Amber Howell begins her second season as the assistant coach at Flagler.
In her first season with the Saints, the program won a record 17 league games and posted the most wins in a season, 21, since the 1976-77 season.
Prior to Flagler (2017-18), Howell served in the same capacity at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers for Suncoast Conference Coach of the Year Kristie Ward. The Buccaneers posted a 26-6 record last year and won the conference with an 8-1 record. They advanced to the FSCAA/NJCAA District 8 Tournament semifinals. Six players moved on to four-year schools off this past year’s club, including two who have gone on to NCAA Division I programs. Four players earned all-conference honors along with the league’s player of the year.
Prior to her time at FSW, Howell spent two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater Armstrong State University. She spent the 2015-16 season as a graduate assistant for head coach Fala Bullock before being elevated to full-time assistant for the 2016-17 campaign. Howell was part of the 75-member Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s “So You Want to be a Coach” class in 2016. She participated in a three-day workshop held in conjunction with the WBCA Convention.
Howell was a forward for two seasons (2013-15) at Armstrong. She helped lead the Pirates to a 34-22 overall record, including a 21-8 mark in 2013-14 where they won the Peach Belt Conference’s East Division title. Howell averaged 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. The Athens, Georgia native played two seasons for Central Georgia Technical College in Macon for Bullock.
Howell graduated from Armstrong in 2015 with a bachelor’s in liberal arts and earned her master’s degree in professional communication and leadership in 2017 from Armstrong.
