Coaching Staff

Sonya Beeler
Head Coach - Women's Basketball

Sonya Beeler enters her first season as head coach of the Cincinnati State women's basketball team.

A native of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Beeler comes to Cincinnati State with experience as a player, coach and in sports broadcasting.

Beeler played basketball for four years at Bradley University, where she majored in Early Childhood Education. In 1998, she earned a Master’s in Sport Administration from Ohio University.

Tom Hathaway, who began his duties as Cincinnati State’s newest athletic director on May 14, looks forward to the addition of Beeler.

“Coach Beeler’s background and experience speaks for itself. Under her leadership, our student-athletes will experience great success on the floor and in the classroom,” Hathaway said.

Beeler began her coaching career as an assistant at South Carolina Upstate, where she spent one year before accepting the head coaching position at Spartanburg Methodist College. From 2002 until 2011, Beeler performed work for ESPN, CBS Sports, and Fox Sports South as a color analyst. She returned to coaching in 2011 as the head coach at Monroe High School.

"I am excited to be here and to get the process started," said Beeler. "We have a lot of work to do over the next few months before the season starts."

Coach Beeler takes over a women's program coming off back to back National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament appearances and a 32-3 overall record in 2012.