Tori Gittens
Grad. Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Henderson State University
Tori Gittens is a graduate assistant coach for Henderson State University Women’s Basketball and serves as a lead coach for Next Athletes and Nike Basketball Camps.
Tori Gittens begins her first season as a graduate assistant coach for women's basketball in 2024-25. Gittens joins the Reddies' bench after a standout senior campaign for Henderson on the hardwood in 2023-24, where she helped lead the Reddies to their first Great American Conference Tournament Championship in school history. As a fifth-year senior, Gittens started all 32 games, averaged 10.7 points per game, and shot an NCAA Division II-best 50.8% from beyond the 3-point line (64-for-126). She was the 2024 GAC Newcomer of the Year, an Honorable Mention All-GAC selection, and a GAC Elite Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to her lone season at Henderson State, Gittens spent four years at NCAA Division I Charleston Southern, where she played in 108 games and was a 2020-21 Big South Conference All-Academic Team honoree.
Gittens received both her Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology with and emphasis on Strength and Conditioning, as well as her Master's Degree in Physical Education and Sport Coaching, from Charleston Southern.