Meadors grew up in Nashville, Tennessee,[2] and began playing basketball at a young age, shooting at a backboard mounted against a willow tree.

Her total budget (not salary) for her first year was $100.00[4] She would coach sixteen seasons at Tennessee Tech, finishing with a 363–138 (.724) lifetime record.

[6] Looking for opportunities on a larger stage, she coached at Florida State University from 1986 to 1996 where she led the Seminoles to two NCAA tournament appearances and the 1991 Metro Conference Championship.

[9][10] In December 2017, Meadors was hired as Coach of a new addition to the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League, the Atlanta Monarchs.

As general manager, Meadors was responsible for convincing veteran Chamique Holdsclaw to return from retirement,[13] drafting rookies Angel McCoughtry (forward) from Louisville and Shalee Lehning (guard) from Kansas State, and getting Michelle Snow and Sancho Little in the supplemental draft from the folding of the Houston Comets.

Despite the odds, they played three close games with the Seattle Storm which featured Swin Cash, Sue Bird, and Finals MVP Lauren Jackson.

Angel McCoughtry made her first All-Star debut with an outstanding season as well as contributions from Sancho Lyttle, Iziane Castro-Marques and Erika DeSouza.

1 seed Indiana 2–1 to advance to the WNBA Finals despite losing star player Erika DeSouza to the Brazilian team.

[17] Meadors was selected as the assistant coach of the team representing the US in 1992 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.

[18] Meadors moved up from assistant to head coach of the team representing the US in 1993 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.

The team did not start well, they lost the opening game to Japan, and followed that with a three-point loss to Republic of China - Cathay Life.

[19] Meadors was named assistant coach of the USA National team in preparation for competition in the 2010 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.

Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games.

The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer, and went on to win the championship and gold medal.