2 Years • Career Record: 30-27
Liz Flooks was named the East Stroudsburg University women’s basketball head coach on May 16, 2024, and is entering her third season in 2026-27.
After a successful first season that saw the Warriors hold their spot in the PSAC Tournament and receive meaningful contributions from first- and second-year players, ESU took a step forward in Flooks’ second year. Going 17-12 overall and 12-9 in conference, ESU made the PSAC Tournament as the three seed in the Eastern Division. The Warriors tripled their number of All-PSAC selections in 2025-26, as Brie and Brooke Droege and Avery White earned the all-conference honors. Brie Droege was named to the All-PSAC East First Team, as Brooke Droege and White made the All-PSAC East Second Team.
In her first year at ESU, Flooks led the Warriors to a 13-15 overall record and went 10-11 in conference play. The team made a trip to the PSAC Tournament for the third consecutive year, as Flooks’ coaching highlighted two of ESU’s top players to drive its success. Emily Chmiel and Brie Droege led the way for the Warriors, both winning conference awards at the end of the year. In addition to being named First Team All-PSAC East, Chmiel’s season garnered national recognition, as the senior forward enjoyed a career year under Flooks. Chmiel became ESU’s first All-Region player since 1996, the first WBCA All-American (Honorable Mention) in 30 years, and was the first player in program history to make a D2CCA All-America team, earning a spot on the Second Team. Droege broke onto the scene in her first collegiate season, winning the honor of PSAC East Freshman of the Year.
Flooks joins ESU for her first career head coaching job after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart University.
During her time at Sacred Heart, Flooks helped the Pioneers capture a pair of NEC Conference Championships (2023, 2024), the 2024 NEC regular season title, and make a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, which included the first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in program history in 2023 with a 57-47 win over Southern in the First Four. Responsible for player development, Flooks coached several NEC All-Conference players, including Ny'Cerea Pryor, who was a two-time NEC Player of the Year.
Prior to her position at Sacred Heart, Flooks served as an assistant coach for three seasons (2018-21) at Army, where she moved into the role of athletics administration for basketball support in 2021. In her time as assistant with the Black Knights, Flooks assisted Madison Hovren (First Team, 2018-19) and Alisa Fallon (Third Team, 2019-20) in garnering All-Patriot League honors.
Flooks got her start in the Division I ranks at NJIT, where she spent three seasons working as the director of operations (2015-16) before being promoted to assistant coach (2016-18). Working alongside guards and shooters, Flooks coached Danielle Tunstall, who was named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team.
Before being on the staff at NJIT, Flooks began her collegiate coaching career at fellow Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) member Pitt-Johnstown, where she served as an assistant coach and NCAA academic liaison from 2013-15. Prior to that, Flooks spent the 2012-13 season coaching at her alma mater, White Plains High School.
Flooks was a four-year starter and three-year captain of the women's basketball team at Niagara University from 2007-11. She finished her career with 1,210 points and became the 21st player for the Purple Eagles to join the 1,000-point club. Flooks ranks tied for fourth all-time in program history in total games played (116), and seventh for career three-pointers (171 and free throw percentage (.810).
She was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Rookie Team following her freshman season and earned All-MAAC Second Team (2009-10) and Third Team (2009-09) honors during her career.
A New York native, Flooks graduated from Niagara in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in sociology as well as a minor in psychology and holds a master's in elementary education from Liberty (2015).
