Ronneka Robertson joined the McNeese women's basketball staff in April (2025) as a McNeese assistant coach and her fifth year as an assistant coach under head coach Ayla Guzzardo. Robertson will also serve as the Cowgirls recruiting coordinator.
The native of Kentwood, Louisiana was part of a Southeastern coaching staff that led the team to four consecutive winning seasons including two regular season championships (2023, 2025), one SLC Tournament Championship (2023), a NCAA Tournament appearance (2023) and a WBIT appearance in 2025.
Most recently, Robertson and the Lady Lions posted the best overall record (26-6) in school history in 2025 and set a new SLC winning streak record with 19 consecutive wins during the 2024-25 season.
Robertson has coached several players who have garnered postseason honors such as the SLC’s two-time Defensive Player of the Year in Jen Pierre and Haley Giaratano, the 2023 SLC Tournament MVP. She has coached several All-SLC players including All-SLC post players in Caitlyn Williams and Natalie Kelly.
Prior to coming back to Louisiana, Robertson’s most recent coaching stop was as an assistant coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Prior to that she had two stints at the head coach at her alma mater, Kentwood High School, leading the ‘Roos to seven playoff appearances.
Robertson also spent a season at East Central Community College in Mississippi, working with a program that produced eight student-athletes who continued their athletic and academic endeavors at four-year institutions. She also has vast travel ball coaching experience, coaching the Louisiana Flames, Louisiana Tri-Parish Hurricanes, Louisiana Lady Jets and Louisiana Lady Legends.
Robertson is a 2014 graduate of South Alabama, where she played four years for the Jaguars. As a power forward, she earned Sun Belt Conference academic honor roll recognition. A team captain as a senior, Robertson earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from South Alabama and a master’s degree in sport management from LSU in 2020.
Robertson prepped at Kentwood High School, where she was a two-time all-state and four-time first team all-district selection. A 1,000-point career scorer, Robertson averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds as a senior at KHS.
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College Coaching Experience
2026- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (McNeese)
2022-2025 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (Southeastern)
2016-17 Assistant Coach (East Central Community College)
COLLEGE COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
At Southeastern
• Assisted in post player development
• Helped Southeastern to four consecutive winning seasons (2021-2025)
• Member of the programs first NCAA appearance (2023)
• Member of the WBIT appearance (2025)
• Member of two SLC Regular Season Champions (2023, 2025)
• Member 0f the 2023 SLC Tournament Champions
• Helped the Lady Lions produce its best overall record in school history 26-6 and broke the SLC winning streak of 19 consecutive wins (2025)
• Helped coach Hailey Giaratano, SLC MVP (2023) and Jen Pierre (Back-to-Back SLC Defensive Player of the Year/2024, 2025)
• Part of a staff where Southeastern finished the season ranked in several defensive categories (2022-2025)
• Coached two Southland Conference Post players (Caitlyn Williams, Nataile Kelly)
• Coached and helped develop SLC Tournament MVP Taylor Bell
• Had a hand in recruiting all conference player Jen Pierre
At East Central Community College
• Coached eight players that signed basketball scholarships at the next level
HIGH SCHOOL COACHING EXPERIENCE
2014-16 and 2017-2021 Kentwood High Magnet
• Program advanced to the playoffs 7 out of 9 years
• Coached the first female athlete to be awarded an athletic scholarship in four years (2015-16)
• Coached the team past the first round playoffs in four years (2025-16)
• Coached the team to 17+ wins; most wins in a single season in four years (2015-16)
• Coached the first player to sign a scholarship since 2010 (Ayliah Cooper-Baton Rouge Community College/2016))
• Coached several all-district players
• In her return to the program, one player went on to play at the collegiate level Je’learia Hill- University of Southern at New Orleans
AAU COACHING EXPERIENCE
2014-16 Louisiana Lady Legends (six kids signed a D1 scholarship)
2019-20 Louisiana Tri-Parish Hurricanes (five kids singed a D1 scholarship)
COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER
2010-2014 South Alabama
• Team Captain: 2013-2014 Season
• Jaguar NCAA Award 2012-2013 Season
• Pre-Season All Conference 2013-2014 Season
• Post-Season All Conference 2013-2014 Season
• Sunbelt Conference Academic Honor Roll
