Deandra Schirmer enters her fifth season as the assistant coach of the Eckerd women's basketball program.

Her leadership in recruiting and player development has helped produce the three most successful seasons in program history.  In 2016-17, the Tritons went 27-5 and claimed the program's first-ever Sunshine State Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships.  Eckerd earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA South Region Tournament and the right to host the event in the McArthur Center, where the team won its first national tournament game in history.

In 2014-15, the Tritons won 23 games and qualified for the South Region tournament for the first time.  Eckerd again surpassed the 20-win mark in 2017-18 while earning its third trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Schirmer also serves in the athletic communications department where she is responsible for graphic design and assists with game day operations as needed.

Schirmer, most recently a graduate assistant coach at Division I-affiliated Georgia State University in Atlanta, started her playing career with Cloud County (Kan.) Community College before transferring to the University of South Carolina Aiken.

She officially joined the Eckerd women's basketball coaching staff for her first season with the program in July of 2014 in an assistant role.
 
Schirmer was an all-conference and all-region selection at Cloud County and was a two-year starter with a strong USC-Aiken program that finished No. 8 in the nation her senior season. 
 
Originally from Holton, Kansas, Schirmer was an all-state performer in basketball and volleyball while attending Holton High School. She was also a team captain for both sports and additionally lettered in cross country and softball while receiving the Naismith Award from the foundation.
 
After serving in a role as Athletics Marketing Graduate Assistant for Georgia State, Schirmer transitioned to the coaching side for the 2013-14 campaign.
 
At USC-Aiken, Schirmer was a forward who carved out two-year averages of six points and nearly six rebounds per game from 2009-11. She appeared in 61 games and also averaged close to two assists and over one steal for the Pacers, members of the Peach Belt Conference.
 
In the classroom, she was picked to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District (District III) First Team in her senior year.
 
Schirmer shined for Cloud County on the junior college level, helping her team to a 26-7 overall record as a sophomore. She was named to the Kansas Jayhawk Western Division Conference Second Team and was an all-region selection as well.
 
She also has experience and success coaching on the AAU circuit, working with Aiken Elite, a team consisting of girls ages 11 through 14 in the area.
 
Schirmer majored in business marketing at USC-Aiken before earning her master’s of sports administration from Georgia State earlier this year. She currently resides in St. Petersburg.