University of Houston Athletics
Women's Basketball
Mansa El
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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El returns to Houston after spending the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach at the University of South Alabama. During her time with the Jaguars, El managed the defensive game plan, player substitutions, time-out management and foul management during games. She was also responsible for scouting opponents and implementing defensive strategies before each game. Off the court, El managed the academic standing of all student athletes and acted as a marketing liaison for the program.
Before her time at South Alabama, El has served as assistant varsity coach for the boy's team at Cypress Springs (Texas) High School, where her responsibilities included in-game play calls, scouting opponents, planning and executing the team's strength and conditioning program and constructing preseason practice plans. In her first season with the team the Panthers finished 24-10 overall and a a first-round victory in the region tournament, while the next winter her efforts helped CSHS go 27-10 — including sharing the district title with a 14-2 mark — while advancing to the second round of the region tournament. She also worked with the FAM Elite AAU program at the same time, serving as head coach of the 15-and-under team as well as an assistant with the 16- and 17-and under squads.
El began her coaching career as an assistant at West Virginia Wesleyan during the 2013-14 season, moving on to become a graduate assistant on the staff at Houston the following year. She performed in that role for two seasons before being elevated to interim assistant coach for the 2015-16 campaign, then was hired in a full-time assistant capacity at Canisius the next season.
A two-year letterwinner at South Alabama from 2010-12, El posted 691 points, 247 rebounds, 162 assists and 78 steals in 69 career appearances for the Jaguars. She was named third-team All-Sun Belt as a redshirt junior after averaging 12.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per contest, and the following season she posted averages of 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds; her efforts helped lead South Alabama to a 17-13 finish each of those years.
El received her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from South in 2013 and her master's degree in human resource development from Houston in 2016.
El returns to Houston after spending the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach at the University of South Alabama. During her time with the Jaguars, El managed the defensive game plan, player substitutions, time-out management and foul management during games. She was also responsible for scouting opponents and implementing defensive strategies before each game. Off the court, El managed the academic standing of all student athletes and acted as a marketing liaison for the program.
Before her time at South Alabama, El has served as assistant varsity coach for the boy's team at Cypress Springs (Texas) High School, where her responsibilities included in-game play calls, scouting opponents, planning and executing the team's strength and conditioning program and constructing preseason practice plans. In her first season with the team the Panthers finished 24-10 overall and a a first-round victory in the region tournament, while the next winter her efforts helped CSHS go 27-10 — including sharing the district title with a 14-2 mark — while advancing to the second round of the region tournament. She also worked with the FAM Elite AAU program at the same time, serving as head coach of the 15-and-under team as well as an assistant with the 16- and 17-and under squads.
El began her coaching career as an assistant at West Virginia Wesleyan during the 2013-14 season, moving on to become a graduate assistant on the staff at Houston the following year. She performed in that role for two seasons before being elevated to interim assistant coach for the 2015-16 campaign, then was hired in a full-time assistant capacity at Canisius the next season.
A two-year letterwinner at South Alabama from 2010-12, El posted 691 points, 247 rebounds, 162 assists and 78 steals in 69 career appearances for the Jaguars. She was named third-team All-Sun Belt as a redshirt junior after averaging 12.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per contest, and the following season she posted averages of 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds; her efforts helped lead South Alabama to a 17-13 finish each of those years.
El received her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from South in 2013 and her master's degree in human resource development from Houston in 2016.
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