Kacie Cryer enters her fifth season as head coach and 12th overall season with the Cowgirl basketball program, leading the Cowgirls to two Southland Conference Tournament appearances (2018, 2017).
Cryer, who played a big role in the rebuilding and success of the Cowgirls’ program as an assistant coach for seven seasons, has led McNeese to 38 overall wins since being promoted to head coach. Cryer has also recruited and coached five All-Southland Conference selections.
A native of Abbeville, La., Cryer began her coaching career at McNeese in 2008 as a graduate assistant.
During her stint as recruiting coordinator, McNeese won one Southland Conference Tournament Championship and earned five post-season berths, including an 2011-12 NCAA Tournament appearance.
Cryer graduated from LSU-Shreveport in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies and earned her master’s degree in instructional technology from McNeese in 2012.
A four-year student-athlete on the women’s basketball team at LSU-Shreveport, Cryer graduated as the all-time career free throw percent leader in program history.
Prior to LSU-Shreveport, the Teurlings Catholic High School product was a member of the 2002 state championship team and was selected to the first team All-District and All-Parish Teams.
Cryer has been around sports her entire life having been raised under a coaching tree. She is the daughter of Charlie and Kristie Cryer. Her father is the head football coach at Pope John Paul II High School in Slidell, La. She has two brothers, Cody, who is a former member of the McNeese men’s golf team and current chiropractor, and younger brother Chris, who is a teacher and serves as the defensive coordinator at Pope John Paul II High School.
