Anthony Epps enters his third season with Northern Kentucky women's basketball, having joined the program as an Assistant Coach in July 2020.
Epps has honed his coaching acumen through more than a dozen years of coaching experience at a variety of levels and among a plethora of sports. Immediately prior to joining the Norse, Epps was the head boys basketball coach at Campbellsville High School, where he led the team to the 5th Region All-A Tournament Championship and worked as an Exceptional Child Education Teacher. Before serving as the boys head coach, he was the girl’s head coach at Campbellsville for three seasons, being named the 5th Region Co-Coach of the Year in 2017. Epps has also coached football, girls volleyball and softball.
He is no stranger to success in the Bluegrass State. Following a distinguished prep career that included a 1993 KHSAA State Championship for Marion County High School, Epps went on to an exceptional career at the University of Kentucky where he was a member of the 1996 NCAA National Championship team and then helped lead the Wildcats to the Final Four in 1997 as a team captain. UK went 124-19 in his four seasons playing in Lexington. Epps still ranks in the top-10 in four different statistical categories for Kentucky, including second all-time in assists (544).
Following his playing career at UK, Epps played professionally in the ABA, Continental Basketball Association, United Pro Basketball League and the Kentucky Basketball Developmental League.
