Chelsea Stocks Named New Head Coach Of PCC’s Women’s Basketball Team (Photo) - 10/14/25

NORTH PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Community College has announced the hiring of Chelsea Stocks as the new head coach of the women’s basketball team, marking a milestone moment for the program.

“We are excited to welcome Coach Chelsea as our new head women’s basketball coach,” said Anthony Broadous, PCC Director of Athletics. “Her experience and accomplishments stood out among a strong pool of candidates. We look forward to the energy she brings this season and to seeing what she will accomplish as she settles in.”

Stocks joins PCC after serving as a Division I assistant coach at Cal State–Fullerton, bringing nearly two decades of coaching experience across the collegiate, high school and club levels. A former community college student-athlete herself, she called the appointment “an amazing opportunity” and looks forward to meeting Panther fans at the team’s season-opening weekend, Nov. 13–15 at the Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth Street.

“This is a historic hire for the program,” added Broadous, who said Stocks is one of the few women to lead a collegiate women’s basketball program in the region.

Originally from Southern California, Stocks first came to the Pacific Northwest to study sport management at Washington State University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 2011. She later earned a master’s in Sport Performance Psychology from Long Beach State, a background she says is vital to coaching today’s athletes.

“So much of athletes’ performance is mental,” she said. “It’s critical to train the mind along with the body for positive performance.”

Stocks’ coaching philosophy centers on three values, growth, drive and joy, with a mission to ensure every student-athlete leaves PCC as a more confident, resilient and prepared individual.

“Our program is about more than wins and losses,” she said. “We want to teach teamwork, discipline, and resilience while helping every athlete discover the confidence and tools they need to thrive in whatever path they choose.”

Stocks also champions gender equity in athletics and is an active supporter of WeCoach, a national organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in coaching.

“It’s powerful for young women to see female leadership on the sidelines,” she said. “PCC is helping move those numbers in the right direction.”

For more information on PCC Athletics visit panthers.pcc.edu/

About Portland Community College: Founded in 1961, Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and provides training, degree and certificate completion, and lifelong learning to more than 57,000 full- and part-time students in Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. PCC has four comprehensive campuses, 10 education centers or areas served, and approximately 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area. The PCC district encompasses a 1,500-square-mile area in northwest Oregon and offers two-year degrees, one-year certificate programs, short-term training, alternative education, pre-college courses and life-long learning.

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