Sandra Rushing

Sandra Rushing is an American women's college basketball coach. She has served as head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Delta State University, and the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). When she left UTEP, she had the best record for women's basketball in the school's history. Rushing was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 1999.

Biography Rushing grew up on a farm in Wool Market, Mississippi. She played basketball at Alabama and was named a defensive MVP. She earned her master's degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from Delta State University in 1989.

Rushing started her professional career in coaching at Millsaps College in the 1989–90 season. At UTEP, she ran summer camps for kids, working with other coaches like Don Haskins. Haskins was also her mentor at UTEP. She was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 1999. Rushing resigned as a coach from UTEP in 2001. Rushing was named the Gulf South Conference West Division Coach of the Decade in 2010.

Rushing resigned as UCA head coach on February 25, 2023, citing her ongoing care for her ailing mother. She had missed eight games during the 2022–23 season due to her care obligations.