Semeka Randall

Semeka Chantay Randall (born February 7, 1979, in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player who is the head coach of the Alabama A&M University women's basketball team. Randall was the former head coach of the Ohio Bobcats, until being fired from that position on March 10, 2013. She previously served as an assistant coach of the women's basketball teams at West Virginia University and Michigan State University.

High school years

She attended Trinity High School in Garfield Heights, Ohio, where she starred in basketball until 1996. Randall was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored seventeen points.

College years

She was a member of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team, the Lady Vols, which won the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1998, with a perfect 39–0 won-loss record.

She was one of the three star players on the team collectively known as "The Meeks": Randall, Chamique Holdsclaw, and Tamika Catchings. Her reputation as a standout defensive player won her the nickname "Hard to Handle Randall". A game at UConn where the Huskies' fans booed her relentlessly earned her the nickname "Boo".