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Billi Chambers
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Xavier
Conference	Big East
Record	19–70 (.213)
Biographical details
Born	1981 or 1982 (age 44–45)^[1] Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Hofstra University
Playing career
1999–2003	Hofstra

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2008	Molloy (asst.)
2008–2011	UMBC (asst.)
2011–2013	Virginia Tech (asst.)
2013–2023	Iona
2023–present	Xavier

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2004–2006	East Coast Conference (assoc. commissioner)

Head coaching record
Overall	160–223 (.418)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× MAAC Tournament Champion (2016, 2023) Maggie Dixon Award (2014)

Billi Chambers (née Godsey) is an American women's basketball coach who is the current head coach for the Xavier Musketeers. She was previously the head coach for Iona.

Playing career

Chambers played at Hofstra for 4 years playing in 78 games and making 23 starts.^[2]

Coaching career

Chambers started her coaching career at Molloy, where she was an assistant, before serving as an assistant at UMBC and Virginia Tech. She got her first head coaching job for Iona where she would coach for ten years. In those ten years she put up an 141–153 record, while winning the MAAC conference tournament twice, making the NCAA Tournament twice losing in the first round both times.^[3] On April 5, 2023, Chambers was hired by the Xavier Musketeers to be their next head coach.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

Chambers is a part of the LBGTQ community and is married to her wife Melba.^[6]

References

↑ Heyman, Brian (April 7, 2014). "Women's basketball: Iona's Billi Godsey named rookie coach of year". The Journal News. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2026. The 32-year-old Maryland native
↑ "BILLI CHAMBERS". Iona Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
↑ Clark, Jack. "Iona WBB Head Coach Billi Chambers Accepts Position at Xavier; National Search for Replacement Underway". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
↑ Lautzenheiser, Greg. "Billi Chambers Named Xavier Head Women's Basketball Coach". Xavier University Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
↑ Connelly, Brendan. "Xavier women's basketball tabs Billi Chambers as newest head coach". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
↑ Zeigler, Cyd. "Here are 20 LGBT college basketball players and 57 coaches who have been out while competing". Out Sports. Retrieved May 10, 2023.

External links

Xavier profile

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