Record at WSSU: 8-21 (One Season)
Career Record: 58-73 (Five Seasons)

Dee Stokes is entering her second season at the helm for the Winston-Salem State University women's basketball. Her leadership and tenacity will lead the way for Winston-Salem State women's basketball as the program enters a new era in its storied history. She is a great leader with a history of success and a wealth of coaching knowledge and experience.

The Lady Rams had an historic first season under Stokes completing season sweeps of three different NCAA Division I teams, including posting two wins each over Norfolk State, Savannah State, and Bethune-Cookman. The Lady Rams also posted a road win over MEAC runner-up Morgan State. The Lady Rams finished the 2006-07 season with an 8-21 record.

Stokes took the reins of the Lady Rams women's basketball program on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 when Director of Athletics Chico Caldwell announced her hiring, replacing John Williams. Prior to taking the reins at Winston-Salem State University, Stokes spent the prior two seasons as an assistant coach under Bud Childers at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. "We conducted an extensive search process, and from that process, we had 53 very qualified candidates," Caldwell said. "The search committee that was assembled for this hiring was extremely excited about the quality of the candidates that the search generated, and we are happy to bring in Dee as our new head women's basketball coach. We are happy that she brings with her a Division I playing and coaching background and understands what it takes to build a program, both academically and athletically. I feel that she truly captures the vision the University has about college athletics and how it relates to academics. She brings with her a wealth of experience and ability both in the coaching and teaching realm, but also in terms of recruiting and all other facets that make an athletic program great."

Stokes, who served as the head women's basketball coach at East Carolina University from 1998 through 2002, played college basketball at Wake Forest University for two seasons before transferring to UNC-Charlotte from where she graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. In December of 2004, Stokes earned her Master's of Public Administration from DeVry University.

Following her undergraduate graduation, Stokes entered the coaching profession and held assistant coaching positions at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Murray State University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Nebraska until 1998 when she was hired at ECU. During her five years as an assistant coach, the schools at which she served made three NCAA tournament appearances, captured two conference tournament championships and one regular season title. Stokes helped to lead ECU to three consecutive winning seasons from 1998 to 2001 marking the first time in 14 years that feat had been accomplished. In 2001, she was selected to serve as an assistant coach for the USA Basketball Team that captured the gold medal at the World University Games in Beijing, China.

"I am grateful and I thank God for the opportunity that Dr. Caldwell and Chancellor Martin have given me. I truly appreciate their show of support for me, and I am excited to be the head women's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State University." Stokes said. "I look forward to the challenge of taking this program from its transitionary period into NCAA Division I. I think that this will be a tremendous challenge, but one that I am looking forward to. I can't wait to get started."

Stokes demonstrated her skills as a recruiter bringing in nine players to the already young Lady Rams squad.