William & Mary Athletics

Kenia Cole enters her fifth season as the Tribe women's basketball assistant coach after joining the program prior to the 2021-22 season and was retained by head coach Erin Dickerson Davis when she took over in 2022-23. Cole earned the title of director of recruiting on top of her assistant coaching role in May of 2025.

Cole and the rest of the staff aided the Tribe to an historic season in 2024-25, culminating in the school's first CAA title and first trip to the NCAA Tournament, ending the school's drought as the only original DI member to have never made the NCAA Tournament in men's or women's basketball. The Tribe made more history beating High Point in the NCAA First Four in Austin, Texas for the program's first ever NCAA Tournament win. W&M also set records for most field goals and assists in a single season and forced its most turnovers since 2010 with Cole's help on the bench.

She also played a role in the development of Bella Nascimento, who was named the CAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player and was also an All-CAA Second Team Selection in 2024-25 while leading the league in scoring during conference play.

A three-time WBCA Thirty-Under-30 honoree, in 2023-24 Cole aided W&M to a 12-6 record in CAA play for the second consecutive season, matching the program record for league wins in a season. With Cole's help on the bench the Tribe got off to their best start in program history through 11 CAA games, posting an 8-3 mark. She and the rest of Erin Dickerson Davis' staff became the fastest to 20 conference wins in program history (29 games) and the fastest to 30 overall wins since 1929 (53 games).

Her coaching also helped guide Nylah Young and Cassidy Geddes to All-CAA First Team and CAA All-Rookie selections respectively. Young finished the year second in the conference in scoring at 16.1 points per game and Geddes finished her first college season third in the CAA in scoring among rookies.

Cole comes to the Tribe after spending two years as san assistant at Hampton University and boasts plenty of experience on the bench. She got her coaching start at with Oberlin College in the 2017-18 season when she helped the team take home their first ever North Coast Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship. 
 
From Oberlin, Cole moved to Presbyterian College for the 2018-19 season. In her time in Clinton, S.C. Cole worked with the guards and helped Presbyterian to a conference championship semifinal appearance.
 
The Silver Spring, Md. native then coached at her alma mater, returning to Hampton University prior to the 2019-20 season. During her first season at Hampton, the Pirates finished third in the Big South with a 14-6 record. Cole helped bring a defensive intensity to Hampton as the Pirates finished among the nation's best in defensive points per game and turnovers forced in the 2020-21 season. 
 
As a player Cole was a staple in the Hampton backcourt all four years on campus before graduating in May 2015. On the floor she helped lead the Pirates to four MEAC regular season titles and three trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Cole currently resides in Williamsburg with her son Krue.