Captains Girls Basketball Camps

Coaching Staff

Chantel Roberts
Assistant Coach

Chantel Roberts is entering her fourth season as a member of the the Christopher Newport coaching staff in 2025-26. She joined the CNU sideline after two years as an assistant coach at Chowan University.

While with the Hawks, Roberts coordinated team travel and assisted with evaluating opponents and preparing scouting reports for the Chowan women's basketball team. She helped organize and plan practice sessiosn while also overseeing student managers and serving as an academic advisor to the student-athletes.

Prior to her tenure as an assistant coach at Chowan, she also spent one season as a student coach with the Hawks following a season as the Future League Coach at King's Fork HS. She was named a WBCA "Thirty Under 30" selection in 2020 and also participated in the WBCA "So You Want to be a Coach" program in 2018.

As a player, Roberts was a first-team All-CIAA selection in 2018 while serving as team captain at Chowan. She earned second team All-State accolades and was a first team CoSIDA Academic All-District pick.

Roberts graduated with a degree in Exercise Science in 2018.

Terrance Gist
Assistant Coach

Terrance Gist returns to the Captains sideline for his fifth season in 2025-26. Gist served for 20 years as a member of the United States Air Force until 2020.

Gist, an All-Conference player in college, continued to compete for 12 years while in the service. He has coached 12U Youth Basketball and was a VHSL basketball official from 2015-18. Starting in 2018, Gist was named the head girls junior varsity and assistant varsity coach at York High School in Yorktown.

Prior to his military service, Gist was a four-year letterwinner at the University of South Carolina Upstate from 1994-98. He led the nation in steals during the 1997-98 season and finished his career ranked second all-time in thefts. He would go on to earn his Master of Education in 2007.

Gist and his wife, Shana, have three children, Shanbria, Isaiah, and Linda, and currently reside in Williamsburg. 

Madison Hagen
Assistant Coach