Basketball (Girls)
Head Girls' Basketball Coach
Coach Lin Slater
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Head Girls' Basketball Coach: Lin Slater
Lin Slater is in her 11th season as head girls' basketball coach at Huffman High School and her 18th season overall. She has compiled a (321-179) overall coaching record and is part of the AHSAA career coaching leaders for overall winning percentage. Coach Slater has led the Lady Vikings to 8 Area Championships, 8 Sweet Sixteen Appearances, 5 Elite 8 Appearances, 3 Regional Championships, 3 Final 4 Appearances and Back to Back State Championship Game Appearances in 2023 and 2024. Coach Slater was named Coach of the Year in 2023 by the Alabama Sports Writers Association and the Alabama Association of Basketball Coaches. She has had several players sign basketball scholarships over the last 9 consecutive years.
Assistant Girls' Basketball Coach: Patricia ReasorAssistant Girls' Basketball Coach: Patricia Reasor
Coach Patricia Reasor was born in Birmingham, Alabama and is a product of the Birmingham City School system. She is a 1992 graduate of Huffman High School. Coach Reasor played basketball and volleyball during her 4year tenure at Huffman. Coach Reasor attended Miles College where she was very active with cheer and dance and a trainer for the basketball team. She finished Miles with a degree in Mathematics. Coach Reasor also attended the Birmingham School of Law where she received her Juris Doctorate.
Coach Reasor was a math instructor at Holt High School in Tuscaloosa, that’s when she began building her coaching resume. Coach Reasor served as the Head girls’ basketball coach at Holt for 3 years. The team was very young and her last year there they were area runners up. Coach Reasor wanted to return to her roots and left Tuscaloosa to accept a math position at Huffman, her home. Upon her immediate return there was not a coaching position in girls’ basketball so she coached cheer. When a position became available for an assistant coaching position for basketball she immediately jumped on it. Coach Reasor has served as assistant coach and head coach over her tenure at Huffman. She is very involved and dedicated to Huffman High and the growth of all athletic programs at Huffman High School. She has two sons.
Alumni
Andrea Gray--Lawson State Community College
Shontel Johnson--Pensacola Community College
Kathy Johnson--University of South Alabama
Donyel Wheeler--University of Alabama
Latriska Jones--Southern University
Nicole Turner--Tuskegee University
Berante Dudley--Lawson State Community College
Shenita Brundidge--University of Alabama at Huntsville
Ashley Pearson--Alabama A&M University
Danielle Jackson--University of Alabama at Birmingham
Wanekia Johnson--University of Alabama at Huntsville
Talya Young--Gadsden State Community College
Michelle Cowan--University of Montevallo
Tamika Dukes--University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jalee Sluss--University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Lashon Johnson--Alabama State University
Stephanie Johnson--Talladega College
Monique Adams--Talladega College
Delnita Dunnigan--Pensacola Community College