Brittany Bigott - Women's Basketball Coach

Brittany Bigott

Title:
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Email:
bbigott@unca.edu
Phone:
251-6906

Asheville won 11 games and four in the Big South Conference in Bigott's first season in 2023-24. She coached McKinley Brooks-Sumpter, who was an All-Conference Second Team selection while Millie Brown was the team's All-Academic Team selection.

Brittany Bigott was announced as UNC Asheville's Assistant Women's Basketball Coach on May 1, 2023.

Bigott comes to Asheville after three years on staff at Sam Houston State, where she served as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. In her first season, Sam Houston State finished third in the Southland Conference in the regular season. In 2021-22, the Bearkats advanced to the third round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament after winning 15 games in the regular season. At Sam Houston State she coached two All-WAC First Team selections, two All-WAC Second Team selections and one All-WAC Defensive Team honoree.
Prior to Sam Houston State, Bigott spent two years on staff at McNeese State as an Assistant Coach. At McNeese, she coached one Southland Conference All-Academic Team selection and one All-Conference selection.

Before breaking into the Division I ranks, Bigott served as a Graduate Assistant at Division II Wayne State and also was both a Head Coach (2015-16) and Assistant Coach (2013-17) at Big Basketball Academy. At Wayne State, she coached the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Preseason Player of the Year, one All-Region selection, two All-Conference First Team selections and one All-Freshman Team selection.

Bigott appeared in 87 career games and was a NAIA Scholar-Athlete all four years at St. Thomas Houston. She led the team in three-point field goal percentage as both a freshman and sophomore, and was a four-time Academic All-Conference pick as well as UST's Scholar Athlete of the Year her freshman and junior seasons.

Bigott graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. Thomas Houston with a Bachelor of Business Administration (2017), while earning a Master’s of Science in Organizational Management from Wayne State in 2019. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Kinesiology from Sam Houston State.