The 2015-16 season will be Ashley Langford’s first as a member of the Navy coaching staff.
Langford spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Denver. Among her various duties with the Pioneers was serving as the recruiting coordinator, coach the backcourt players and being the team’s offensive coordinator.
The native of Harrisburg, Pa., began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Auburn –– from which she earned a Master’s Degree in 2012 –– for two seasons (2009-10, 2010-11) and one year as an assistant coach at Bucknell (2011-12) before moving to Denver.
Langford was a standout guard and student while at Tulane. The 2009 graduate of the school scored 1,047 points and remains the program’s career leader in games started (119), minutes played (4,162), assists (722) and assists per game (6.0). She was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team in 2006, was a third-team all-conference honoree in each of her remaining three seasons and was selected as a Freshman All-American by the Women’s Basketball News Service. The Green Wave amassed an overall record of 75-47 during her four years, a span that included a 26-7 record in 2007 when the team won the Conference USA regular season title and advanced to the second round of the WNIT.
Off the court, Langford was named the 2009 C-USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also received the conference’s Postgraduate Scholarship and Spirit of Service Award that same season. Langford graduated from Tulane in 2009 with bachelor’s degrees in management and marketing (double major) before heading to C-USA as an intern in the Sports Services, Finance and Marketing Departments. Langford previously interned in the Tulane athletics office in 2008, assisting with sales promotions and the National Basketball Events in Chicago, as well as managing a facility for the Nike Girls’ Basketball Tournament in 2007.
