Former Lady Vol retires from basketball coaching

Former Tennessee women's basketball player Shelley Sexton Collier retired as Lenoir City High School's (Lenoir City, Tennessee) girls head basketball coach. Former Lady Vol Shelley Collier retired as Lenoir City High School's (Lenoir City, Tennessee) girls basketball head coach. She announced her retirement from coaching at a Lenoir City Schools Board meeting on Thursday.

The former Lady Vol will remain with the school system as the district's athletic director. She was a basketball coach for 39 years. Collier graduated from Anderson County High School (Clinton, Tennessee) in 1983 after attending Lake City High School, which merged with Norris High School to create Anderson County.

Collier was a two-time All-State player in high school and an All-American as a senior after averaging 23 points per game. She scored 1,945 points during her high school career. Collier was a member Anderson County's first graduating class and was inducted into the school's athletics hall of fame on Oct.

2, 2025. Prior to coaching the Lady Panthers, she served as the head girls basketball coach at Webb School of Knoxville for 25 years. She guided the Lady Spartans to six state championships and 10 appearances in the state championship game.