In 1994, Neighbors became head girls' basketball coach at
Bentonville High School in
Bentonville, Arkansas. The team improved from a 1–24 record in his first season to winning at least 18 games in each of the next three seasons and reached the state finals in 1997.
Arkansas head coach On April 3, 2017, Neighbors was announced as the ninth coach in program history at his alma mater, where he once served as director of basketball operations and as an assistant. His contract is for six years, at $600,000 per year. His first season was filled with ups and downs, as the team finished 13–18 overall and next to last in the conference. They won their opening round SEC Tournament game over Vanderbilt, before succumbing to former Arkansas coach
Gary Blair and his Texas A&M team, 82–52. In his second season at Arkansas, Neighbors' Razorbacks doubled their SEC wins from the previous year to 6. Neighbors coached his team into the SEC Women's Tournament championship game versus #5 Mississippi State, defeating Georgia, #12 South Carolina, and #15 Texas A&M on consecutive days. But the Razorbacks lost to Mississippi St. Arkansas accepted a bid to the
2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), beating Houston and UAB in the first two rounds at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. Neighbors team lost at home to TCU, 82–78, in the third round, ending their season. Neighbors entered his fourth season coming off arguably the best season for the Hogs ever in the Southeastern Conference, as his 2019–20 Hogs became one of just two teams to ever win 10 games in the league, while his most recent squad was one of just three Razorback teams in the SEC era to finish above .500 in the league. With their 10–6 record in 2020, the Hogs finished tied for third place in the conference, the best-ever conference finish for Arkansas women’s basketball. If not for the shortened season, Neighbors would have guided his Hogs back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. Arkansas defeated both Baylor and Connecticut at home in his fourth season, the first time the Razorbacks had knocked off two top five teams in the same year. The Razorbacks would earn a #4 seed in the
2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, but they were upset in the opening round to #13 seed Wright State. This marked the first time since 2014 that a 13-seed upset a 4-seed in the first round of the tournament. Following the 2020–21 season, Neighbors signed an extension with the Razorbacks through the 2027–28 season. He resigned as head coach on March 11, 2025.
WNBA On March 26, 2025, Neighbors was announced as an assistant coach for the
Los Angeles Sparks under head coach
Lynne Roberts. ==Head coaching record==