Britany Tate is entering her third season as Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Emory & Henry College. She is responsible for monitoring the academic progress of the women’s basketball team, managing film exchange and the Wasps’ summer strength and conditioning program.

Tate also assumed the duties of E&H's Assistant Volleyball Coach for the 2011 season.

During the spring and early summer of 2011, Tate took over the everyday operations of the E&H women’s basketball program during its coaching transition, including all aspects of recruiting and running the team’s annual summer camp.

In addition to her duties with women’s basketball, Tate is actively involved in Emory & Henry’s All-Girls Sports Day for local girls interested in playing sports. Players and members of the coaching staff share their experiences and love of sports to young ladies. Tate has also been involved with Habitat for Humanity, the Belmont (N.C.) City Carnival and has helped with many basketball camps including the regionally-acclaimed Hoops and Dreams Camp of Greensboro, N.C.

As an undergraduate at Belmont Abbey College, Tate was twice named Academic All-Conference for the Conference Carolinas. She received the Coaches’ Award after her junior year and also served as a Student Assistant Coach under women’s basketball coaching legend, Susan Yow, working with player development and assisting with practice plans.

Tate is a 2009 graduate of Belmont Abbey with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, and earned a Master of Arts in Education from E&H in 2011. Her sister, Megan, is a sophomore on the Lees-McRae College Women’s Basketball Team. A native of High Point, N.C., Tate now lives in Glade Spring and is engaged to David Spivey.