LORETTO, Pa. – St. Francis University Athletic Director Jim Brazill announced Chynna Bozeman’s promotion to women’s basketball head coach.
She becomes the ninth head coach as the Red Flash enters its 58th season of women’s basketball in 2025-26.
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Bozeman came to Loretto before the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach and helped the Red Flash to its most overall wins (11) and Northeast Conference victories (nine) since 2020-21. The team also hosted its first NEC Tournament game since 2019-20.
“I am excited to welcome a new era in Red Flash basketball with the announcement of Chynna Bozeman as the next women’s basketball head coach at St. Francis University,” Brazill said. “Chynna has a vision for the program that I am confident will lead the Red Flash back to championship basketball and put our student-athletes in a position to win on the court and academically in the classroom. With Coach Bozeman at the helm, I am thrilled to see where this program can go.”
She takes over one of NEC’s most storied women’s basketball programs with 12 NEC Tournament titles and 396 conference wins. St. Francis heads into the 2025-26 season looking to become the first team in league history to reach 400 wins in NEC play, with the upcoming season being the 40th season in the NEC for the Red Flash.
“I’m honored and beyond excited to be named the next women’s basketball head coach at St. Francis University,” Bozeman said. “I want to thank Athletic Director Jim Brazil and the leadership team for believing in my vision and giving me this opportunity. I’m eager to get to work, build strong relationships and recruit high-character student-athletes who will proudly represent St. Francis.”
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Before coming to Loretto, Bozeman served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Morehead State, for one season. The Eagles went 15-15 overall and 10-8 in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2023-24, helping her alma mater to its best overall and league mark since the 2018-19 season.
Bozeman spent 12 years as a player development coach before she returned to her alma mater, which included two stints as a travel club head coach and two stints as a high school basketball assistant. She also worked and developed training programs for Division I athletes throughout the 12 years.
Bozeman was a standout player at Morehead State from 2007-11, leaving as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,170 career points. She still ranks among the top 20 scorers in OVC history. Along with being the all-time leading scorer at Morehead State, she ranks first in steals (251), 3-point field goals (377), and sits in the top 10 for field goals made (706), free throws made (381) and assists (394). Bozeman is the only player in Eagles history to hit 100 triples in a season (121, 2009-10; 104; 2010-11), recorded a program-record 95 steals in 2010-11, and registered two of the top point totals in single-season history (662, 2010-11; 648, 2009-10). She scored a career-high 39 points against Murray State March 2, 2010, in the OVC Tournament and against Jacksonville State Jan. 8, 2011, the third-most points in Morehead State’s single-game history.
She helped the Eagles to a 71-54 overall record and a 47-26 mark in league play. In her final two seasons, the team went 43-21 overall and 27-8 in OVC play to mark the best two seasons for the best two years in the NCAA era in team history, and she was named the OVC player of the year in both campaigns. The 22 wins in 2009-10 are the second most in program history.
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Bozeman, inducted into the Morehead State Hall of Fame in 2022, had her No. 2 jersey retired Feb. 12, 2011.
Bozeman earned her bachelor’s degree in university studies from Morehead State in 2011 and her master’s degree in communications from her alma mater in 2012.
What they are saying about Chynna Bozeman:
“I am very excited for Chynna – when I coached her, she competed at a high level and thrived under pressure. She was a one-of-a-kind player, and I have no doubt she’ll bring that same intensity and leadership to her coaching career.” – Morehead State women’s basketball coach for Bozeman’s first three seasons and current coach at New Mexico Michael Bradbury
“St. Francis just leveled up their program with Chyna Bozeman at the helm. A natural-born winner and leader who has competed at the highest levels of college basketball and is more than ready to take St. Francis to the highest levels of college basketball. Chyna was a natural head coach on the floor as the player of the year in the Ohio Valley conference, and now she will be able to translate those skills to be an excellent head coach at the Division I level. I couldn’t be happier for Chyna, the young ladies she will coach and mentor, and St. Francis University. It’s a great day to be a Red Flash!” – Morehead State women’s basketball coach for Bozeman’s senior season and current director of analytics at Middle Tennessee State Todd Hodges
