Carlie Clary was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations for the Radford women's basketball program on July 3, 2019 and is entering her sixth season in this position and eighth overall for the 2024-25 season.
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Clary served as the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations for Radford last 2018-19. Clary has been with McGuire since 2017 where she put in time as the head manager for the 2017-18 season. She assisted the Director of Operation in all day-to-day activities, coordinated meal arrangements for all away activities for student-athletes and managed team stats for practices.
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The Dublin, Va., native moved up the ranks during the 2018-19 season as the assistant director of operations. Her duties included developing internal social media strategies, recruiting mail out strategies and preparation, practice organization and film breakdown, database entry and administrative duties as assigned by Coach McGuire.
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Her experience in coaching ranges from Assistant Women's Varsity Coach at Auburn High School from 2014-2016, Assistant Women's AAU Basketball Coach at Pulaski County High School in 2014 and more.
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In her time at Radford, Clary has proven to be an excellent student in the classroom and of the game of basketball. She graduated in 2018 with a degree in Exercise, Sport & Health Education as well as in Communications/Media Studies. She also carried a Coaching Education minor. Clary obtained her master's degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Management from LSU in March 2020.
