Sources[2] Merriweather began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at her alma mater Cincinnati in 2001.
Merriweather was suspended indefinitely during the 2005–06 season after she admitted to typing, correcting, and revising a paper for a point guard on the basketball team during the season, as well as making 105 impermissible phone calls to recruits.
[3] After four seasons away from college basketball, Merriweather was hired as an assistant coach at Wright State in 2010.
[5] At Wright State, she led the program to their first ever NCAA tournament win while also winning three Horizon League regular season titles and three Horizon League coach of the year awards.
[6] On March 25, 2023, Merriweather returned to Cincinnati to become the 10th head coach in the program's history.