Solomon Tat

Biography

Solomon Tat is in his fourth year as director of sport performance coach for women's basketball at Rice University. He was named to the position on June 2, 2021. Before accepting the position at Rice, Tat was the associate director of performance and director of training and education for the Liberty University athletics department. At Liberty, Tat supervised and managed the training efforts of three teams. He was primarily responsible for the implementation of performance training programs for men's soccer, women's basketball and volleyball. Tat, a former basketball player at Virginia, was the head performance coach for the men's basketball, cheerleading, and assistant coach for football from 2013-2015. Tat, who is from Nigeria, earned a bachelor's degree from Virginia in 2010 and a master's degree from Liberty University in 2013. He lettered four times as a member of the Cavaliers' men's basketball team and was a team co-captain for the 2009-10 season. Tat and his family reside in Houston, TX.