Bio

Deonte Tatum will begin his first season with the Concordia University Wisconsin Women's Basketball program during the 2017-18 season. 

Tatum, a Milwaukee native, has spent the past seven years coaching basketball, six at the high school level and one at the collegiate level. He has spent five of the six seasons in the high school ranks working at Milwaukee Vincent with both the boys and girls programs. Tatum also spent one season coaching at the Milwaukee School of Languages.

Tatum began his coaching career as a student assistant at the University of Hawaii, following a two-year playing career with the program. He landed in Hawaii after playing two years at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa.

The new Falcons assistant was a former local high school standout at Milwaukee Vincent, helping lead the Vikings to back-to-back WIAA Division 1 State Championships in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Tatum was named the MVP of the Division 1 Boy's State Basketball Tournament.

Tatum and his wife Jenny have three daughters, Neveah, Paityn, and Selah.