Langford played college basketball for the Tulane Green Wave from 2005 to 2009. She was a four-year starting point guard and set the program record for most career assists (722), assists per game (6.0), games started (121) and minutes played (4,162).[3] Her 722 assists are also the second most in Conference USA history. Langford led Tulane to a 2006–07 regular season title and an appearance in the 2007 WNIT. She finished her career with 1,047 points, graduating with the 17th-most points in program history.[1]
She graduated in 2009 with a double major in business management and marketing.[2]
Langford was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.[4]
During the 2011–12 season, Langford was an assistant for Bucknell, working with the team's guards and coordinating the team's itinerary and travel plans.[2] From 2012 to 2015, Langford was an assistant for the Denver Pioneers, where she was the recruiting coordinator, offensive coordinator and guards coach.[6] She spent the 2015–16 season as an assistant for Navy[7] and the 2016–17 season as an Old Dominion assistant.[8]
Before the 2017–18 season, Langford joined Sean O'Regan's staff at James Madison.[9] In August 2020, she was promoted to associate head coach.[10] She served as acting head coach in January 2021 when O'Regan was out with COVID-19.[11]
On April 28, 2021, Langford was named the head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves.[5] In Langford's first season, Stony Brook was banned from the America East tournament midseason in February 2022 due to an impending conference change to the Colonial Athletic Association.[12] She finished her first year with a 23–6 record and an appearance in the WNIT.[13] Langford's Seawolves made their CAA debut in her second year, and the team finished 18–13, losing to Northeastern in the conference quarterfinals.[14]
On September 25, 2023, Langford was extended by Stony Brook until 2028.[15] She won her 50th game on December 21, doing so in only 70 games, the fastest in program history.[16] Stony Brook won the CAA regular title in their second season as a member of the conference, ending the regular season 25–3 and 16–2 in conference.[17][18]
On April 2, 2024, Langford was hired as the head coach for her alma mater Tulane, replacing her former coach Lisa Stockton after 30 years. Langford went 69–24 (.742) in three seasons at Stony Brook.[19]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion