Lincoln Memorial University head women’s basketball coach Devan Carter announced the hiring of Ashley Rodriguez as an assistant coach on May 20, 2020. Rodriguez enters her second season on staff in 2021-22.
In her first season on staff, Rodriguez helped LMU to an 11-11 (7-10 SAC) record and a postseason run that will not soon be forgotten as the Lady Railsplitters became the first eighth seed to defeat a one seed (Carson-Newman) in the quarterfinal round of the 2021 SAC Pilot Flying J Women's Basketball Championship. Continuing their outstanding run, LMU went on to defeat Anderson in the semifinals before falling to Tusculum in the final.
Rodriguez, a former team captain at fellow South Atlantic Conference member Lenoir-Rhyne, arrived in Harrogate after spending the past season as a graduate assistant coach at fellow South Atlantic Conference member Tusculum.
In her lone season in Greeneville, Rodriguez helped the team to a 24-8 overall record and their first South Atlantic Conference tournament championship since the 2010-11 season, as well as the first NCAA Southeast Regional appearance since the 2011-12 season.
Prior to her time at Tusculum, Rodriguez was a four year player at Lenoir-Rhyne, where she helped lead the team to a South Atlantic Conference tournament semifinal as a senior. She was also their top three point shooter as a junior.
Rodriguez graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Human and Community Service, and earned her Master of Business Administration from Tusculum in December of 2020.
