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Former Lady Vol retires from basketball coaching
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Former Tennessee women's basketball player Shelley Sexton Collier retired as Lenoir City High School's (Lenoir City, Tennessee) girls basketball coach.
She made the announcement at a Lenoir City Schools Board meeting on Thursday. The former Lady Vol will remain with the school system as the district's athletic director. She was a basketball coach for nearly 40 years.
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Collier graduated from Anderson County High School (Clinton, Tennessee) in 1983 after attending Lake City High School, which merged with Norris High School to create Anderson County.
Collier was a two-time All-State player in high school and an All-American as a senior after averaging 23 points per game. She scored 1,945 points during her high school career. Collier was a member Anderson County's first graduating class and was inducted into the school's athletics hall of fame on Oct. 2, 2025.
Prior to coaching the Lady Panthers, she served as the head girls basketball coach at Webb School of Knoxville for 25 years. She guided the Lady Spartans to six state championships and 10 appearances in the state championship game. Collier also served as the coach at Clinton High School (Clinton, Tennessee) and Karns High School (Knoxville, Tennessee). She served as an assistant athletic director at Webb, and was named Lenoir City's athletic director in 2025.
Collier played for the Lady Vols from 1983-87 for coach Pat Summitt. She was the Most Valuable Player on Summitt's first national championship team in 1987.
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Collier won a national championship as a player and as a graduate assistant coach under Summitt at Tennessee.
More: Former Lady Vol to be inducted into Anderson County High School Sports Hall of Fame
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