Metress Joins Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff
5/24/2024 7:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MACON – Women's basketball head coach Michelle Clark-Heard continued to add strength to her 2024-25 coaching sideline on Friday evening when she announced the addition of Elizabeth Metress as an assistant coach.
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Metress comes to Middle Georgia from Conway, S.C., where she has spent the last two seasons as the Director of Operations for the Coastal Carolina women's basketball program. She also has a previous coaching stop as a graduate assistant at Georgia.
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"I am excited to welcome Liz to Mercer," Clark-Heard said. "She is an up-and-coming coach who has already gained invaluable experience working in area, and she has an amazing work ethic as well. We look forward to having her join our family and I can't wait for the Mercer community to meet her."
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Metress played an integral role in Coastal Carolina's success across both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns, including a plethora of behind-the-scenes work. CCU ranked among NCAA Division I's top rebounding squads during the 2023-24 campaign, while also showcasing one of the nation's top free throw-shooting teams as well. The Chanticleers also posted a pair of victories against Southern Conference squads, including a comeback triumph over Chattanooga.
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Following a successful stint as a manager across her final three seasons as an undergraduate in Athens, Ga., Metress assumed a role as Georgia's graduate assistant coach for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons – a span that saw the Lady Bulldogs amass 42 victories and a pair of NCAA Tournament berths. Georgia boasted one of the nation's top defensive squads across both seasons, including a 2020-21 campaign that saw the program finish fourth among NCAA Division I squads in blocked shots.
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A native of Grovetown, Metress earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics education from UGA in 2020, and completed her graduate work in kinesiology from the prestigious institution in 2022. Her father, Dip, has amassed a plethora of success across the last two decades as the skipper for the men's basketball program at Augusta.
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Metress comes to Middle Georgia from Conway, S.C., where she has spent the last two seasons as the Director of Operations for the Coastal Carolina women's basketball program. She also has a previous coaching stop as a graduate assistant at Georgia.
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"I am excited to welcome Liz to Mercer," Clark-Heard said. "She is an up-and-coming coach who has already gained invaluable experience working in area, and she has an amazing work ethic as well. We look forward to having her join our family and I can't wait for the Mercer community to meet her."
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Metress played an integral role in Coastal Carolina's success across both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns, including a plethora of behind-the-scenes work. CCU ranked among NCAA Division I's top rebounding squads during the 2023-24 campaign, while also showcasing one of the nation's top free throw-shooting teams as well. The Chanticleers also posted a pair of victories against Southern Conference squads, including a comeback triumph over Chattanooga.
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Following a successful stint as a manager across her final three seasons as an undergraduate in Athens, Ga., Metress assumed a role as Georgia's graduate assistant coach for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons – a span that saw the Lady Bulldogs amass 42 victories and a pair of NCAA Tournament berths. Georgia boasted one of the nation's top defensive squads across both seasons, including a 2020-21 campaign that saw the program finish fourth among NCAA Division I squads in blocked shots.
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A native of Grovetown, Metress earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics education from UGA in 2020, and completed her graduate work in kinesiology from the prestigious institution in 2022. Her father, Dip, has amassed a plethora of success across the last two decades as the skipper for the men's basketball program at Augusta.
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