RICHMOND, Ky. – EKU women's basketball coach Greg Todd announced the hiring of Veronica Ryan as an assistant coach on Tuesday. 

Ryan joins EKU after spending the last three seasons as an assistant at the University of West Alabama. During her last two seasons with the Tigers, Ryan helped lead UWA to back-to-back winning records for the first time in 17 years.  

Prior to joining the Tiger staff, Ryan was at College of Central Florida, where she was an assistant coach for two years and handled interim head coaching duties. 
 
Before starting her coaching career, Ryan played two seasons at Georgia College and State University, graduating in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. 
 
Ryan spent one season at Nicholls State University before transferring to GCSU. Ryan started her collegiate career at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Florida, where she earned First Team All-State and First Team All-Conference while serving as the team captain. 
 
Ryan was also a participant (2017) and panelist (2018) in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "So You Want to Be a Coach" program. She also served as a high school assistant and AAU coach. 

She has won the National Community Service Award and worked as a Special Olympics basketball coach, a Boys and Girls Club volunteer, and a Camp Patriot basketball counselor.