Andrea Cecil was named Director of Operations for the Detroit Mercy Women’s Basketball program in July 2022 and was promoted to Assistant Coach in July 2023.
In 2024-25, Cecil was a part of a coaching staff that guided the TItans to a 15-15 overall record and 8-12 mark in the Horizon League. Detroit Mercy started #HLWBB play 4-0 for the first time since 1996-97 following a New Year's Day victory over IU Indy. UDM finished the year going 11-5 at Calihan Hall, including a #HLWBB Championship First Round win over Milwaukee on Mar. 4th. She helped coach three players to All-Horizon League honors, as Emaia O'Brien and Aaliyah McQueen were named Third Team All-Conference, while Kailey Starks was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman team.
Cecil helped the coaching staff completely transform the program leading Detroit Mercy to a 17-16 (9-11 HL) record during the 2023-24 campaign, marking the first winning season since the 2016-17 season. The 12-win improvement over last year was the biggest turnaround in school history and one of the top in the nation as the Titans won just 19 total games the previous six years combined. UDM's nine #HLWBB wins were also the most since the 2016-17 season, including wins over 2023-24 #HLWBB Regular Season champion Cleveland State and third-place finisher Purdue Fort Wayne. Additionally, No. 6 seed Detroit Mercy's 59-48 first-round win over No. 11 seed RMU was their first #HLWBB Championship first-round victory since the 2016-17 season.
Under her guidance during the 2022-23 campaign, the women's hoops squad increased their win total by four games beginning with a win over Canisius which snapped a 24-game home court losing skid. The Titans also secured a series sweep over Robert Morris in #HLWBB play and also upset defending league champion IUPUI for the first time in program history. Additionally,
Amaya Burch (the coaching staff's first recruit) earned All-Freshman Team honors after scoring in double-figures 12 times while grabbing 10 boards or more in three games. She also led the team in 3-pointers made (29) while ranking second with three double-doubles and third in rebounds per game (4.7). Additionally, No. 6 seed Detroit Mercy's 59-48 first-round win over No. 11 seed RMU was their first #HLWBB Championship first-round victory since the 2016-17 season.
Cecil comes to the Titans after a standout career as women’s basketball student-athlete at Florida Gulf Coast and Bowling Green respectively. She eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone in her first season at FGCU as redshirt-senior finishing her career with 1090 points while posting 43 career double figures games along with 535 rebounds, 103 assists, 68 steals and 58 blocks in 143 games played with 59 starts. Cecil also connected on 144 total 3-pointers at 35.3% clip
Cecil transferred to FGCU after suffering a preseason injury prior to her senior season at Bowling Green. In her two seasons with the Eagles, she played in 53 games with six starts averaging 4.1 ppg with 130 total rebounds and 22 blocks and 22 steals.
Cecil played in 90 games with 53 starts during her three-year stint at BGSU averaging 9.7 ppg with 274 made 3-point buckets, 405 rebounds, 103 assists, 46 steals and 28 blocks. She also was a two-time Academic All-MAC selection.
During her junior campaign, Cecil led the team in scoring (15.7 ppg) while finishing second in rebounds (5.9) and third in assists (2.2) to earn All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Third-Team honors. She was the only Falcon to start all 30 games reaching double-figures in 21 games with 11 20-plus point games and pair of 30-point outings including a career-high 33 points with 10 rebounds against Eastern Michigan (1/23) and 30 points and 11 board effort against Detroit Mercy (12/17). She also shot a blistering 88.9 percent from the free throw line (80-for-90).
As a Sophomore, she was named the team’s Power Player of the Year and named the team’s Most Improved Player as a freshman.
Cecil earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from FGCU in 2022 and Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from BGSU in 2020. She is the daughter of Jack and Tari Cecil and has one sibling, AJ, who played baseball at the University of Findlay.
Cecil is 2016 graduate of Oak Harbor High School in Oak Harbor, Ohio where she was a women’s basketball standout averaging 22.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game as a senior, helping lead the Rockets to an undefeated regular season, a 23-1 record, a Sandusky Bay Conference title and a final ranking of No. 2 in Ohio Division II. She was named First Team All-Ohio, First Team All-Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC), SBC Player of the Year and First Team All-District. Cecil also registered a school-record 1,823 points over 99 career games, earning Third Team All-Ohio honors as a junior after Special Mention All-Ohio recognition as a sophomore.
