Tammi Reiss

On April 18, 2019, she was named the 9th head coach in Rhode Island Rams women's basketball history.

In 2015, Reiss joined the Syracuse University staff as one of their women's basketball assistant coaches.

In 2013, Reiss joined the Cal State-Fullerton University as one of their women's basketball team's assistant coaches.

In 2011, Reiss joined San Diego State University as assistant coach of the Lady Aztecs basketball team. She helped direct the team to a sweep of the Mountain West regular season and championship, as well as a spot in the NCAA championship tournament.

In 2002, Reiss was selected to the ACC's 50th anniversary women's basketball team.

Reiss became assistant coach of the Starzz in 2001 and remained with the team through 2003 (staying with the team when it relocated to San Antonio, Texas as the San Antonio Silver Stars).

Reiss debuted as an actress in a 1999 episode of the television comedy, Sister Sister (The Road Less Travelled). In 2002, she played one of the main characters, Vicki Sanchez, in the feature comedy film, Juwanna Mann. That same year, she played a coach in the made-for-television film Double Teamed.

Reiss is an avid public speaker in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, where she became based after she was signed by the Starzz. In the 1998 off-season, Reiss joined the Utah Jazz television broadcasting team. She also has a basketball camp and owns a business named Hoop Dreams, Inc, and one named T & R Management. Reiss has also worked as a personal trainer at Gold's Gym and as operations manager for ProTech.

Reiss played for the Starzz during the 1997 and 1998 WNBA seasons, averaging 7.2 points, 2.7 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game.

Reiss received an athletic scholarship to the University of Virginia and played from 1989 to 1992. There, she teamed up with Dawn Staley and twins Heidi and Heather Burge. She was coached by Debbie Ryan. At the University of Virginia, Reiss became a three-time all American.

Reiss was born in New York, and she attended Eldred Central School, a high-school in the area. Reiss began playing in her high-school's team as an eighth-grader. She led Eldred Central to a state championship in 1988, and finished her high school basketball career with 2,871 points scored. That total places her, as of 2014, in fifth place among New York state's all time high school girls' scoring leaders. At Eldred Central, Reiss was coached by Ken Bjorn and Frank Kean, with boys' team coach Paul Tylawsky, a former basketball player with a Boston Celtics affiliate, also training her three times a week.

Reiss was also an accomplished runner during this period, her achievements in Track and Field including winning the state's Class D cross-country championship in 1983.

Tammi Reiss (born April 2, 1970) is an American actress and former professional basketball player. She is currently the coach for the University of Rhode Island. Reiss is a native of New york state. Reiss graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 with a major in sports management. As a professional, she was chosen in the first round of the first-ever WNBA draft, and she played for two years with the Utah Starzz.