Makenzie Bray arrived to Lynchburg in the summer of 2025 as an assitant coach on the women's basketball staff. She brings a collective combination of skills from playing experience at the NCAA DI and DII levels to coaching leadership and professional discipline.
Bray played at the collegiate level at Merrimack College, Truman State University, and Lake Superior Stats University. She had significant contributions to her teams at each stop, exemplified by her helping Truman State make an appearance in the NCAA DII Tournament and being named the most valuable player of the 2021-22 season at Lake Superior State.
Before arriving to Lynchburg, she was a varsity and junior varsity assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Panther Creek High School in Cary, N.C. for one year. Prior to that, she spent five years as a skills trainer with Glenwood High School in Chatham, Ill., offering individualized development for high school players. During her high school playing days, she was acclaimed as the Central Illinois Female Athlete of the Year in 2018 and was a nominee for Illinois Miss Basketball in 2018.
