Women's Basketball
Scepter Brownlee
- Title:
- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
- Phone:
- 325-0198
Mississippi State women’s basketball head coach Nikki McCray-Penson announced the addition of Scepter Brownlee as assistant coach to her staff.
Brownlee, one of the top rising coaches in the game, boasts coaching experience at both the men’s and women’s collegiate Division I level and has been instrumental in developing student-athletes on and off the court at every stop during his career.
“Scepter is a great person and a master at getting people into the gym,” said McCray-Penson. “He is great at teaching, scouting and recruiting, but his biggest strength is his unbelievable player development. He loves it. He trained me when I was in the WNBA. He is a great motivator, and he has a way of connecting with players.”
Brownlee spent the last two seasons on McCray-Penson’s staff at Old Dominion. The assistant coach helped lead the Monarchs to their first postseason appearance since 2015 as well as back-to-back seasons with 20-plus wins. In 2019-20, Old Dominion compiled a 24-6 record and finished second in the C-USA. The Monarchs were projected to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament before the event was cancelled.
Prior to his stint at ODU, Brownlee was the assistant athletic director and boys' varsity basketball coach at King's Ridge Christian School in Georgia from 2014-18. He was also the CEO and master trainer of Great Day Basketball, a program he founded in 2011.
Before his time coaching high school and club basketball in the Atlanta area, Brownlee spent seven years of coaching in the men's collegiate game. He was an assistant at Georgia State (2007-11) and Southeast Missouri State (2006-07). He served as graduate assistant at Tennessee under national coach of the year Bruce Pearl in 2005-06. His first coaching opportunity came as an assistant at Colby Community College in Kansas in 2004-05.
Tennessee was where Brownlee first met McCray-Penson, where Brownlee eventually served as McCray's trainer during the latter years of her WNBA career.
Brownlee graduated from the University of San Francisco in 2004 with a degree in Sociology. At USF, Brownlee was a two-year letterwinner and point guard. He earned the Jackie Robinson USF African American Athlete of the Year Award as a senior.
Brownlee, one of the top rising coaches in the game, boasts coaching experience at both the men’s and women’s collegiate Division I level and has been instrumental in developing student-athletes on and off the court at every stop during his career.
“Scepter is a great person and a master at getting people into the gym,” said McCray-Penson. “He is great at teaching, scouting and recruiting, but his biggest strength is his unbelievable player development. He loves it. He trained me when I was in the WNBA. He is a great motivator, and he has a way of connecting with players.”
Brownlee spent the last two seasons on McCray-Penson’s staff at Old Dominion. The assistant coach helped lead the Monarchs to their first postseason appearance since 2015 as well as back-to-back seasons with 20-plus wins. In 2019-20, Old Dominion compiled a 24-6 record and finished second in the C-USA. The Monarchs were projected to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament before the event was cancelled.
Prior to his stint at ODU, Brownlee was the assistant athletic director and boys' varsity basketball coach at King's Ridge Christian School in Georgia from 2014-18. He was also the CEO and master trainer of Great Day Basketball, a program he founded in 2011.
Before his time coaching high school and club basketball in the Atlanta area, Brownlee spent seven years of coaching in the men's collegiate game. He was an assistant at Georgia State (2007-11) and Southeast Missouri State (2006-07). He served as graduate assistant at Tennessee under national coach of the year Bruce Pearl in 2005-06. His first coaching opportunity came as an assistant at Colby Community College in Kansas in 2004-05.
Tennessee was where Brownlee first met McCray-Penson, where Brownlee eventually served as McCray's trainer during the latter years of her WNBA career.
Brownlee graduated from the University of San Francisco in 2004 with a degree in Sociology. At USF, Brownlee was a two-year letterwinner and point guard. He earned the Jackie Robinson USF African American Athlete of the Year Award as a senior.
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