COACHING CHRONOLOGY
| Year(s) |
Position |
University |
| 2015 - Present |
Associate Head Coach/Acting Head Coach/Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator |
Rutgers |
| 2014 - 15 |
Assistant Coach |
Rhode Island |
| 2013 - 14 |
Assistant Coach |
Northeastern |
| 2011 - 12 |
Interim Head Coach/Assistant Coach |
Boston College |
| 2007 - 11 |
Associate Head Coach |
Arkansas |
| 2004 - 07 |
Assistant Coach |
Louisville |
| 2002 - 04 |
Assistant Coach |
Kansas |
| 1998 - 02 |
Head Coach |
Illinois - Chicago |
| 1996 - 98 |
Assistant Coach |
Kansas |
| 1994 - 95 |
Assistant Coach |
Iowa |
| 1992 - 93 |
Assistant Coach |
Houston |
| 1990 - 92 |
Assistant Coach |
Mississippi State |
| 1988 - 90 |
Head Coach |
Talladega College |
INTERNATIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2010 |
Jamaican Senior Women's Team |
COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE
| 1984 - 88 |
Talladega College |
Timothy Eatman, a veteran coach and renowned recruiter with over 20 years of experience, enters his seventh season on the Rutgers women’s basketball staff. He was promoted to the role of Associate Head Coach before the 2019-20 season, which ended in Rutgers' fifth 20+ win season during Eatman's tenure.
During the 2018-19 season, Eatman stepped into the role of acting head coach for the final six games of the year helping the Scarlet Knights to their highest ever Big Ten finish (third), as well as its first-ever Big Ten Tournament semifinal appearance. Under his guidance, Rutgers returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2019.
Eatman has had prior head coaching experience at University of Illinois at Chicago and his alma mater, Talladega College, and prior to arriving "On The Banks" served as the recruiting coordinator at Rhode Island. He was reunited with Coach C. Vivian Stringer at Rutgers, having served with the hall of fame coach during her final season at Iowa in 1994-95, putting together the nation’s top ranked recruiting class.
Over the course of his career, Eatman has played a major role in bringing in 11 top 30 recruiting classes and was recognized by Lindy’s Magazine as the nation’s top recruiter while he was at Iowa in 1994. Additionally, six of his former players have gone on to play at the next level in the WNBA and 13 have joined the coaching ranks.
Following his collegiate playing days, Eatman began his coaching career as the head women’s coach at Talladega College, instantly turning around his alma mater’s program. After posting an 0-26 record prior to his appointment, Eatman guided the Tornadoes to a 20-9 ledger in 1989-90.
Eatman made the move to the Division I level as an assistant coach at Mississippi State from 1990-92 and University of Houston from 1992-93. With the Cougars, he put together the No. 4 rated recruiting class in the country.
Joining Stringer at Iowa for the 1994-95 campaign, Eatman helped to construct the top-ranked recruiting class that featured the nation’s top point guard, Nadine Domond, 1995 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Tiffany Gooden, and 1998 Big Ten Player of the Year, Tangela Smith.
Eatman had two stints at Kansas, serving as an assistant from 1996-98 and again from 2002-04. He helped the Jayhawks win the Big 12 title in 1997, reach the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1998 and was the position coach for Kodak All-American and first round WNBA pick, Tamecka Dixon, during the 1996-97 season.
In between his two turns as a member of the Jayhawks’ staff, Eatman was at the helm of the Illinois-Chicago program. During his four seasons with the Flames, he brought in two top 20 recruiting classes and recorded the program’s highest win total in seven seasons.
Eatman’s career continued at Louisville from 2004-07, where he helped the Cardinals reach three-straight NCAA Tournaments and was involved in the recruitment of eventual BIG EAST Player of the Year Angel McCoughtry.
He also spent four seasons as the associate head coach at Arkansas from 2007-2011. While with the Razorbacks, Eatman was the team’s defensive coordinator as they set the school record for fewest points allowed in an SEC contest - 42 against Mississippi State.
Making the move to the Northeast, Eatman spent one season at Boston College, being elevated to interim head coach for the end of the 2011-12 season. He then joined head coach Daynia La-Force’s staff at Northeastern in 2013 and followed her when she took over the top position at Rhode Island in 2014.
