Leslie Reinecker joined the Sam Houston State University Women's Basketball coaching staff as an assistant before the 2009-10 season and has played a major role in building the program into a consistent winner. Her first season in 2010, the Bearkats qualified for the Southland Conference post season tournament for the first time in six seasons after posting an 8-8 regular season league record, the most wins for the program since 2000.

In 2011, the Bearkats rolled up a 17-14 overall record to post their first above .500 year since the 1995-96 squad went 18-10. SHSU raced to an 11-5 Southland Conference mark to tie with UTSA as 2011 Southland West Division co-champions.

The 2012 Bearkats added a second consecutive West Division championship. With their 12-4 league record in 2012, the women' achieved their highest seed (third) at the Southland post-season tournament. The .750 winning percentage in Southland action is the program's highest in 25 years in the league.

The 18-12 overall record equaled the school mark for most victories in one year (tying the 1996 squad).

The 35 victories during the past two seasons mark the most in a two-year period for SHSU's 30-year history as an NCAA program.

"Leslie has been such a great addition to our staff," head coach Brenda Nichols said. "She is a quality young coach with experience both at the high school and college level. Her knowledge of Texas high school basketball has been a big plus for our program and bring us a great perspective in recruiting."

Reinecker served as head coach at Prosper, Texas, for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. She was the director of the Prosper Girls Basketball Summer Camp and assisted with the girls track and field program. She worked for three seasons as head coach at East Bernard High School where she also assisted with the volleyball program. In 2007 she was honored as Wharton County Basketball "Coach of the Year."

During the 2003 and 2004 basketball seasons, Reinecker was an assistant coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. She assisted with on-court coaching and recruiting for the varsity squad and was the head coach of the Allegheny women's junior varsity. She also worked in community out-reach, overseeing the "Gator Girl Club," a program for young girls that encouraged participation in basketball.

Reinecker has served on the camp staffs for East Bernard High School, the Allegheny College men's and women's camps and the College of Wooster Women's Basketball Camp. She played Women's Basketball for Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She earned All-Academic recognition and was a two-time member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference academic honor roll.

She is a 2002 cum laude graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She received her bachelor of arts degree as a kinesiology major and history minor. She is completing work on her Master in Education degree . At Southwestern she was a Dean's List student, won the Southwestern Scholar Award and was a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Texas Beta Chapter of the National College Athlete Honor Society.