Meia Daniels-Netter, who has served as an assistant coach in 2012-13 for Howard Payne, took over a Lady Jacket program in June of 2013 that had 10 consecutive 20-win seasons and posted fourth American Southwest Conference West Division titles in the previous seven years.
Since taking over the program, Meia has continued the Lady Jackets winning ways by leading them to back to back ASC West Division titles in 2016 and 2017.
She has since coached several All-conference players and WBCA All-American Danyel Bradley.
After a stellar career as a player at HPU, Daniels-Netter spent two seasons as the women's basketball graduate assistant at Wayne State College (NE) with former HPU head coach Chris Kielsmeier. She helped guide the Wayne State program to a NSIC Conference Championship in 2010.
At Wayne State, she was an integral part of recruiting high school and junior college players throughout the U.S., helping plan and coordinate practices as well as planning and organizing the team's travel arrangements.
As a player, Daniels-Netter was 109-12 over four seasons leading the Lady Jackets to three American Southwest Conference championships, four NCAA III national tournament appearances and a NCAA III National Championship in 2008. A 2008 graduate of Howard Payne, Meia holds numerous HPU and ASC records and is second in career scoring at Howard Payne with 2,118 points.
Multiple All-Conference selections, twice named ASC Tournament MVP, two-time Regional Player of the Year, two-time All-American and National Player of the Year are among of the numerous honors Daniels-Netter received as a player at Howard Payne.
Meia also serves as the Senior Woman Administrator on the HPU athletics staff. Meia acts as a liaison for women athletes and staff to HPU athletic administration, American Southwest Conference and the NCAA. She also represents HPU at ASC and NCAA meetings and functions as needed.
Along with her regular duties as the head women’s basketball coach, Meia assists in administrative duties within the athletic department and be a liaison with HPU Student Life and Resident Life on student-athlete welfare, discipline issues and on-campus living arrangements.
Meia was married to Craig Netter Jr. in August of 2016. Meia graduated from Howard Payne in 2008 with a degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice. She continued on and completed a Master of Science in Organizational Management from Wayne State College (NE) in 2010.
