Bio

Courtney Peay had coached the Yellow Jackets for three seasons through 2025-26, serving as DC's head women's basketball coach since May 2023. She is the program's 14th head coach and also serves the athletic department as the Senior Woman Leader.

Under Coach Peay, the Yellow Jackets garnered seven academic all-conference honors among a roster of 13 during her first year and added two more in 2024-25. Defiance also picked up three wins in each of the last two seasons. Her third year was defined by an intense defensive identity as DC had three players finish in the top 4 in the conference in steals while leading the league as a team in turnovers forced.

Peay comes to Defiance after spending the previous three years at NAIA Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill. With seven years of college coaching experience, Peay was elevated to TIU's head coaching position for the 2022-23 campaign after spending two seasons as an assistant for the Trojans.

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Peay achieved her bachelor's degree from Nyack College in New York in 2013 in youth and family studies. Peay played basketball for the Warriors, a Division II program, and was part of the 2009-10 team that won the Central Atlantic Athletic Conference to become the first Nyack team in school history to qualify for an NCAA Tournament.  She later served as an assistant women's basketball coach at Nyack from 2014-18 while completing her master's of divinity in leadership development.

Courtney Peay Head Coaching Record
2022-23 (Trinity International): 4-23, 2-18 CCAC
2023-24 (Defiance): 0-25, 0-18 HCAC
2024-25 (Defiance): 3-24, 1-19 WHAC
2025-26 (Defiance): 3-25, 0-22 WHAC
Career Record (3 seasons): 10-97
Career at DC (3 seasons): 6-74