Lady Comfort joined head coach Candice Dupree's staff as an assistant coach in July of 2024.
Comfort comes to TSU with extensive experience as a player and a coach. Most recently, she coached at Cal State Monterey Bay from 2021-2023. Her professional playing career included a rookie contract with the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA and stints in Serbia, France, Portugal, and Spain. Comfort earned Rebounder of the Year honors in France (2010) and Spain (2014) and was named MVP in Ecuador's 2013 Tournament of the Americas.
Comfort played for Temple University as a collegiate athlete, helping the Owls to three Big Five championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances. She left Temple as the program's career leader in field-goal percentage, ranking 25th on the career scoring list, eighth in rebounds, and seventh in blocked shots.
Comfort began her coaching career at Northwest Florida State, followed by a successful tenure at Tusculum University in Tennessee. She has also spent time in player development at the College of Southern Nevada.
Comfort is a native of Pensacola, Fla., and graduated from Temple with a degree in communications in 2008.
