Women's Basketball
Berza, Mikaela
Mikaela Berza
- Title:
- Coordinator of Video and Creative Content
- Email:
- mikaela-berza@utulsa.edu
- Phone:
- 918.527.1114
Mikaela Berza, also known as "Coach Meeks," is in her fourth year with TU and third as an assistant coach after spending the 2021-22 season as the coordinator of video and creative content for the Golden Hurricane.
During her tenure, Tulsa has tallied 59 wins and advanced to the WNIT (2021-22) and WBIT (2023-24).
Berza was a key part of the staff that led Tulsa to a historic season in 2023-24 as the Golden Hurrricane posted the school’s best record in 19 years at 25-10 with a share of the American Athletic Conference regular season championship with 13 wins to only five losses in league play. She helped coach AAC Player of the Year Temira Poindexter and AAC Most Improved Player of the Year Delanie Crawford to all-conference honors and WBCA All-American Honorable Mention status. During the season, the team earned victories over teams from the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Big East and ended the year with a quarterfinal run in the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT).
In 2022-23, Berza helped the Hurricane post 17 wins for the second-straight season, tying the mark from the previous year for the most wins since the 2014-15 season. Tulsa also posted a 5-0 record to start league play, the best in Tulsa’s nine-year history in The American, and put together a program-best nine-game home win streak (Feb. 27, 2022-Jan. 4, 2023).
In 2021-22, the Hurricane recorded a 17-11 overall record, the most wins in eight years, started the year with a 10-0 mark for the best start in school history, and advanced to the WNIT Second Round, marking the first postseason appearance for TU since 2015.
Berza came to Tulsa after serving as a graduate assistant with the women’s basketball program at the University of Florida for two seasons (2019-21). At Florida, Berza prepared and assisted all coaches with scouting material, maintained the high school and AAU PSA database, helped create all recruiting videos and graphics, designed the monthly “Gator Great” newsletter and assisted in the coordination of official and unofficial visits.
Prior to Florida, Berza served as the associate head coach of the Bill Crothers Secondary School girl’s prep basketball team (2017-19), was the recruiting coordinator at Ontario Tech University (2018), and was the team manager of the men’s and women’s Canadian Basketball National Teams (2012-18). She was also the special assistant to the men’s basketball head coach at Ryerson University (2011-16) and the women’s basketball assistant coach and video coordinator at Ryerson (2013-15).
Berza earned her bachelor’s of commerce degree from Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario) in 2016 and her master’s degree in sports management from Florida in 2021.
During her tenure, Tulsa has tallied 59 wins and advanced to the WNIT (2021-22) and WBIT (2023-24).
Berza was a key part of the staff that led Tulsa to a historic season in 2023-24 as the Golden Hurrricane posted the school’s best record in 19 years at 25-10 with a share of the American Athletic Conference regular season championship with 13 wins to only five losses in league play. She helped coach AAC Player of the Year Temira Poindexter and AAC Most Improved Player of the Year Delanie Crawford to all-conference honors and WBCA All-American Honorable Mention status. During the season, the team earned victories over teams from the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Big East and ended the year with a quarterfinal run in the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT).
In 2022-23, Berza helped the Hurricane post 17 wins for the second-straight season, tying the mark from the previous year for the most wins since the 2014-15 season. Tulsa also posted a 5-0 record to start league play, the best in Tulsa’s nine-year history in The American, and put together a program-best nine-game home win streak (Feb. 27, 2022-Jan. 4, 2023).
In 2021-22, the Hurricane recorded a 17-11 overall record, the most wins in eight years, started the year with a 10-0 mark for the best start in school history, and advanced to the WNIT Second Round, marking the first postseason appearance for TU since 2015.
Berza came to Tulsa after serving as a graduate assistant with the women’s basketball program at the University of Florida for two seasons (2019-21). At Florida, Berza prepared and assisted all coaches with scouting material, maintained the high school and AAU PSA database, helped create all recruiting videos and graphics, designed the monthly “Gator Great” newsletter and assisted in the coordination of official and unofficial visits.
Prior to Florida, Berza served as the associate head coach of the Bill Crothers Secondary School girl’s prep basketball team (2017-19), was the recruiting coordinator at Ontario Tech University (2018), and was the team manager of the men’s and women’s Canadian Basketball National Teams (2012-18). She was also the special assistant to the men’s basketball head coach at Ryerson University (2011-16) and the women’s basketball assistant coach and video coordinator at Ryerson (2013-15).
Berza earned her bachelor’s of commerce degree from Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario) in 2016 and her master’s degree in sports management from Florida in 2021.
WBB | USF Postgame
Thursday, February 27
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Thursday, February 27
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