Bringing over 30 years of coaching experience at every level to The Flats, Chris Meadows, Sr. was named an assistant coach for Georgia Tech women’s basketball in April 2025. He begins his first season with the Yellow Jackets in 2025-26.
A distinguished figure in women’s basketball, Meadows has coached over 1,000 Division I student-athletes and 12 McDonald’s All-Americans, many of whom have gone on to play professionally in the NBA and WNBA. He was recognized as one of the 50 most impactful assistant coaches in the country by Silver Waves Media in back-to-back years. He also served as a WBCA on court presenter at the Final Four two-straight seasons, solidifying his reputation as a top-tier coach.
No stranger to the Atlantic Coast Conference, Meadows comes to Tech after serving as assistant coach at Boston College for the past three seasons (2022-25). In his first season at BC, Meadows helped lead the team to their first top-10 win since 2010, defeating No. 9/10 NC State on the road in 2023. While with the Eagles, Meadows helped mentor standout athletes Taina Mair and T’Yana Todd. His first season saw Mair earn a spot on the ACC all-freshman team after setting a single-season freshman BC record for assists (217), while leading the league in the same statistical category. A notable name in the ACC, Todd showed continued improvement under the tutelage of Meadows, ranking top 100 nationally in three-point field goal percentage and increasing her scoring average to 11.8 points per game.
Meadows has coached at every level of the game, including collegiate, high school and AAU circuits. He is also a well-regarded figure in travel basketball, having won multiple national showcases in both the boys’ and girls’ circuits. In addition, he was a program director for FBC Carolinas from 2018-21 and the director of ASGR Carolina Elite from 2017-19. In 2009, Meadows founded Momentum Skills Academy, where he worked until 2020 while he was the head varsity girl’s coach at Rocky River High School (2016-17) and was the head coach for Central Cabarrus High School from 2009-11.
In addition to his coaching achievements, Meadows recently co-authored the book I AM D-1: How to Conquer the World of Travel Basketball, which reflects his commitment to empowering, informing and encouraging players and families working towards earning a Division I scholarship.
Meadows is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, where he played for the Bonnies from 1990-92. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in elementary and special education from the institution. He and his wife, Glinda, have two children, Chris, Jr. and Courtney. Chris, Jr. is a graduate of NCAT and Courtney was a women’s basketball lettterwinner and graduate of High Point University.
