Tonya Alleyne begins her second season as head coach of the SDCC Knights. She began her coaching career in 1994 at Arcadia University, a Division III college in Glenside, Penn. Alleyne coached there until 1996 when she decided to take a year off from coaching and became the Media Relations Director for the Richmond Rage of the American Basketball League.

Alleyne returned to coaching in 1997 when she became an assistant coach for the University of South Carolina Lady Gamecocks for two years. While at USC she was responsible for working with the team's marketing and community relations activities, scheduling, equipment, scouting, monitoring the players' academic progress and overseeing summer camps.

Alleyne then moved on to Fresno State where she spent three years as an assistant coach. Her responsibilities included recruiting, coordinating team travel, scheduling, scouting, and conditioning.

Alleyne earned her bachelor's degree in Communications from Seton Hall in 1991. Two years later she received her M.A. degree in Corporate and Public Communication from Seton Hall.

While at Seton Hall, Alleyne was a standout basketball player from 1987-92. She is ranked in seven different categories on the Seton Hall career records list, including seventh in both three-point field goals made (44) and attempted (124), eighth in assists (312), and ninth in free-throw percentage (.732).

Alleyne was born in New York, NY and was raised in Philadelphia, Penn. She enjoys listening to music, water-skiing, riding her bike, dee-jaying and currently has her own freelance video production and post production business.