Casi Bays coached at Oklahoma Baptist from 2010-20. (Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Baptist)

Women's Basketball 6/9/2022 9:00:00 AM Chris Brannick

Casi Bays Joins Hoops Staff

Longtime Oklahoma Coach Joining Broncho Women's Basketball Staff

EDMOND – New Central Oklahoma head women's basketball coach Emma Andrews announced Thursday Casi Bays will join her staff as assistant women's basketball coach.

Andrews was hired in May to take over the UCO program that has appeared in each of the previous nine MIAA postseason tournaments.

"I am excited to work alongside Coach Andrews," Bays said. "Coach Andrews' commitment, passion, knowledge, and work ethic is unmatched as a leader. I look forward to helping her continue to build upon the success of the women's basketball program here at UCO. Coach Andrews and I share the same vision for the women's basketball program, and I am excited to contribute to the continued success and helping develop these amazing women both on and off the court."

"I'm really excited to add Casi to our Broncho family as the assistant coach," Andrews said. "She is a very well-respected coach and person in the region, and her ability to recruit elite athletes, build long lasting relationships, and create a winning culture has been proven over her years of coaching. Casi brings a high level of experience, and I am eager to work together towards our vision for the Broncho WBB program."

Bays comes to UCO from Edmond Santa Fe High School, where she spent the past two seasons leading the local Wolves. She previously coached 10 years at Oklahoma Baptist University, including eight as the head women's coach. Bays spent five years before that in the high school ranks in Oklahoma.

Bays won 124 games for the Bison as she helped the school transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II. She led OBU to the 2013-14 Sooner Athletic Conference championship and a trip to the NAIA national tournament. Bays took the team back to the NAIA national tournament and reached the national quarterfinals in 2014-15.

As OBU moved into Division II, Bays led the transition and helped the team to a 17-16 record, including a 12-10 mark in the Great American Conference. Her team finished sixth in the standings but was ineligible for the postseason for its first two years in the league. Bays helped get OBU to the GAC Championship quarterfinals in its first year of eligibility in 2017-18.

Bays has coached seven years at the high school level in Oklahoma and has won over 100 games. She won 23 games at Edmond Santa Fe over the past two seasons and totaled 99 career victories in her two posts prior to entering the college level at Newcastle High School (2006-10) and Bridge Creek High School (2005-06).

Bays is from Newcastle, where she starred on the basketball court. She took her talents to Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1998 and started a record-setting career at Oklahoma Baptist.

Bays is still today the No. 5 scorer in school history at OBU, tallying 1,876 points from 1998-2002. She holds the school records for most 3-pointers made in one game (10) and in a career (373), as well as the most 3-pointers attempted in one game (22) and in one career (948).

Bays earned All-Conference honors four times at OBU and was twice named All-American.

She joins Andrews at Central Oklahoma. The Bronchos posted a 17-13 overall record this past season and finished seventh in the MIAA standings.

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