Murray State University Athletics
Staff Directory
Turner, Rechelle
Rechelle Turner
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- (270) 809-5413
At Murray State
- Enters her ninth season at the helm of the Murray State women's basketball team in 2025-26
- Led Murray State women's basketball to a Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament championship in 2025 and the first NCAA Tournament appearance by the program since 2008
- Set the program record for wins against UIC on January 12, 2025
- Set program single-season wins record with 25 in 2025
- Coached Racers all-time leading scorer and rebounder in Katelyn Young as Young surpassed 3000 career points during the 2024-25 season
- Led MSU to a 20 win season and a WNIT appearance in 2023-24
- Tied previous school-record for most regular-season win in school history with 21 in 2021-22
- Led Racers to WNIT in 2021-22 for first time since 2009
- Led the Racers to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in their first season in the conference.
- Guided Racers to back-to-back OVC semifinal appearances in 2020-21 and 2021-22
- Coached Katelyn Young to OVC Player of the Year honor in addition to placing a school record four player on All-OVC teams
- Led Racers to first .500 or better finish in 2020-21 in both overall and OVC play since the 2011-12
- Took Racers to the OVC tournament for the fourth consecutive season in 2020-21, where the Racers upset third-seeded Southeast Missouri
- Has posted a top-ten all-time free throw percentage in three of four season including a career-high 76.8-percent in 2020-21, which is the fourth best free throw percentage in school history.
- Following the 2020-21 season, Macey Turley and Katelyn Young were both named to the All-OVC first team, while Turley also earned All-Tournament honors
- Had a career-high three OVC postseason awards in 2019-20 with Macey Turley being named to the first team, Alexis Burpo being named to the second team and Laci Hawthorne being named to the All-Newcomer team
- Led a team that was picked 12th in the OVC preseason poll to a 9-9 league record and a sixth place finish in 2018-19
- Coached Macey Turley to 2019 Freshman of the Year and All-OVC second team honors and Evelyn Adebayo to a spot on the All-OVC first-team
- Has qualified for the OVC tournament in each of her first three seasons
- In 2017-18, she coached OVC Player of the Year Ke'Shunan James to a fantastic senior season in which she led the OVC in scoring at 21.3 points per game.
- The Racers won seven league games and earned a spot in the OVC Tournament for the first time since 2016.
- Coached Racers to 11 wins in her rookie season
- Hired as head women's basketball coach March 29, 2017
Before MSU
- Spent 21 seasons as the head coach at Murray High School
- Went 460-178 at MHS, the 20th-most career victories in Kentucky state history
- Led the Tigers to 13 All-A Region 1 championships
- Four Region 1 titles
- Five District 4 championships
- Led MHS to the 2016 All-A State Championship
- Six-time All-Purchase Coach of the Year honoree
- KABC First Region Coach of the Year in 2014
- Was inducted into both the KABC Court of Honor and the Marshall County Hall of Fame in 2016
Playing Career
- Played at MSU from 1991-94
- Led the Racers in assists in the 1992-93 and the 1993-94 seasons
- Three-time OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll member
- Also played golf at MSU
Personal
- Native of Calvert City, Kentucky
- Graduated from Murray State in 1996 with a degree in Learning and Behavior Studies
- In 2001, graduated with her Master's in Reading and Writing from MSU
- Received her Administrative Certification in 2009 from the University of the Cumberlands
- Turner and her husband Travis reside in Murray and have two sons, Cade and Cadwell
Conlee Crossno Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
Jody Wright Bye Week Press Conference
Tuesday, September 23
09-22-25 Coach Ryan Miller Press Conference
Monday, September 22
09-22-25 Mason Miller & Fred King Press Conference
Monday, September 22
