LaDerica Paul

Biography

LaDerica "LD" Paul recently wrapped up her third season with UNT women's basketball as the director of basketball operations. Her first season at North Texas saw the team win a then-record 23 games, including 13 in conference play to clinch a share of the program's first conference championship since 1986. It also earned a berth to the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, marking the sixth postseason appearance ever at UNT. The Mean Green then continued their success in Paul's second season, reaching new heights with 25 wins for the first time. After compiling a 15-3 record in conference play, UNT appeared in the WNIT and won a national postseason tournament game for the first time since 2019 in its run to the round of 16. Most recently, UNT went 19-14 during the 2025-26 season to cap off the program's winningest three-year stretch of all-time. The Mean Green ranked top three in both scoring offense and defense and once again reached the American Conference tournament semifinals. Paul held the same title in her one season at Incarnate Word prior to her arrival at UNT. There, she helped the Cardinals win 15 games and earn the fourth seed in the Southland Conference tournament. No stranger to Denton, Paul spent the 2021-22 campaign as an assistant coach nearby at Texas Women's University. Before her stint at TWU, she was an assistant coach on the 2021 North Central staff that led the program to its first regular season championship and Upper Midwest Athletic Conf

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