HAMPTON, Va. (Aug. 21, 2025) … Hampton University women's basketball coach Tamisha Augustin announced the addition of Trinese Fox to the Pirate coaching staff.  
 
"Trinese is a great addition to our Women's Basketball Program! I'm excited to see her fitting in with the continuity of my current staff," Augustin said. "As my former guard, she was a hard worker and very disciplined. She is a relentless recruiter who brings winning experience to Hampton. Coach Fox has a proven track record in player development and is known for her winning ways. I am looking forward to seeing her work with our teams for years to come."

Fox is no stranger to the Hampton Roads area. She served two stints as an assistant coach at Norfolk State (2020-22 and 2023-25), as well as Christopher Newport (2016-18). Fox also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater Nansemond River High in Suffolk (2014-16).

In her coaching career, Fox has recruited, coached and developed top-level talent. She has had a hand in 10 first team All-Conference players, two Conference Player of the Year winners, the 2023-24 and 2024-25 National HBCU Players of the Year in Kierra Wheeler and Diamond Johnson, five second team All-Conference players, one League Tournament MVP, one League Newcomer of the Year and a pair of League Defensive Players of the Year as an assistant coach.
 
She is also no stranger to winning. Fox played a prominent role in the success of recent Norfolk State basketball. In two terms of two seasons each, she helped lead the Spartans to a combined 79-32 record, a pair of NCAA Tournament bids in 2024 and 2025, along with a bid to the WNIT in 2022. Fox spent the 2022-23 campaign at East Tennessee State where the Bucs posted a 25-10 mark and earned a post season bid to the WBI Tournament.
 
Fox has served as an assistant coach dating back to 2020 in the Boo Williams Summer League in Hampton.
 
She spent one year as an assistant coach at Claflin during the 2018-19 season. She helped lead the Lady Panthers to a 15-11 mark and aided in the development of CIAA All-Rookie guard Dashia Jackson and CIAA Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Fields.
 
She spent two years as an assistant coach at the collegiate level in the 757 area at Christopher Newport. Fox helped lead the team to the 2017 NCAA Final Four as well as a Sweet 16 appearance in 2018. The Captains won the Capital Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships during her first year in 2016-17. Altogether, the program went 54-8 during her two years there, 32-4 in the league.
 
Fox began her coaching career during the 2013-14 season at Lenoir Community College as an assistant coach. She was then an assistant coach for the varsity girls team at her high school alma mater Nansemond River High in nearby Suffolk for two years from 2014-16 as the Warriors won a pair of conference championships.
 
A four-year member of the South Carolina State basketball team, Fox earned third-team All-MEAC honors as a senior in 2012-13. She helped the Bulldogs finish in fourth place in the league that year as part of a 20-win season. She was also a member of the MEAC All-Academic team. Fox received a bachelor's degree in sport management in 2013 from South Carolina State.