Women's Basketball Associate Head Coach

Michael Berry

Berry enters his second season with the Rams after having helped lead the team to a NAIA National Tournament appearence in his first year with the team.  Before arriving at Mobile, Berry spent one season as the head women's basketball coach at Harvest Christian Academy in Pasadena, Texas.

Prior to being the head coach at Harvest Christian Academy, Berry was the assistant women’s basketball coach at Sam Houston State University, a NCAA Division I school in Huntsville, Texas. Berry was responsible for the coordination of high school and junior college recruiting, assisting in pre-season and post-season workouts, development of post players and instruction in a weight lifting class.

Before his time at Sam Houston State, Berry helped to develop a new women’s basketball program at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. Berry was again in charge of recruiting, coordination of high school and international student athletes, scouting and scheduling opponents, coordination of basketball camps, development of perimeter players, maintenance of student records and keeping track of eligibility of all participating athletes.

Berry is a 1991 Bachelors of Arts graduate in Mass Communications from Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he was a starter on the1991 NAIA National Championship team. Berry would go on to receive his Masters of Liberal Arts in Management/Leadership also from Oklahoma City University in 1996.

While working on his Masters of Arts, Berry worked as a Veteran Affairs/Special Programs Coordinator with Oklahoma City University from 1992-97. As Programs Coordinator, Berry coordinated an Asian off-campus International MBA program, coordinated prior learning for undergraduate studies programs, (PLUS) and certified the Veterans of the Armed Forces for educational benefits.

After his five years as the Programs Coordinator, Berry took his first head coaching job with Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pa. as the head women’s basketball coach and assistant men’s coach for the 1997-98 season before returning to Oklahoma City University to serve for two seasons as the assistant women’s basketball coach and as a tax compliance officer.

While at Oklahoma City University, Berry helped lead his team to back-to-back NAIA National Championships in 1999 and 2000.

Berry is a native of North Carolina and is married to his wife Geeta. Berry has two children, Mycah who is 14 and Rekha, who is 8 years old.