Head Coach
Christopher Reay
Christopher Reay enters his 15th overall season at the beginning of the Memorial High Inaugural Season; prior to Memorial High, Coach Reay served one season as the Wichita Falls Hirschi High School Head Girls Basketball Coach. Prior to Hirschi, he was the Head Women's Basketball coach at Midwestern State for three seasons, after serving as the first assistant coach for the previous ten seasons.
In the 2021-22 season, Reay led the Mustangs to a 14-13 season, with an 8-8 tally in the LSC. The team finished ninth in the league standings and exited the conference tournament after the first round. Morgan Lenahan and Frances King each tallied a place on the All-LSC Second Team while Hannah Reynolds notched a spot on the third team.
In his first full year at the helm, Reay helped the team to an 11-7 season, going 11-5 in Lone Star Conference play. The Mustangs finished fifth in the LSC table, their best place since 2014-15. The season highlighted with an 85-82 W over later ranked Texas A&M-Commerce, which sprouted a five game win-streak. The team topped the record book with 15 threes made against UT Tyler.
Reay served as interim head coach for the final 10 games of the 2019-2020 season following Noel Johnson's leave of absence to continue her fight against ovarian cancer. In Johnson's absence, Reay guided the Mustangs to a 4-6 (4-5) finish and a trip to the Lone Star Conference Postseason. He was named the program's 11th head coach on June 22, 2020 and succeeds Johnson, who passed away earlier in June after a 14-month battle with ovarian cancer.
During his tenure, the Mustangs became one of the most improved teams in NCAA Division II jumping from a 10-16 mark in 2010-11 to a 26-6 mark in 2012-13 en route to an NCAA Division II South Central Regional final appearance and the program's first Lone Star Conference title since 2001.
The Mustangs followed up the successful run by advancing to the South Central Regional with an 18-12 record in 2013-14. MSU pushed eventual NCAA Division II national runner-up West Texas A&M to the brink in the LSC Postseason Tournament semifinals by taking the Lady Buffs to overtime for the second time that season before falling to No. 4-ranked Colorado Mesa in the opening round at regionals.
In 2014-15, the Mustangs advanced to their third-straight NCAA Tournament, putting together a 12-game win streak from Nov. 18-Jan. 11 on their way to a program-best start of 13-1. MSU's postseason run would end in the opening round with a 67-57 defeat to Colorado Christian to end the season at 23-7.
Reay had a hand in mentoring Daktronics honorable mention All-American Andrea Carter and three Daktronics All-South Central Region selections including Savannah Carver in 2011-12, Kirsti Degelia in 2012-13 and Carter, who captured three all-region honors her final three seasons with the Mustangs (2013-15).
The Mustangs have produced ten All-LSC performers, including first-teamers in Carver (2011-12), Carter (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15), Dianna Jones (2014-15), and Morgan Lenahan (2020-21); second-teamers Nolisha Markham (2010-11), Degelia (2012-13), Elizabeth Cathcart (2019-20), Lenahan (2021-22) and Frances King (2020-21, 2021-22); and third-teamers Mica Schneider (2019-2020) and Hannah Reynolds (2021-22).
Playing Career
Reay spent three seasons playing professionally in the New Zealand National Basketball League, making stops with the Ecogise Nelson Giants and McDonald's Manawatu Jets after completing a solid two-year playing career with the Mustangs.
Reay helped Midwestern State to a Lone Star Conference championship and a trip to the NCAA Division II postseason tournament in 2006-07 when he started in 28 of 31 games while averaging 6.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest.
He also made great contributions off the floor, serving as president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and twice being named to the LSC All-Academic team after transferring from SMU, where Reay earned two letters and garnered first-team Western Athletic Conference all-academic accolades after his sophomore season in 2004-05.