master's in Business Administration from Washburn in 2018.
