Tonirenee Blanford joined the Monroe University women's basketball team as an assistant coach in September of 2026.
No stranger to Monroe University, Blanford played basketball for the Mustangs, an NJCAA Division I team, during the 2019-20 season. She produced 254 points and 154 rebounds during the year.
The next two seasons (2020-21 and 2021-22), Blanford played for Union College of Union County New Jersey, an NJCAA Division II program. She was the 2021-22 NJCAA Region 19 Tournament MVP and hit a buzzer-beater three in the opening-round victory in the 2022 NJCAA Tournament. She averaged 12.0 points and 7.2 rebounds during her last season at Union.
During the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, Blanford played collegiate basketball for NCAA Division I Rider University. She averaged 5.7 points and 3.5 rebounds during her junior year with the Broncs. That year, she had season-highs with 11 points and eight rebounds at Seton Hall University. Blanford recorded a pair of blocks in a win at Navy and had a pair of steals against North Florida.
A native of Montclair, N.J., Blanford earned her bachelor's degree in sport management from Rider University in May of 2024.Â
