Sheila Boykin - Assistant Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches

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Sheila Boykin

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
sheila.boykin@csun.edu
Phone:
4949

Sheila Boykin, who joined the CSUN program in October 2020, will begin her second full season as a Matador assistant coach in the Fall of 2022.

Boykin, whose father, Shelton played for the Matadors’ men’s basketball team from 1990-92, came to CSUN from San Diego State where she served as a graduate assistant on the Aztec women’s basketball staff from 2018-20. In her role with the Aztecs, she oversaw opponent practice coverage, the team photo shoot, and coordinated alumni relations and parent outreach. She also served as the team’s liaison for academics and helped run San Diego State’s Summer camps. Boykin worked towards her master’s degree in homeland security from SDSU.

Boykin was one of the nation’s top high school recruits coming out of Long Beach Poly High School in 2011. She led Poly to three Moore League titles and was named Moore League MVP and CIF-SS Division I-AA Player of the Year as a senior.

After choosing to play collegiately at LSU, Boykin went on to play in 113 games over four years for the Tigers, making 42 starts. As a senior, she averaged 5.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. In 2014, she received the Eye of the Tiger Award, which is given out annually to an LSU student-athlete who overcomes adversity in their life to succeed both in the classroom and in competition.

Upon graduating from LSU with a degree in interdisciplinary studies, she embarked on a professional career overseas, playing for Panathlitikos (Greece) and Bayrakli (Turkey).

She began her coaching career in 2017 when she helped lead Warren High School in Downey, Calif. to a CIF Southern Section Championship as an assistant coach. Boykin also served as a head coach for the West Coast Premier Basketball Club and the program’s Premier Gold club from 2017-18.