Longwood University Athletics

Former University of Virginia standout and international professional player Tiffany Sardin joined the Longwood women's basketball staff in April of 2018 and was promoted to associate head coach in May of 2019. 

In her first year at Longwood, Sardin was the coordinator for a Longwood offense that improved its scoring average by nearly 5.0 points per game from the season prior and the program’s second-highest mark since the program joined the Big South seven years ago. At the center of that performance was the breakout season of Rouse, who started all 30 games, averaged 14.4 points per game and shot .565 from the floor on the way to All-Big South second team honors.
 
Along with Rouse, Sardin also oversaw the development of Longwood forwards Mallory Odell and Akila Smith last season, both of whom emerged as major contributors down the stretch. Odell, a sophomore, finished as Longwood’s top rebounder at 7.0 per game and averaged a career-high 6.7 points per game, while Smith, a freshman, ended her inaugural campaign as a starter in Longwood’s final 10 games.
 
A former three-time captain of the women’s basketball team at Virginia, a member of the Chicago Public Schools Hall of Fame and City of Harvey Hall of Fame, and a former professional basketball player, Sardin came to Longwood with three tenures at the Division I level on her resume after stints at Clemson, Boston and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
 
Sardin came to Longwood after a two-year stint at Clemson where she was a position coach for the Tigers’ forwards and centers while assisting in Clemson’s recruiting efforts. She helped Clemson to an 11-win improvement in her first season and followed that by helping the Tigers to the program’s first ACC Tournament win in three seasons.
 
Her time at Clemson was her latest stop in a climb through the Division I ranks that began with her time as an assistant coach at Illinois-Chicago and continued as an assistant coach at Boston.
 
Her coaching success follows a decorated playing career for the Cavaliers where from 2002-06 she helped Virginia to a 71-53 overall record and back-to-back 20-win seasons as a junior and senior. She was named to the ACC All-Tournament team in 2005, and received the program’s Coaches’ Award of Excellence, Best Offensive Player and Leadership Awards in 2006.
 
Sardin went on to play professionally in Portugal, leading the squad in scoring and rebounding and helped them secure their first Euro Cup appearance.

The Chicago native began her coaching career at William Byrd High School outside of Roanoke, Va., before making the jump the collegiate level two seasons later in 2012 as an assistant at Mount Olive College. She spent one season with the Trojans before making the jump to the Division I ranks at UIC.
 
Sardin received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Virginia in 2006 and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in human service, criminal justice and counseling at Liberty University.