Iona College women's basketball head coach Billi Chambers enters her eighth season at the helm of the Iona College women's basketball program in 2020-21.

During the 2019-2020 season the Gaels out-did their predicted finish in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, and finished in a tie for sixth in the standings. The Maroon & Gold began conference play with a win over Quinnipiac, snapping the Bobcats' 52- game conference win streak. The Gaels also swept its annual Western New York swing at Canisius and Niagara for the first time since the 2016-17 season.

Juana Camilion, a 2018-19 MAAC All-Rookie selection, was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Third Team. She completed the 2019-20 season ranked No. 18 in the MAAC in scoring, No. 11 in assists per game and No. 4 in steals per game. Camilion earned a spot on the All-MAAC Third Team. Paulla Weekes, was named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team, marking the third consecutive season that a member of the Maroon & Gold appeared on the conference's rookie list, and seventh consecutive season that a Gael has appeared on an All-Conference squad

The Gaels sported one of the youngest teams in the country in 2017-18. Toyosi Abiola carried the torch as the unanimous selection for MAAC Rookie of the Year. The MAAC All-Rookie Team honoree was a nine-time MAAC Rookie of the Week. Alexis Lewis was also named to the All-MAAC Third Team.

The Gaels finished the 2016-17 season with a 18-13, 12-8 MAAC record. They entered the conference tournament as the No. 5 seed and advanced to the semifinal round following an upset of No. 4 Siena in the quarterfinal.

Lewis and Marina Lizarazu were named to the 2017 All-MAAC First Team and four student-athletes took home All-MAAC Academic Team honors.

In 2016, Chambers led the Iona women's basketball program to its first-ever MAAC tournament championship, taking down top seeded Quinnipiac in the championship game while also earning the Maroon & Gold's debut appearance in the NCAA Championship.

Lizarazu and Joy Adams were All-MAAC First Team performers. Lizarazu was Most Outstanding Player in the MAAC Championship. Iona secured the No. 15 seed and fell to regional host, No. 2 University of Maryland.

In her first season with the Gaels, Chambers led Iona to a program record 26 wins and a share of its first-ever MAAC regular season championship. Her 26 wins are the most by a rookie head coach in conference history.

During that 2013-14 campaign, Chambers led the Gaels on a historic 18-game winning streak, the longest in school history. She became the first rookie coach to win the MAAC Coach of the Year honor since 1991 and led all first-time head coaches in NCAA Division I with 26 overall wins and 18 victories in conference play.

For her efforts, Chambers was named the WBCA Spalding Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year, given to the nation's top first-year head coach, becoming the first mentor in MAAC history to claim the honor. Chambers was also named the College Sports Madness Mid-Major Coach of the Year in 2014.

Prior to her arrival in New Rochelle, Chambers served as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech, on Dennis Wolff's staff when he took over the program in 2011-12. The Hokies improved their Atlantic Coast Conference mark in both seasons under Wolff and Chambers.

At UMBC, Chambers served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under head coach Phil Stern for three seasons. During the 2010-11 campaign, the Retrievers finished 20-12, earning the America East regular season championship and a berth into the Women's NIT.

Chambers spent two seasons as an assistant at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York. Under the tutelage of Tim O'Hagan, she helped guide the Lions to their first-ever East Coast Conference title and a berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2008. Molloy posted a 34-26 overall record in her two seasons on the bench.

While at Molloy, Chambers also served as an athletics administrator. She was the Lions' Associate Director of Athletics, Senior Woman Administrator and Compliance Officer. She joined the Molloy staff after two years in the conference office as Associate Commissioner for Operations and SWA for the ECC.

The Cheverly, Maryland native attended Archbishop Carroll High School, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the spring of 2018. She was a four-year letter winner at Hofstra, appearing in 79 games and making 28 starts from 1999-2003. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in May 2003 and a master's degree in psychology from Adelphi University in November 2005.

Chambers and her wife, Melba, reside in Norwalk, Connecticut.