Anjale Barrett is in her first season as Coppin State's Women's Basketball Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator after being hired in August 2020.
A five-year coaching veteran at the collegiate level, Barrett spent the last two seasons at Columbia University and Long Island University in Brooklyn. Barrett was a standout guard at University of Maryland where she ranks among the Terrapins’ career leaders in assists and 3-point shooting and was a third-round pick in the 2012 WNBA Draft.
Barrett helped Columbia to a 17-10 record this past season while being responsible for player development while focusing on guards, as well as scouting, team strategy, recruiting operations and analytics. Columbia’s 17 overall wins and eight Ivy victories were its most in a decade and marked just the second time since becoming a Division I program that the Lions posted a winning season.
Under her tutelage, freshman and sophomore guards Abbey Hsu and Sienna Durr earned All-Ivy honors, the first time in 12 years that the Lions put two players on All-Conference teams. Hsu was also named the 2019-20 All-Met Women’s Division I Rookie of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Met Third Team.
After joining the collegiate coaching ranks at the College of New Rochelle in 2015, Barrett spent two seasons at her alma mater, the University of Maryland, where she served as Director of Player Personnel and Recruiting Operations. In her role, Barrett performed video and scouting related tasks, assisted with recruiting and oversaw Maryland's scout team. The Terrapins won the 2017 Big Ten championship during Barrett's tenure and qualified for the NCAA Tournament both seasons.
Barrett's coaching stint at Maryland was followed by one season at LIU Brooklyn, where she coached 2018-19 NEC Rookie of the Year Brandy Thomas and a pair of all-conference honorees.
Barrett enjoyed a very successful playing career at Maryland from 2008-12. The four-year point guard and senior captain helped lead the Terrapins to the NCAA Tournament all four years, including three appearances in the Elite Eight as well as the 2009 and 2012 ACC titles. To this day, she ranks inside Maryland's all-time top 10 in career assists (486), 3-point field goal percentage and consecutive games played (130). Her 177 assists as a senior in 2011-12 also rank among the top 10.
A third-round pick, 26th overall, by the Washington Mystics in the 2012 WNBA Draft, Barrett went on to play professionally overseas in France with Club Basket d'Ifs. She led the team to its first playoff and two finals appearances.
