THE RIZOR FILE

Personal Information

Name: Angel Rizor
Birthday: July 27, 1998
Hometown: Zebulon, N.C.
High School: East Wake H.S., 2016
Education: B.S. (Health Promotion and Education: Exercise and Fitness), Cincinnati, 2020

Coaching Experience

OVERALL

Years as an assistant (2021-22, 2023-present): 4 (3 in NCAA DI / 1 in NCAA DII)
Overall Record: 101-32 (66-31 in NCAA DI / 35-1 in DII)
Postseason Appearances: 4 (3 NCAA DI / 1 NCAA DII)
Conf. Championships: 2 (1 NCAA DI / 1 NCAA DII)
Conf. Tourn. Championships: 1 (1 NCAA DI)

TENNESSEE

Assistant Coach (2024-present)
Two-year record: 40-24
Postseason Appearances: 2 (NCAA S16 & 1st Rd.)
Helped land No. 1 or No. 2 high school signing class in 2025
Helped sign No. 1 transfer portal class in 2025 & No. 9 in 2026

MARSHALL

Assistant Coach (2023-24)
One-year record: 26-7
Postseason Appearances: 1 (NCAA 1st Rd.)
Won 2023-24 Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles
Marshall’s first NCAA berth since 1997 and only the second ever
Tallied most wins in program history
Program’s first 20-win regular season since 1990-91
Squad averaged 85.3 points per game and forced 24.2 turnovers per contest

GLENVILLE STATE

Assistant Coach (2021-22)
One-year record: 35-1
Postseason Appearances: 1 (NCAA DII)
Won NCAA Division II National Championship
Won Mountain East Conference title (22-0 record)
Won Mountain East Conference Tournament crown

COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE

Cincinnati (2016-20)
Four-year starter
1000-point scorer
2019-20 All-AAC Third Team
2019-20 AAC Most Improved Player
2019-20 UC Legion of Excellence
2020 AAC All-Tournament Team
2018-19 AAC Academic Honor Roll

Updated: June 2026

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Angel Rizor joined Tennessee Athletics on April 16, 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols. This marks the third time they have worked together.

Rizor, who is in her fifth season in coaching, has fashioned a 101-32 career record at three schools over four seasons. The teams she has helped lead have recorded four NCAA Tournament appearances, one national championship, two conference championships and a conference tournament crown.

With her assistance, UT carded a 24-10 overall record and an 8-8 mark in SEC play in 2024-25, notching notable wins over Florida State, Iowa, Ohio State and eventual NCAA champ UConn, the first by UT over the Huskies since 2007 in the interrupted series. The Big Orange advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 and finished the season ranked 15th and 16th, respectively, in the AP and USA TODAY/WBCA Coaches Polls

Tennessee set school and SEC records in 2024-25 for points (139), three-pointers made (30) and threes attempted (63) vs. N.C. Central on Dec. 14. The treys made also eclipsed NCAA (M/W), NBA and WNBA bests, while the point total ranked fifth in NCAA women’s history. Additionally, UT tallied the most treys made (343) and attempted (1,054) in a season at UT, also setting SEC bests in those areas. UT’s 86.6 points per game stood fourth in school annals and eighth in the SEC record book.

Year two saw UT climb two spots in the SEC regular season standings to sixth and its tourney seed rise three spots to sixth as well, finishing 16-14 overall, 8-8 in the SEC, and making the school’s 44th-straight NCAA appearance. The team navigated one of the nation’s toughest slates to do so, including games vs. ranked teams in 10 of its last 15 games. Six of those were vs. top-10 ranked squads.

UT, which earned victories over No. 11/12 Kentucky, No. 21 Alabama and Georgia and suffered close losses to No. 4 Texas and No. 9 Oklahoma, saw redshirt junior Talaysia Cooper (All-SEC Second Team) and freshman MIa Pauldo (SEC All-Freshman Team) recognized for their standout play in 2025-26. Nya Robertson set a program record for most threes in a game with 10 vs. Coppin State, while the team’s totals of threes made (280) and attempted (917) ranked No. 2 in school history and near the top of the SEC record books.

Rizor also enjoyed a career first, coaching her first two WNBA Draft picks in 2026. Janiah Barker (29th, Las Vegas) and Zee Spearman (31st, Dallas) were taken in the second and third rounds, respectively.

On the recruiting front, she is part of a staff that has seen the benefits of its hard work paying off. The first portal class she helped sign played a lead role for the 2024-25 squad. UT then inked a 2025 high school class ranked No. 1 or 2 and added the top portal class of 2025 and the No. 9 group in 2026.

She joined Caldwell and fellow assistant Jenna Burdette in making the transition from Marshall to UT. The former Thundering Herd staff member served as an assistant coach during the 2023-24 campaign in Caldwell’s first and only year as head coach at the Huntington, W. Va., school.

During her brief stint at MU, the Herd went 26-7 overall and 17-1 in Sun Belt Conference play en route to regular season and tournament championships and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The 26 wins marked a program best, and MU made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997 and only its second ever.

The Thundering Herd averaged 85.3 points per game to rank fourth among NCAA Division I schools and were first in three-pointers attempted per game (31.9), second in turnovers forced per game (24.2), third in three-pointers made per game (10.6), third in steals per game (13.2), third in turnover margin (7.94) and fifth in offensive rebounds per game (16.4).

Prior to making the move to Marshall, Rizor broadened her coaching education while playing professionally in Germany in 2022-23. She led several local high school and club teams there to gain an international perspective on the game of basketball.

The duo first worked together at NCAA Division II Glenville State, where Rizor served as an assistant to Caldwell during the 2021-22 campaign. During that season, the Pioneers went 35-1 overall and 22-0 in the Mountain East Conference, claiming the NCAA Division II National Championship and the MEC regular season crown.

As they did many times under Caldwell, Glenville State once again led NCAA Division II in points per game at 95.5 as well as threes made (342) and attempted (1,030) in 2021-22. GSU also was No. 1 in assists (620), turnovers forced per game (25.72), steals (520) and scoring margin (32.7).

Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Rizor spent a year playing professional basketball in Cesme-Izmir, Turkey for the Cesme Basketbol Kulubu. Her team there made the TKBL Playoffs in 2021.

Among other experiences, Rizor served as tournament director at the Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin, Ohio, in 2018 and completed a 2019 internship with Redline Athletics in West Chester, Ohio.

A 2020 graduate of Cincinnati with a degree in health promotion and education: exercise and fitness, Rizor was a four-year starter for the Bearcats. She surpassed 1,000 points while averaging 8.4 points per game in her career there.

In 2019-20, she was named All-American Athletic Conference Third Team as well as being voted the AAC’s Most Improved Player and to the AAC All-Tournament Team. Additionally, she was selected for the 2018-19 AAC All-Academic Honor Roll, and in 2019-20 she was named to the Legion of Excellence at Cincinnati.