Carlie Clary is entering her seventh season as Director of Basketball Operations for the Radford women’s basketball program after being promoted in July 2019. The upcoming 2025-26 season will mark her ninth overall season spent with the program.
During her tenure with the Highlanders, Clary has assisted in a multitude of the women’s basketball program’s efforts including recruiting, social media, day-to-day operations, travel, practice and student manager operations. Her primary role has her responsible for the team’s travel including budget, itineraries, meal accommodations, bus and plane travel as well as hotel booking.
Clary also manages the team’s equipment orders and purchases while coordinating all occasional, team, pre and postgame meal orders. When visiting and hosting gamedays, Clary facilitates communication with opposing teams. She has also built program branding through graphics and videos and developed all team scheduling and communication within the athletics department. At Highlander gamedays, Clary helped implement and organize the Ball Girl Program present at all Radford home games. Her efforts with community outreach and faculty outreach have supported both Radford’s marketing and communications coordinators.
Clary began her career as a student manager and with this has taken on the role of overseeing all student managers. With her experience, she provides insight into managing school, travel, and the managers role while maintaining academic standards. Clary is a common sight at Mike McGuire basketball Camps and Junior Highlander Camps as well serving as camp director.
Clary has experience in coaching ranging 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.
In 2024, she was selected as a representative for the Go For the Greens leadership conference in Orlando, Fla., which highlights women in leadership. Most recently in 2025 she was selected as a speaker for the inaugural Basketball Coaches Association of VA Coaches Clinic.
Clary currently serves as an adjunct faculty professor for the Health and Human Performance Department, teaching upper 300 level sports ethics courses. She graduated from Radford University in 2018 Magna Cum Lauge with a double major in Exercise, Sports, and Health Education, concentrating in sports medicine as well as Communications/Media Studies. Along with Clary’s double major she also minored in Coaching Education and graduated as a Highlander Scholar from Radford University’s Honors Academy in 2018. Clary obtained her master’s degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Management from LSU in March 2020 while acting as Assistant Director of Operations for Radford Women’s Basketball.
