Trinity (Texas) is pleased to announce the hiring of Amie Smith Bradley as women's basketball coach, effective immediately.

Bradley, a four-year starter and member of the 1,000 point club for UT-Austin, is the founder and owner of a basketball skills training company in Dallas, as well as an active AAU coach. She was a graduate of 22-time state champion Bishop Lynch High School, and has also been an assistant coach at the school since 1999.

"Today is a great day for Trinity women's basketball," remarked athletic director Bob King.  "We are privileged to hire a talented young coach that has been close to the program the last three years.  I am very pleased in the search process, and the number of top-quality candidates that we were able to consider."

Bradley has watched the team closely over the past three seasons, as her younger sister Jenna Smith led Trinity to two playoff appearances -- including the 2003 Division III national championship. "I'm excited about the athletics and academics at Trinity," said Bradley. "My focus is to bring in players from around the state.  There is definitely a lot of talent out there. I'm also excited about inheriting a winning program from coach (Becky) Geyer."

Geyer departed in June for an assistant's job at Central Florida with a record of 164-50 (.766) over her last eight seasons. Under her guidance, the Tigers won three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles and the only four NCAA playoff appearances in its history.

The team expects to return two starters and 12 letterwinners from last year's team that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, and finished with a 25-5 record.