Ka’Vonne Towns enters her first year as an assistant coach at Jacksonville State in the 2023-24 season.
Towns joins the program from South Alabama, where she served as an assistant coach to Terry Fowler. There, she had a hand in the development of Kelsey Thompson, the Sun Belt Conference’s 2022-23 Freshman of the Year, at USA. Towns helped guide Thompson to that prestigious postseason honor after a phenomenal rookie season in Mobile in which she averaged 10.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. In addition, the Jaguars scored three massive SBC victories in Towns’ lone season at South Alabama, including a buzzer-beater triumph on Senior Night versus perennial power Troy.
Prior to her time at USA, she was an assistant coach at the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) under head coach Andrea Lemmond. In her one season with the Chargers, Towns helped a young squad turn in an impressive campaign that included six wins in an extremely tough Gulf South Conference.
Before joining Lemmond’s staff in Huntsville, Towns served in two roles at her alma mater. She was the Director of Operations for women’s basketball at Chattanooga from 2018-20 after spending one season as the Director of Student-Athlete Development. The former Moc standout was an integral part of a strong UTC program that amassed 35 Southern Conference victories in her time on the staff.
The Lilburn, Ga., native had a very productive career on the hardwood at Chattanooga. Towns, an All-SoCon Tournament Second Team selection in 2015, led the Mocs to four consecutive conference titles in regular season and tournament play and four NCAA Tournament appearances. She still ranks 10th in program history with 125 games played over four years and ended her career with 682 points, 340 rebounds, 177 assists, and 162 steals. Towns saved the best for last, turning in a 291-point senior campaign in 2014-15 in which she started 31 of 33 games at point guard for the Mocs.
Towns earned a bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in April 2015. She currently resides in Jacksonville.
