Rider University Athletics

MyNeshia McKenzie joined the women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in June of 2021. McKenzie returns to the Broncs after a three-year professional playing career and four years coaching collegiately, spending two years at both Holy Family University and St. Joseph’s University. She was elevated to Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator in June of 2024.

Rider finished the 2024-25 season 7-22 overall with freshman Winner Bartholomew being named to MAAC All-Rookie Team.

The Broncs won at least one game at the MAAC Tournament for the second-straight season, defeating Iona in the opening round. Taylor Langan led the Broncs individual honors, being named Second-Team All-MAAC. Langan also garnered national attention during the regular season when her buzzer beater to win at Iona on ESPNU was featured at number five in SportsCenters Top 10. Makayla Firebaugh closed out her Rider career ranked eighth on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,365 career points. She also graduated fifth all-time in program history with 217 made three pointers. Jessika Schiffer closed out her Rider career ranked seventh in Rider history with 179 career triples.

Rider closed the 2022-23 season strong winning five of its final nine games, including an opening round victory in the MAAC Tournament over Marist. Amanda Mobley moved into second on Rider's career assist list, including a Division-I program record 13 against Manhattan. Mobley finished the season ranked just outside the top ten in the country for assists.

The Broncs were plagued by the injury bug in 2021-22 with four players missing the entire season, and fifth suffering a season-ending injury just three games into the year. Lenaejha Evans made the most of her senior season with the Broncs, leading the squad in scoring on her way to Third-Team All-MAAC honors.
 
After graduating in 2014 as the program’s leading rebounder (1,143) and third-leading scorer (1,619), McKenzie earned All-Import and First-Team All-League honors in her first season with Boa Viagem in Portugal. She led her team in both scoring and rebounding during the 2014-15 season. McKenzie then joined the Phoenix Galati in Romania for the start of the 2015-16 season, earning All-Import and First-Team All-League honors as well as being named the 2016 Forward of the Year.
 
McKenzie transitioned to coaching beginning with the 2017-18 season at Holy Family. During her time with the Tigers, she helped coach a pair of All-Conference athletes. Prior to joining the Broncs, McKenzie spent two seasons on the coaching staff at St. Joseph’s (Pa.), where she helped the team secure a first-round bye in the 2021 Atlantic-10 Tournament.
 
McKenzie was a three-time All-MAAC selection, earning two First Team nods in her junior and senior years. She also took Third Team honors as a sophomore and was selected to the All-Rookie Team as a freshman. She narrowly missed becoming the first player in conference history to average 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in her senior season, finishing 16th nationally in rebounding at 11.1 rpg. to go along with 19.5 points per game. She finished her career with 45 double-doubles, including 19 as a senior. She was named to the MAAC Honor Roll in 2017.