Former NCAA Division 1 Head Coach
Shanice was the head women's basketball coach at the University of North Texas. She spent three seasons as the associate head coach at Clemson University, and was an assistant at Rice University the previous 9. She is considered an excellent recruiter, having drawn several top 25 classes while at Clemson. At Rice, she helped the Owls win 179 games. During her time at Rice from 1996-2005, Stephens was part of program that reached heights never before seen by the women's basketball team. Rice won 20 games or more in six of the nine seasons and reached the NCAA Tournament twice (2000, 2005) along with trips to the WNIT in 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004. Along with the six postseason appearances for Rice, Stephens helped the Lady Owls to 179 wins and was part of a program that averaged just under 20 wins per season in her time at Rice. The 2004-05 season saw Rice capture a school-record 24 wins and its second WAC Tournament title and trip to the NCAA Tournament. In 1999-00 Stephens helped lead Rice to the WAC Tournament Championship and the school's first ever NCAA Tournament berth.
