Charity Elliott
Charity Elliott is an American basketball coach and the head women's basketball coach at Point Loma Nazarene University in the Pacific West Conference. Born in 1969, she played college basketball as a guard at Rice and Southwest Missouri State, helping SMS reach its first Final Four in 1992.
Elliott began coaching in 1992, starting with Glendale High School, then held college assistant roles at San Diego State and SMS, and coached at Southwest Baptist. She also coached in Australia for South Adelaide. Her head coaching career at California Baptist (2001–2003), Portland State (2004–2007), UC San Diego (2007–2012), Loyola Marymount (2012–2021), and Point Loma (2021–present) has included significant program-building and success.
Her teams have earned multiple honors, including three-time CCAA Coach of the Year (2009, 2010, 2012) and WBCA West Region Coach of the Year (2012). Her career record stands at 258–236 (.522), with NCAA Division II tournament play and a WNIT appearance.
Elliott is married to Chris Elliott, with whom she has often coached on shared staff at UC San Diego and LMU before moving to Point Loma in 2021.
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