Hempstead, NY - Head women's basketball coach Danielle Santos Atkinson has announced the addition of Lance White to the Hofstra women's basketball coaching staff as the associate head women's basketball coach for the upcoming 2024-25 season.

Prior to joining the Pride, White was the head coach at Pittsburgh from 2018-23. Rebounding became a strength of the Panthers under White's guidance, improving from 14th in the ACC in his first season in charge to first in the conference in 2022-23 with 43.9 rebounds per game, and the finished the 2022-23 season ninth in the country for one of the biggest improvements at the Division I level. White coached transfer Jayla Everett to Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in 2020-21, only the second Panther to earn All-Conference honors in program history. In the classroom, White saw seven student-athletes receive All-ACC Academic honors.

Santos Atkinson was the associate head coach for the Panthers under White in 2018-19, prior to taking over the head coach position at Hofstra beginning in 2019-20.

"I am beyond excited to have Lance as a part of our staff," Santos Atkinson said. "His years of experience as a head coach will have a tremendous positive impact on our program, on and off the court. His resume and reputation speaks for itself, but who he is, how he works, and his energy are unmatched."

"I've known Danielle for years, and when she asked me to work with her again, I couldn't pass it up," said White. "For me, coaching is about people, and working at Hofstra puts me with some of the best in the business. I'm ready and excited to hit the ground running."

White was previously the associate head coach at Florida State for 15 seasons before his first head coaching position at Pittsburgh. White helped the Seminoles to a 350-145 record during his tenure in Tallahassee, including 12 seasons of at least 20 wins and four consecutive seasons with 25+ wins, and he helped coach the team to ACC titles in 2010 and 2011. In 2017, White was honored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as the National Assistant Coach of the Year. 

White began his coaching career at in 1996 Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, as a graduate assistant before being elevated to assistant coach in 1998. In his 10 years on the Lady Raider staff, Texas Tech won three Big 12 championships and made two trips to the Elite Eight. White was also a student assistant on Texas Tech's 1993 national championship team, and he has worked with National Player of the Year and three-time WNBA MVP Sheryl Swoops and 2007 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year winner Plenette Pierson. 

A native of Spur, Texas, White is a double graduate of Texas Tech, receiving his bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science and his master's degree in sports administration. White and his wife Melanie are the proud parents of two kids, Quentin and Vivian both in college.