Quannas White

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Louisiana

| current_conference = Sun Belt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|21}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1999–2001

| player_team1 = Midland JC

| player_years2 = 2001–2003

| player_team2 = Oklahoma

| player_years3 = 2003–2004

| player_team3 = Besançon BCD

| player_years4 = 2005

| player_team4 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| player_years5 = 2005–2006

| player_team5 = Austin Toros

| player_years6 = 2007–2008

| player_team6 = Rio Grande Valley Vipers

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 2003–2004

| coach_team1 = Oklahoma (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2005–2014

| coach_team2 = Louisiana Dynasty AAU

| coach_years3 = 2014–2016

| coach_team3 = Tulane (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2016–2017

| coach_team4 = Western Kentucky (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2017–2023

| coach_team5 = Houston (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 2023–2025

| coach_team6 = Houston (associate HC)

| coach_years7 = 2025–present

| coach_team7 = Louisiana

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Quannas White (born January 21, 1981) is an American college basketball coach who serves as the head coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference.

Playing career

White spent his first two seasons at Midland College before transferring to play for Oklahoma, where he averaged 11 points, six assists and 4.3 rebounds in his two-year Sooner career. He finished as the all-time leading 3-point shooter by percentage, and helped lead the team to the Final Four.{{cite web |last1=Mussatto |first1=Joe |title=Hollis Price, Quannas White return to OU, still by Kelvin Sampson's side |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2024/03/02/ou-basketball-hollis-price-quannas-white-oklahoma-sooners-houston-cougars-kelvin-sampson/72810408007/ |website=The Oklahoman |access-date=10 March 2025}} After his college career, White spent time in NBA D-League with the Austin Toros and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.{{cite web |last1=Mia Belt |first1=Shannon |title=UL basketball announces Quannas White as new head coach |url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2025/03/10/new-man-in-charge-quannas-white-named-new-ul-basketball-head-coach/82228096007/ |website=The Daily Advertiser |access-date=10 March 2025}}

Coaching career

In 2003, White got his first coaching job as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Oklahoma.{{cite web |last1=Duarte |first1=Joseph |title=Quannas White reunites with Cougars' coach Kelvin Sampson |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/article/Cougars-basketball-hires-Quannas-White-as-11050686.php |website=Chron |access-date=10 March 2025}} From 2005 to 2014, he served as the head coach for the Louisiana Dynasty AAU basketball team.{{cite web |title=Tulane adds New Orleans native Quannas White to men's basketball staff |url=https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/tulane-adds-new-orleans-native-quannas-white-to-mens-basketball-staff/article_49560746-4bd3-5dc3-b054-49a23c490fac.html |website=NOLA.com |access-date=10 March 2025}} Ahead of the 2014 season, White was hired by Tulane as an assistant coach.{{cite web |last1=Foote |first1=Kevin |title=Quannas White officially named as UL's new men's basketball coach |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/quannas-white-officially-named-as-uls-new-mens-basketball-coach/article_f766f476-fdc4-11ef-a997-03d121102749.html |website=The Advocate |access-date=10 March 2025}} In 2016, he was hired as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky.{{cite web |last1=Duarte |first1=Joseph |title=UH hires Quannas White as basketball assistant coach |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/article/UH-hires-Quannas-White-as-basketball-assistant-11050084.php |website=Chron |access-date=10 March 2025}} Ahead of the 2017 season, White joined Houston, in the same capacity as an assistant coach.{{cite web |last1=Foote |first1=Kevin |title=Cajuns' AD convinced Quannas White home run hire for UL basketball program |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/cajuns-ad-convinced-quannas-white-home-run-hire-for-ul-basketball-program/article_f766f476-fdc4-11ef-a997-03d121102749.htmlhttps://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/cajuns-ad-convinced-quannas-white-home-run-hire-for-ul-basketball-program/article_f766f476-fdc4-11ef-a997-03d121102749.html |website=The Advocate |access-date=10 March 2025}} In 2023, he was promoted to associate head coach.{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Jamarcus |title=Quannas White Named 15th Louisiana Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://www.katc.com/sports/ul-sports/quannas-white-named-15th-louisiana-mens-basketball-coach |website=KATC.com |access-date=10 March 2025}} On March 10, 2025, White was hired by the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns to be the team's next head coach.