The 2025-26 season will be Atkins' first as an Associate Head Coach and his second on the staff.
Eric Atkins joins the Towson women's basketball staff for the 2024-25 season, announced on July 11, 2024.
Atkins joins the Tigers after spending two seasons as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd, the National Basketball Association (NBA) G-League affiliate for the Milwaukee Bucks. At the Herd, he worked as a player development coordinator for the point guards. Atkins organized and presented scouting reports for the players and the coaching staff while doing postgame teaching techniques through extensive film work.
Before the Wisconsin Herd, Atkins was an assistant coach at George Washington University for one season. Atkins worked with James Bishop, who was a top-ten scorer in college basketball and a First Team All-Atlantic 10. He coached Joe Bamisile, a First Team All-Atlantic 10 player and Brayon Freeman, an Atlantic 10 All-Freshman player.
Prior to George Washington, Atkins spent two seasons at Howard University. He coached Wayne Bristol, MEAC Freshman of the Year, and Charles Williams, Second Team All-MEAC. Atkins coached Makur Maker, a top-20 recruit.
Atkins was a video coordinator at Notre Dame from 2016-19. He analyzed and broke down film for the Fighting Irish for both games and practices.
The Columbia, Maryland native played four seasons at the University Notre Dame. Atkins was the first player to become a three-time captain in the history of the program history. He concluded his career as one of just five Irish players to tally over 1,000 points and 500 assists. He finished 18th all-time on the scoring list with 1,421 points and third in assists with 589. He became the fourth player in program history to have 100 or more assists in each of his four seasons.
Atkins started his professional career in Greece, playing 26 games for KAOD in 2014-15, averaging 7.0 points and 2.0 assists per game. He played for the Erie Bay Hawks in the NBA Development-League, averaging 6.5 points and 3.0 assists per game over 24 games. Atkins also spent time with the Utah Jazz and Idaho Stampede.
