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Head Coach
kkollar@macalester.edu
Macalester
Division 3
Katie Kollar became the head womens basketball coach at Macalester before the 2019-20 season. In her three seasons at Macalester Kollar has doubled the teams win total every year. Kollar has coached student-athltes who have earned All-MIAC honors and her team's GPA's have consistently been over a 3.5. Kollar came to St. Paul after spending the previous four seasons as the head coach at SUNY Cobleskill.
At SUNY Cobleskill, Kollar took a Fighting Tigers team that had won just two games the year before and quickly built a solid program. After a nine-win campaign in her first year, Kollar led SUNY Cobleskill to a 14-12 record in 2016-17, the programs first winning season in five years. That year, the team also earned a berth in the ECAC Tournament for the first time since 2008. Kollar also recruited and coached a student-athlete who scored her 1,000th career point during her junior year, just the second Fighting Tiger to achieve the milestone as a junior. Overall, SUNY Cobleskill was 46-55 under Kollar.
Prior to her time at SUNY Cobleskill, Kollar was an assistant coach at Springfield (Mass.) College for two years. While at Springfield, she served as a compliance intern at American International College, an NCAA Division II institution in Springfield. Kollar also spent one year as an assistant coach at Averett University in Danville, Va.
Assistant Coach
bigcam72000@yahoo.com
Elmhurst
Division 3
Cameron/Coach Cam has been a basketball coach for 20 plus years with a career that spreads from middle school through college whos h includes AAU on the highest level on both the mens and womens side.
Coach Cam just excepted a position at Elmhurst University after two season as the 1st ever coach of Community Christian College in Redlands, Ca.
A native of Chicago, Coach Cam has assisted 60 athletes in getting college scholarhips or getting an opportunity to play a college sport.
Head Coach
jason.pruitt@elmhurst.edu
Elmhurst
Division 3
Jason Pruitt was hired as the 15th head coach of Elmhurst women's basketball in April 2023.
A seasoned coach and athlete, Pruitt has spent 11 seasons as a head coach and has turned multiple programs into perennial title contenders. He has coached 20+ athletes to all-conference nods, won two conference championships, won two regional championships, and has been named his conferences coach of the year five times.
Pruitt comes to Elmhurst after serving seven seasons as the head coach at the University of La Verne, in La Verne, Calif. The university is a member of NCAA Division III and the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), and Pruitt led the Leopards to a 67-62 overall record in his time there.
He led one of the largest program turnarounds in the country, taking a program that went 5-21 in his first season to the best season in program history in 2022-23. Pruitt led the 2022-23 squad to a 24-3 program record, earning the SCIAC regular season title and garnering multiple weeks inside the D3Hoops.com and Womens Basketball Coaching Association (WBCA) top-25 polls. He and his coaching staff also earned the conferences Coaching Staff of the Year honors, and placed three student-athletes on the all-conference first and second team.
In his time at La Verne, Pruitt led six total first team all-conference players and led the NCAA and SCIAC in multiple statistical categories in his seven seasons.
Prior to his time at La Verne, Pruitt spent one season at the University of Antelope Valley in the NAIA and California Pacific Conference (CALPAC). Pruitt made an immediate impact, leading the program to the CALPAC regular season championship and earning conference coach of the year honors. He coached three all-conference selections as well as the conference defensive player of the year, leading the NAIA in multiple statistical categories.
He started as a head coach at Bethesda University of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), leading the Flames for three seasons. In his first season, he led the program to their first-ever postseason appearance, and earned the NCCAA Western Region Championship in both the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, also earning Western Region Coach of the Year honors in both years and coaching four NCCAA All-Americans. His 2013-14 squad made a run to the NCCAA National Championship game, finishing with runner-up honors.
Pruitt also made coaching stops at California Institute of Technology as associate mens basketball coach and the University School of Nova Southeastern as associate head basketball coach.
A decorated athlete himself, Pruitt was a star basketball and track & field athlete at Colbert County High School in Leighton, Ala., where he earned a pair of high jump state championships and was a part of the 1997 Alabama State basketball championship team. Pruitt went on to play basketball at John C. Calhoun State Community College, where he won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Alabama State Championship and played in the NJCAA National Championship game. He finished his collegiate athletic career with a season at Division I Mississippi Valley State University before spending his last season at Kentucky State University.
Pruitt holds an associate degree from John C. Calhoun State Community College, a bachelors degree in Mass Media Arts from Clark Atlanta University, and a masters degree in Educational Technology from Nova Southeastern.
Prior to his time coaching, Pruitt spent a decade in the media industry in various positions at NBC, CBS, and ABC affiliates. He has also spent time teaching at the high school and collegiate levels, leading courses in communication, media technology, digital journalism and sports marketing.
Head Coach
vnguyen@rockford.edu
Rockford
Division 3
Victoria Nguyen is in her first season as the head coach for the Rockford University women's basketball program after serving as the assistant coach the last four seasons. Nguyen is originally from Woburn, Massachusetts.
Nguyen started off her playing career at Dean College, a junior college in Franklin, MA, where she was the point guard. Lead team to back-to-back Region XXI Championship for the 1st time in program history. She was named Michelle Porter Female Athlete of the Year (2014-2015), All-Conference selection, selected as NJCAA Division II Second Team All-American (2014-2015) and 2-times Region XXI 1st team. 587 points, 343 assists, 255 rebounds, 201 steals in 2 years. She finished her playing career at the NCAA DI, Florida A&M University. While at Florida A&M University she received the Newcomer of the Year Award (2015-2016) and the Sixth Man Award (2016-2017).
Nguyen graduated FAMU with her bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and minor in coaching and Rockford University with a Master's Degree in Education.
Assistant Coach
wallace@msoe.edu
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Division 3
welshpr@lakeland.edu
Lakeland (WI)
Division 3
mccarthy@rose-hulman.edu
Rose-Hulman IT
Division 3
Alison McCarthy is entering her second year as an assistant coach at Rose-Hulman in the 2024-2025 season.
In her first season on staff at Rose-Hulman, following a 2022-2023 season in which they were unable to complete a seson (0-0), she helped the Fightin' Engineers finish the season 5th in the conference, making the HCAC conference tournament, with a record of 12-14 (9-9). The Engineers had a junior guard make 1st team all-conference and a freshman post who was named Newcomer of the Year. McCarthy was a basketball coach for 19 years at the high school level, beginning in 1999. She got her start in 1999 as the head girls basketball coach at Holmes High School in Kentucky, followed by a brief stint at Simon Kenton High School. She then took the head coaching position at Beechwood in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky where she stayed for eight years. She was inducted into the Holmes High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017 and into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 2019, along with her father, Jeff.
In 2015, she moved to Cincinnati and was named head coach of the girls' basketball team at Woodward High School. Then, in 2019, she transitioned to the boy's side as an assistant coach at Woodward High School.
McCarthy earned her Bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education from Northern Kentucky in 1997 where she played on the women's basketball team.
Head Coach - Men's Basketball
cthomas378@ccc.edu
Malcolm X
Junior College
I am Coach Thomas and I am representing Wilbur Wright Community College in the City College network of schools.
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
Your camp footage will be accessible to the below colleges, who have participated in EXACT's events. Instructing coaches at camp are listed under Confirmed Coaches.
Head Coach
emily.garner@trincoll.edu
Trinity (CT)
Division 3
Trinity College Head Women's Basketball Head Coach Emily Garner returns for her seventh season in 2022-23, having guided the Bantams to their best season in two decades last winter. The NESCAC Coach of the Year, Garner led Trinity to a 17-6 overall record in 2021-22 and into the NESCAC Semifinals for the first time since 2014 despite losing no less than four players with starting experience in the season's first semester. The Bantams won the league's regular season title for the first time with an 8-2 mark in league play and hosted the conference championship for the first time in the program history. Garner mentored Samantha Gallo to an All-NESCAC First Team and a D3Hoops.com and New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) All-Region season, while Bailey Hyland was named the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year.
In 2018-19, Trinity posted its best overall record in 19 years at 19-6 and earned their second-ever home game in the NESCAC Championship Tournament. In 2017-18, Garner led the Bantams to their first trip to the post-season since 2014, closing the year with a 15-10 overall record and earning the No. 8 seed in the NESCAC Tourney. In 2016-17, Garner led Trinity to a 13-10 final mark and the Bantams just missed the post-season on a tiebreaker. In 2019-20, Peace Kabari earned back-to-back, All-NESCAC accolades under Garner's mentorship the last two seasons and was named the 2019-20 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, while Trinity rookie Bria Fuller collected NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors. Kabari and Sheena Landy '17 have both been named as Trinity's female athlete of the year during Garner's tenure, and Trinity lands multiple athletes on the NESCAC All-Academic team on an annual basis.
Garner became the sixth head coach in the 43-year history of the Trinity women's basketball program in 2016, after honing her skills for the previous six seasons as a NCAA Division I assistant coach at Long Island University-Brooklyn and the United States Military Academy. At Army, where she served as an assistant from 2012 to 2016, Garner helped the Black Knights post a four-year record of 99-28 with two NCAA appearances and two WNIT appearances.
Garner began her coaching career in 2010 as a graduate assistant at LIU-Brooklyn following a fine playing career at Lafayette College. After two seasons coaching the Blackbirds, she joined the staff at Army where her responsibilities included post player development, opponent scouting, head junior varsity coach, compliance, and summer camps. Garner, who mentored two Patriot League Players of the Year at West Point, was promoted to recruiting coordinator by legendary Army Head Coach Dave Magarity in the spring of 2015. In Garner's final season, Army posted a program-best record of 29-3 and won both the regular-season and tournament titles in the Patriot League.
Garner earned her bachelor's degree from Lafayette in English with minors in economics and business in 2009 and also holds a master's degree in secondary education (English) from Long Island University. A three-year starter for the Leopards, Garner was elected captain and garnered Patriot League All-Tournament honors in her senior season. She is also a graduate of the 2018 NCAA Women Coaches Academy, which is hosted in a partnership between the Alliance of Women Coaches and is a four-day educational training available to NCAA coaches of all experience levels. The NCAA Women Coaches Academy is designed for women coaches who are ready to increase their individual effectiveness by learning advanced skills and strategies that directly affect their personal and team success. In the fall of 2019, Garner was named to Trinitys 50 for the Next 50, an initiative to honor women who will have a lasting impact on the future of Trinity College. She is a member of the Trinity Athletics Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and will serve as a DEI Faculty Fellow in 2022-23..
sam.mancinelli@tufts.edu
Tufts
Division 3
Sam Mancinelli joined the Tufts University women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in July of 2022. In Mancinelli's first season on staff with the Jumbos, Tufts women's basketball finished the year 24-7 after winning the NESCAC Championship and making an appearance in the Elite 8. The Elite 8 appearance marks the eighth time overall in program history the Jumbos have made it to that point, along with 4 appearances in the Final Four and 14 NCAA tournament berths overall.
Mancinelli was the point guard and three-year captain of the Roger Williams University women's basketball team which finished the 2021-22 season 25-3 overall and won the programs first ever Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championship. She averaged 8.1 points and 4.4 assists per game and was ranked third in the nation for assist/turnover ratio. Her 124 total assists were second in the league and 28th nationally. Mancinelli was an All-Conference selection and was named the CCC Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Mancinelli is a 2021 graduate from Roger Williams University. From nearby Peabody, Massachusetts, Mancinelli attended Bishop Fenwick High School where she helped the team win a state championship in 2016.
Assistant Coach
lswann@oxy.edu
Occidental
Division 3
Coach Lashell Swann has over 30 years of playing and coaching basketball on all levels including; Boys & Girls Club, Middle and High School, AAU, College, and Professional. She comes from the basketball mecca: Prince George's County, Maryland. She excelled in all sports at the University of the District of Columbia Including track, tennis, volleyball, swim team, and even soccer, but her true passion is basketball of which she received a full scholarship for 4 years. After graduating from college with a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice and an Associates Degree in Community policing, Lashell went on to coach various basketball teams in the Washington Metropolitan area. She had a very successful career as an Assistant Coach and then Head Coach for District Heights Boys and Girls Club before heading out to California. She has been coaching and training individuals at various high schools and colleges in the San Fernando valley of California for the last 10 years. She has trained various individuals, as well as the girls basketball teams at North Hollywood High School, Granada Hills High School, John Marshall High School, Antelope Valley College, and Glendale Community College. She is currently in her 6th year as the Head Coach of the girls varsity basketball program at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles and in her second season as an Assistant Coach at Occidental College in Los Angeles. She currently boasts a 233-67 coaching record at the girls basketball high school level. Lashell brings an elite level of talent, training, and knowledge to the game of basketball.
carson.huelle@lawrence.edu
Lawrence
Division 3
Head Coach
cdonelan@bard.edu
Bard
Division 3
Casi Donelan came to Bard in July of 2017.
Since her arrival, Bard has gone on to set several school and conference records and has recruited and coach two time All-American Christina Kiser. Since her arrival Bards Womens Basketball team has landed on the WBCA Top 25 Team GPA list every year and has coached several Fulbright Scholars.
A native of Fairfax, Va., Donelan came to Bard after four years as the top assistant at Oberlin College. During her tenure there, the women's basketball program experienced a turnaround, making the conference tournament all four seasons, and culminating with the team's first conference playoff victory in 18 years after the 2016-17 regular season. The Yeowomen won three national statistical titles during her time there - free throw percentage, blocked shots in a season, blocked shots per game) and set five school records including wins in a season and conference wins in a season. Oberlin defeated regionally and nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace during her time there. She recruited and coached seven all-conference selections at Oberlin, including Conference Player of the Year and Regional All-American Christina Marquette.
Donelan was an assistant at Skidmore College before going to Oberlin, and she was a graduate assistant at Bethany College for two seasons prior to going to Skidmore.
She received her Bachelor's Degree in Sports Administration from Lock Haven University in 2010; she was a three-year captain and starter at Lock Haven, leading the team in assists and rebounds from 2008-2010. Donelan earned her Master's Degree in Teaching from Bethany College.
She is also an Assistant Athletic Director at Bard, handling facilities management.
Head Coach
clancyc@wlu.edu
Washington and Lee
Division 3
Christine Clancy enters her twelfth season as the head coach of the Washington and Lee women's basketball program in the 2023-24 season and now serves as an Assistant Athletics Director for Physical Education.
Clancy is passionate about developing her student athletes into confident and empowered leaders, creating cultures that foster inclusion and promote belonging, and being a proactive leader within the campus and local community. Under Clancy's leadership, the W&L women's basketball team has implemented a leadership development program and the has been recognized eight straight years in the WBCA Academic Top 25 for having one of the highest team GPAs amongst NCAA DIII women's basketball programs. In 2022, in recognition of her service to her students and to the W&L community, Clancy was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.
Clancy is the winningest coach in W&L women's basketball program history, as the all time leader in total wins (161) and winning percentage (.587). The two time, back to back, ODAC Coach of the Year (2022, 2023) guided the 2022-23 team to ODAC regular season and tournament championships and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The team had 3 ODAC All-Conference Team members, Grace O'Connor '24 (3rd team), Hanna Malik '24 (1st team), and Mary Schleusner '26 (1st team). Schleusner was also named the ODAC Rookie and Defensive Player of the Year, picked up a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American recognition, and was selected as the D3Hoops.com National Rookie of the Year. The 2022-23 team ended the year as the most successful team in program history, breaking more than 15 program records, and finishing as the NCAA DIII statistical leader in total blocks and blocks per game. The 2021-22 team won a share of the ODAC regular season Championship and earned the programs 1st at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Megan Horn '22 was named the 2021 ODAC player of the Year and a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American and was joined by teammates Jordan Diehl '22 (2nd team) and Hanna Malik '24 (3rd team) on the ODAC All-Conference Teams.
Under Clancy's leadership, the 2019-20 and 2018-19 teams set the stage for the success that the team enjoyed in 2023. In 2019-20 the team went 18-8 overall and 15-3 in ODAC play, earning the Generals a share of the regular season conference title and setting a program record for wins in the regular season and in conference play. Clancy earned her 100th win at W&L on December 14th with a 65-59 OT win at Mary Washington. Clancy coached a program record four players to All-ODAC laurels. Junior guard Erin Hughes '21 earned first team, seniors Andy Smithey '20 and Taylor Casey '20 were both named to the second team, and sophomore point guard Megan Horn was named to the third team.
The Generals concluded the 2018-19 season with a 19-9 overall record, and went the team to the ODAC Tournament Championship game after a 13-5 mark in conference play, the program's second appearance in the ODAC title game. Clancy earned her 100th career coaching win in the team's season-opening 72-64 win over Stevenson. She also coached three players to All-ODAC laurels, led by junior guard Taylor Casey '20 on the first team. Sophomore guard Erin Hughes '21 was named the first ODAC Defensive Player of the Year in conference history and earned a second team selection, while junior forward Andy Smithey '20 was recognized on the third team.
Clancy led the Generals to a 17-10 overall record in 2017-18, 9-7 in the ODAC, and advanced to the conference semifinals for the second time in three seasons before falling to Emory & Henry, 64-60. The Generals opened the season 4-0, tying the longest undefeated start to a season since the 2014-15 team also began the campaign 4-0. Under Clancy's leadership, senior guard Emily Perszyk earned her second consecutive All-ODAC First Team honor and went on to become the first player in program history to be named an Academic All-American, earning a spot on the first team.
Clancy led the Generals to a 12-14 record and a 7-9 mark in conference play through an injury-plagued 2016-17 campaign. The Generals won a first round contest over Roanoke, 88-79, before falling to eventual ODAC champion, Guilford, 72-55, in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. Clancy mentored Emily Perszyk 18 to First Team All-ODAC and Second Team All-State honors. Perszyk is the first W&L player to earn first team all-conference honors since 2012 and the first player to earn a spot on one of the all-state teams since the 2005-06 season.
The Generals finished the 2015-16 campaign with a 17-10 overall record and an 11-5 mark in ODAC play. W&L traveled to Salem for the ODAC Tournament as the fourth-seed and advanced to the semifinals where it fell to eventual conference champion, Lynchburg, 71-57. Clancy guided Jackie Clifford '17 to Second Team All-ODAC accolades and Ailyn Kelly '18 to Third Team All-ODAC laurels.
In her first season at the helm of the program, Clancy led a W&L team picked to finish last in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference to the No. 8 seed out of 12 teams for the conference tournament. The Generals won a first round contest before falling to top-seeded Eastern Mennonite, 68-58, in the quarterfinals. W&L finished with a 9-16 overall record and finished among the league leaders in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense. Clancy mentored Katy Wilson '13 to Second Team All-ODAC honors and she was also named the ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Clancy served as the Generals' assistant coach for the 2011-12 season, helping lead the Blue & White to a 14-13 overall record and an 11-9 mark in conference play. The Generals were the No. 5 seed for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament, defeating fourth-seeded Randolph-Macon, 78-69, in the quarterfinals before falling to top-seeded Virginia Wesleyan by a score of 60-58 in the semifinals. With her assistance, W&L claimed three all-conference selections and Becca Bolton '12 was named the ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Prior to arriving in Lexington, Clancy spent three seasons at Colby College, serving as an assistant coach for two years before taking over as interim head coach for the 2010-11 season. After going 13-11 in her first season as an assistant, she helped lead the White Mules to a program record for wins (24-5) and the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history in 2009-10. Clancy then took over on an interim basis in her third year, guiding Colby to a 22-6 overall record and a second NCAA Tournament berth, advancing to the second round before falling to William Paterson, 58-53.
Clancy's coaching experience also includes two seasons (2006-08) as an assistant coach at Smith College, where she earned a master of science degree in sports and exercise studies. She also served as an athletic administrative intern at Smith.
As an undergraduate, Clancy played on the basketball and tennis teams at Brandeis University, graduating in 2006 with a bachelor of arts degree in economics. She received the Coaches Award in both sports and was a three-time member of the University Athletic Association All-Academic Team. A team captain for the basketball team as a senior, she was a three-time All-UAA selection, including a first team honoree following her final season.
Asst. Women’s Basketball Coach/Director Of Lifetime Fitness And Wellness
jshotlan@trinity.edu
Trinity (TX)
Division 3
Joe Shotland, Trinity University 14, 15 will be in his sixth full-time season as the assistant coach for the Trinity Tigers womens basketball team during the 2020-21 campaign. He also serves as the Department of Athletics Director of Lifetime Fitness and Wellness.
Coach Shotland was appointed to his current position of assistant coach in June 2015. He was a graduate assistant coach during the 2014-15 academic year, while earning a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Trinity.
Respected by his peers, Shotland was elected the 2017-18 Small College Assistant Coach of the Year by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC). Trinity won its third consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championship and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the third year in a row.
During his six years on the job, the Tigers have captured four SCAC Tournament Championships and qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament on four occasions, including 2020.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity in 2014 in English and graduated summa cum laude. That same year, Coach Shotland was captain of the Tiger mens basketball team, which won its third straight SCAC title and advanced to the NCAA Playoffs.
An excellent communicator, Coach Shotland was selected to deliver the student keynote address at the 2014 Trinity Commencement ceremony. He also was elected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court and was a nominee for the Capital One Academic All-District Team. Coach Shotland was active in the Trinity community as the representative for mens basketball on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Coach Shotland is a graduate of Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas, and was tabbed for the all-district basketball team. A versatile student-athlete, Coach Shotland also earned all-district accolades as a baseball pitcher.
He married Caitlin Barrett on May 2, 2020, in San Antonio.
Assistant Coach
mfithiangian@wesleyan.edu
Wesleyan (CT)
Division 3
Mekaela Fithian-Giantonio enters her first season as an assistant coach for the Cardinals in 2019-20.
A 2019 graduate of Nichols College (Mass.), Fithian-Giantonio was a four-year player and captain during her senior year. She ranks ninth in career games played for the Bison. During her senior season, she was second in points and assists, while also leading the team in steals.
The Plainville, Conn. native began coaching in 2015 as an assistant coach for the Connecticut Magic, an AAU team out of Bristol, Conn. For the past two AAU seasons, she took over as head coach for the ninth-grade girls' CT Magic team. She has also coached multiple camps and clinics during her college career, and also served as a team manager for the womens lacrosse team at Nichols.
Fithian-Giantonio was a double major in Sport Management and International Business. She was named Academic All-Conference selection in the Commonwealth Coast Conference and graduated from Nichols with honors.
Fithian-Giantonio was selected from a national pool to attend the WBCA Convention as part of the very selective, So You Want To Be A Coach program in April 2019.
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wendt.caroline@stthom.edu
St. Thomas (TX)
Division 3
Recently completed my first year of coaching as the Graduate Assistant for the University of St. Thomas Women's Basketball team (2022-2023). Prior, played all four years of college basketball at Hendrix College in Central Arkansas (2018-2022).
Assistant Coach
sfennimore2@capital.edu
Capital
Division 3
jkohler@regis.edu
Regis (CO)
Division 2
Head Coach
afocke01@hamline.edu
Hamline
Division 3
Alex Focke will enter his eighth season at Hamline University and his fifth as the head womens basketball coach during the 2021-22 academic year.
"Alex's consistent, tireless, and professional work as an assistant coach in the men's program has undoubtedly earned him the opportunity to lead our women's program," said HU athletic director Jason Verdugo. "He has a clear vision and understanding of what's expected to move our program in the right direction, and I'm confident our current scholar athletes will follow his lead."
In his first three seasons, Focke and his staff have worked to turn the program around, going from four wins in 2017-18 to 13 in the following season. In 2019-20, Hamline made the MIAC Playoff Tournament for the first time since the 2012-13 season, ending with a 15-11 overall record. The 15 wins was the most the program had recorded since 2008-09. The team also swept Saint Bens for the first time since 1986.
So far, he has coached two All-MIAC athletes in Reilly Geistfeld and Lydia Lecher and three other honorable mention recipients. He and his staff have also recruited two players who made the All-First Year team in the past two seasons, in Chanel Anderson-Manning and Lecher.
Before being named the head womens coach, Focke had spent the previous four seasons serving as the main mens basketball assistant to head coach Jim Hayes.
Working with Hayes, Focke played a major role in helping to recruit several of the players that contributed to turning the program around. During the 2016-17 season, Hamline went 14-12 overall, had their longest MIAC winning streak in 57 years, and advanced to the conference playoffs for the first time in six seasons. The Pipers recorded road wins at MIAC co-champion St. Thomas (for the first time in 37 seasons), and UMAC titlist Northwestern. They also swept Gustavus Adolphus, St. Olaf, and Concordia.
Focke has a Masters degree in Sports Pedagogy from South Dakota State and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in Communication Studies. He was a graduate assistant coach at South Dakota State University for two years where he coached and recruited for the Jackrabbits. He was also an assistant at Henry Sibley when the team advanced to the MSHSL AAAA boys tournament.
Prior to coming to Hamline, Focke, who was on a state tournament hoops team at Cretin-Derham Hall, spent three years as the head coach at Prior Lake High School. He inherited a team that had been in last place in the Missota Conference with a 3-24 record. The Lakers turned things around quickly, winning 40 games in Fockes three years as head coach, including a first-ever section triumph as a Class AAAA school.
In 2012-13, the Lakers went 19-7, including a 13-5 conference record and a third-place finish in the South Suburban Conference. They also experienced their first top-10 rating as a Class AAAA school.
Focke also spent two seasons coaching the ninth grade team at his prep alma mater and ran the 15U, 43 Hoops Basketball Club for one season.
In addition, he has worked at several hoop camps, including serving as the director of the Minnesota Timberwolves camps in 2009.
On top of his basketball coaching duties, Focke serves as the Compliance Director for Hamline Athletics.
Assistant Coach
slakhani@lakeforest.edu
Lake Forest
Division 3
Sahil Lakhani joined the Forester coaching staff in 2021. He will work with the shooting guards and oversee the team's strength and conditioning efforts.
During the 2020-21 season Lakhani was the head junior varsity coach at Taft High School in Chicago, where he directed the team to a 10-1 record. He has also been a coach for four years at the club level with Spartan Sports AAU and Junior Wolves Basketball in Chicago.
Lakhani's experience in basketball also includes serving as a manager for the women's team while attending Bradley University and as a graduate assistant coach and director of operations for the men's team at Frostburg State University. He graduated from Bradley in 2016 with a degree in management and leadership and earned a master's in business administration from Frostburg State four years later.
Assistant Coach
bigcam72000@yahoo.com
Elmhurst
Division 3
Cameron/Coach Cam has been a basketball coach for 20 plus years with a career that spreads from middle school through college whos h includes AAU on the highest level on both the mens and womens side.
Coach Cam just excepted a position at Elmhurst University after two season as the 1st ever coach of Community Christian College in Redlands, Ca.
A native of Chicago, Coach Cam has assisted 60 athletes in getting college scholarhips or getting an opportunity to play a college sport.
Head Coach
rdow1@whittier.edu
Whittier
Division 3
Head Coach Whittier College
Over 30 years successfully coaching teams in women's and men's intercollegiate college basketball, NCAA Divisions III, II and I.
Head Coach
lee.aduddell@plu.edu
Pacific Lutheran
Division 3
Current Head Coach at Pacific Lutheran. 15 years coaching women's college basketball at the DI and DIII levels.
Assistant Coach
cmcgrew@mcdaniel.edu
McDaniel
Division 3
Graduate Assistant Women Basketball Coach at McDaniel College
Head Coach
jeffer15@stockton.edu
Richard Stockton (NJ)
Division 3
Devin Jefferson is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Stockton University. The role is her first as a head coach and first at the NCAA Division III level after stints at the Division I level. Jefferson helmed Stockton to 12 wins, the programs most since 2017-18 and most in her tenure so far, plus a second consecutive NJAC Tournament berth.
Jefferson arrived at Stockton with 10 years of college coaching experience. Prior to taking over the Ospreys, she spent five years as the associate head coach at Division I Fairleigh Dickinson University. Jefferson served as the Recruiting Coordinator at Fairleigh Dickinson and was heavily involved with scouting, player development, compliance and community service programs.
During her five years, Jefferson helped the Knights record 47 victories, including 15 in 2017-18 for the programs highest win total since the 1992-93 campaign. Jefferson worked primarily with the post players at FDU and was instrumental in several post players continuing their careers professionally and receiving Northeast Conference honors.
Prior to joining the FDU staff, Jefferson served as an assistant coach at the University of Vermont for three years from 2010-13. During her tenure, she coached players who earned two America East All-Conference and two America East All-Rookie honors and helped the Catamounts reached the semifinals of the America East tournament in 2013. Jeffersons college coaching career began at Division II Bloomfield College, where she was an assistant coach from 2008-10.
An Orange, New Jersey native, Jeffersons collegiate playing career was at Seton Hall University, a Big East Conference university and earned Big East All-Academic Team honors twice. Following her athletic career with the Pirates, Jefferson played semi-professional basketball with the NY Gazelles (Bronx, NY).
Jefferson earned her bachelors and master degrees from Seton Hall. She also was accepted in the prestigious NCAA Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) program in 2016, and the Alliance for Womens Coaches (now called WeCOACH) and the Womens Coaches Academy in 2014.
whitney.hopson@su.edu
Shenandoah
Division 3
Im Whitney Hopson, an Assistant Coach at Shenandoah University, who helps strives to provide an environment to help create and develop female leaders.
This past season at Shenandoah we had an ODAC Championship appearance, with a 19-10 record and three All-ODAC selections.
Assistant Coach
cmitryk@ut.edu
Tampa
Division 2
Caitlyn Mitryk is in her 10th as the associate head women's basketball coach with the womens basketball program. The 2010 UT graduate, Mitryk was a two-year letterwinner with the Spartans after attending the University of South Florida for two seasons.
In her current position, Mitryk has helped the Spartans to four NCAA tournament appearances, and a Sunshine State Conference tournament championship in 2016 and 2021. For the past two seasons, the Spartans have ranked in the national top-15 in scoring defense. In the 2019-20 season the Spartans had the third-highest field goal percentage in the nation shooting 49.9% from the field. UT won the national 3-point crown in 2017, also finishing fourth in the nation in field goal percentage. Overall, Spartan teams have finished in the top-10 in scoring defense five times during her tenure as an assistant coach.
She has aided in the recruitment of 11 all-conference players including the Newcomer of the Year in 2014, 2019, and 2020, Player of the Year in 2020 and 2021 as well as an All-American in 2020. She has also actively served as recruiting coordinator for the UT womens basketball program, traveling and gaining good rapport with fellow coaches and amateur student-athletes across the nation. Mitryk is responsible for all scheduling related duties including game scheduling, official visits, practice, and weight training, along with leading efforts for player development both in and out of season using the most up to date equipment and technology.
Among her other roles as an assistant include being responsible for hiring and training all graduate assistants, student managers, and mens practice players. She has also led efforts to develop and conduct scouting reports while verbally demonstrating strategy on opponents for eight seasons. Mitryk also carries out duties of an academic coach by communicating with student-athletes and professors on a bi-weekly basis about academic progress, academic performance and academic responsibility.
She has also aided the program while actively heading several fundraising events for the program such as gym rentals, player sponsorships, website development, website sponsorships, and care baskets sales, which brought in significant funds for scholarships and operational needs. She also served as the camp director for five different summer camps by coordinating, marketing, advertising, and demonstrating services such as team, overnight and individual skill camps for 600-plus amateur players.
Mitryk also serves as a First-Year Experience adjunct instructor at the University of Tampa, educating incoming freshmen on college transition, academic planning, time management skills, critical thinking, financial literacy, and resume building skills.
Mitryk was previously the assistant sports information director at her alma mater after working as a sports information and marketing student assistant in her two years at UT.
On the Spartan basketball team, she helped the team post a two-year record of 52-11 with a pair of NCAA tournament appearances and two Sunshine State Conference titles. The 2010 SSC Defensive Player of the Year was also an all-SSC selection and member of the SSC Commissioners Honor Roll with a perfect 4.0 GPA in her final semester. While serving as the team captain, Mitryk was also a member of the Deans List and earned a 2009 NACDA Academic Achievement Award.
Prior to attending Tampa, Mitryk attended the University of South Florida for two years as she also played basketball for the Bulls. At USF, she earned a pair of Big East Conference Academic Achievement Awards and played in 41 games in two years.
A graduate of Lake Mary High School, Mitryk originally hails from Lake Mary, Fla., and led her high school team to the 2006 Florida 6A state championship. The state championship all-tournament team member was also an all-state selection while earning a McDonalds High School All-American nomination.
Mitryk graduated cum laude from UT with a degree in sport management, carrying a cumulative GPA of 3.59. She later earned her Master of Science in marketing from UT, finishing the program in 2016 with a cumulative GPA of 3.75.
james.boney@rutgers.edu
Rutgers University Camden
Division 3
Assistant Coach
jayposser23@gmail.com
Queens
Division 2
Jason Posser comes to BSNY after over 17 years of college coaching experience. He will be bringing to BSNY a vast amount of college basketball experience. Not only from the coaching side of things, but academics as well, and will assist our BSNY athletes in the college process and how to go about playing college athletics and/or choosing the school that can be the best fit.
He has been at Division 1 programs such as Providence College, which is in the Big East Conference, as well as stops at Hofstra University in the CAA Conference, and Queens College (NY), a Division 2 school in the ECC Conference. Coach Posser has been an assistant coach for the Queens College mens basketball team from the 2016-17 season to the 2019-2020 season. In addition to coaching duties, he also works in the QC Fitness Center as Fitness and Recreation manager.
During his time as an assistant coach at Queens College, the team went to the postseason 2 out of the 4 seasons he was there. In his first year as assistant coach, under head coach Matt Collier, finished above .500 with a playoff berth for the first time in years for Queens College (NY). In those four years, he also helped develop 4 All-Conference players. Coach Posser not only assisted coach Matt Collier in all aspects of the team, but his main focuses were on the teams defense, game plans, and scouting reports. He also worked very closely with the players in their on and off court development. Through drills and court work, as well as use of film and video to further study their games and the teams strengths and weaknesses.
Coach Posser previously spent seven seasons as a member of the Hofstra University Mens Basketball Program, and the last five as the teams video coordinator. During his time there, the Hofstra Mens Basketball team went to 3 Postseason tournaments. Along with team success, he was also part of the development of 2 Players of the Year in the CAA Conference (Charles Jenkins, Juanya Green).
In his duties as video coordinator, Coach Posser assisted the coaching staff with scouting reports on opponents using DV Sport software. In addition, he handled all film exchange, game editing and post-game reports for the staff. Coach Posser also made a variety of highlight videos for players and hype videos throughout the season.
In his role with the program, Coach Posser also assisted with the academic monitoring of student-athletes. Providing them with the guidance to get through the rigorous demands of being a college student-athlete. In addition, Coach Posser was heavily involved in Hofstras community service initiatives, organizing and participating in many of them. Bridging the gap between the college and its surrounding communities.
As a Graduate Assistant, Coach Posser would assist with player development, both on-court and off. He worked along great assistant coaches at his time with Hofstra, and would use film work, along with basketball drill work to assist in the players development. The coaches that he has worked with at Hofstra consist of Coach Craig Speedy Claxton (Hofstra Head Mens Basketball Coach), Steve DeMeo (Assistant at St. Johns Mens Basketball), Patrick Sellers (Assistant at Fairfield Mens Basketball), Allen Griffin (Assistant at Syracuse Mens Basketball), Mike Farrelly (Assistant at Penn State Mens Basketball), Shane Nichols (Assistant at Murray State Mens Basketball), Colin Curtain (Assistant at Hofstra Mens Basketball), and lastly Wayne Morgan (Former Assistant Hofstra Mens Basketball).
From 2004 to 2009, Coach Posser was a manager with the Providence College Mens Basketball Team. He assisted the coaching staff in all aspects of the program and served as the Head Manager in 2008 and 2009.
During his career with Providence College and Hofstra University, Coach Posser has been a part of five teams that advanced to postseason play. As well as the development of 4 NBA Players in MarShon Brooks, Ryan Gomes, Charles Jenkins, and Justin Wright Foreman.
2007 NIT Tournament (Providence College)
2009 NIT Tournament (Providence College)
2011 CBI Tournament (Hofstra University)
2015 CBI Tournament (Hofstra University)
2016 NIT Tournament (Hofstra University)
Coach Posser has also served as a camp counselor at a variety of basketball camps, including the Joe Mihalich Elite Boys Basketball Camp, 5 Star Basketball Camps, Speedy Claxton Skills Academy and Providence College Basketball Camps. As well as working at the prestigious Camp Winadu for 5 years, from basketball counselor to Group Leader of the 11 year old division.
Posser graduated from Providence in 2008 with a degree in business management. He earned his Masters Degree in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies: Higher Education from Hofstra in 2013.
Head Coach/Coordinator of Athletics Facilities
jrhine@misericordia.edu
Misericordia
Division 3
Jason Rhine recently concluded his sixth season at Misericordia. The Cougars are 101-48 overall and hold a 54-24 conference record. In his first four seasons, the Cougars were 80-33 after the program only won 17 games in three seasons prior to his arrival. The Cougars have reached the MAC-Freedom Championships every year under Rhine and their 101 wins mark the best 6 year stretch in program history. Rhines .687 winning percentage currently ranks first in program history as he sits at second all-time in total wins.
In his first year leading the Cougars, Rhine led MU to its best season in 10 years as it earned the No. 2 seed and advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Freedom tournament. He took over a team that was 17-57 over three seasons prior to his arrival and quickly guided them to 19-9 record, including 11-3 in conference, a school record since joining the MAC Freedom. The team earned the number two seed in the MAC Freedom Championships after being picked seventh out of eight teams in the pre-season. Rhine was named MAC Freedom Coach of the Year, D3hoops.com Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and ECAC North Coach of the Year while his .786 winning percentage was the highest among all first year Division III head coaches in the nation. The Cougars set five program records while finishing number one in the nation for defensive rebounds per game and top five in the nation in four other categories. Three players earned All-MAC Freedom honors, including Justine Seely who was named the Conference Player of the Year and D3Hoops.com Atlantic Region Player of the Year.
Rhine graduated from Keystone College with a bachelors degree in Sport Management before earning his masters degree at California University of Pennsylvania. He was selected as the Graduate Assistant at Cal U where the team was 40-18 in two seasons. During that span, the Vulcans reached the NCAA Division II "Sweet Sixteen" and would later go on to win the National Championship. Rhine's recruiting played a significant factor in the Vulcans winning the 2014-2015 NCAA Division II National Championship. He later made stops as assistant coach at Washington & Jefferson College and Aurora University before arriving at Misericordia in August of 2016.
Head Coach
stormontsl@alma.edu
Alma
Division 3
Head Coach
nichols_a@lynchburg.edu
Lynchburg
Division 3
Head Women's Basketball Coach - University of Lynchburg - (current)
Associate Head Coach - Roanoke College (2017-2021)
Head Coach - Randolph College (2010-2016)
Director of Basketball Operations - East Carolina University (2008-2010)
Assistant Basketball Coach - August State University (2006-2008)
4 year member of Bridgewater College women's basketball team (2000-2004)
Assistant Coach
bollingerannalee@gmail.com
Brevard
Division 2
My name is Annalee Bollinger. I played at D2 Saint Josephs College and transferred to Brevard College where I played my last 3 years. I have been a graduate assistant coach at Averett University the last 2 years and just became the Assistant Coach for Brevard College Womens Basketball. I have a bachelors in exercise science with a minor in coaching and a masters degree in business administration.
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
sirek@montclair.edu
Montclair State
Division 3
Katie Sire
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Montclair State University
Assistant Coach
emlangolf@anderson.edu
Anderson (IN)
Division 3
Interim Head Coach
bakerjm@gcc.edu
Grove City
Division 3
kmuffley@allegheny.edu
Allegheny College (PA)
Division 3
haines.c@wvwc.edu
West Virginia Wesleyan
Division 2
Head Coach
gaeng@hendrix.edu
Hendrix
Division 3
Drew Gaeng enters his 10th season as the head women's basketball coach after spending four years as the Warriors' men's assistant.
Gaeng led the 2017-18 Warriors to a third-place finish in the final SAA regular season standings but Hendrix fell one-point shy of a SAA Tournament Championship after the Warriors fell to Oglethorpe 70-69 in overtime.
In 2016-17, Hendrix won the Southern Athletic Association Tournament, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. The Warriors went 18-11 and tied for second in the regular season with a 9-5 mark.
In 2015-16, the Warriors placed third in the Southern Athletic Association and went 19-7 on the year. They led the league in scoring with 68.2 points per game and with 13.8 assists per game.
In his second season, Gaeng's Warriors went 13-14 and placed fourth in the Southern Athletic Association with a 7-7 record. They advanced to the SAA semifinals and led the league with 14.7 assists per game.
In his first season with the Warrior women, Gaeng improved a 5-22 team to 12-14 and tied for fourth in the conference. Hendrix led the SAA in rebounding with 42.5 per game.
During his tenure, Gaeng coached the 2013-14 SAA Defensive Player of the Year in Jamie Tate, 2014-15 SAA Newcomer of the Year and D3Hoops.com South Region Rookie of the Year Sara Dyslin, who was also named the 2015-16 and 2016-17 SAA Player of the Year. Caitlin Kriesel-Bigler was named WBCA All-America Honorable Mention in 2015-16. Heather Prowse was named the 2017-2018 SAA Defensive Player of the Year. In 2020-2021, Freshman Kennedi Burns was named the D3Hoops.com South Region Rookie of the year.
Gaeng was a standout point guard for the Roanoke College in Salem, Va. He served as team captain of the Maroons his senior year and led the team with 46 three-pointers, 74 assists and averaged 6.7 points per game.
Gaeng guided RC to a 13-game win streak to start the 2008-09 season and was ranked as high as 18th in the D3Hoops.com National Top 25 poll.
Gaeng earned his bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, and Minor in Economics from Roanoke in the spring of 2009. He began his collegiate career at Mount Saint Marys University in Emmitsburg, Md. from 2004-06.
Gaeng graduated with Valedictorian honors from Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, Md. He earned his Masters of Arts in Accounting from Hendrix in 2013.
Gaeng resides in Conway with his wife Melody and children Brady and Blair.
dyates3@harding.edu
Harding
Division 2
Harding University Assistant 2020 - Present
El Dorado High School Assistant 2017 - 2020
Union University Graduate Assistant 2016-2017
Head Coach
kperry@limestone.edu
Limestone
Division 2
Head Coach
jfulks@transy.edu
Transylvania
Division 3
Assistant Coach
ahouston@nwmissouri.edu
Northwest Missouri State
Division 2
Houston is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University where he played two years under Hall of Fame coach Steve Tappmeyer from 2004-06. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Northwest under Gene Steinmeyer with the Bearcat women in 2006. Houston was on staff for the 29-5 Bearcat women's team that appeared in the program's first Final Four in school history in 2011.
In 2012-13 he was named head coach at Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa. Prior to his arrival, the Spartan women were 0-30 in 2012-13. During Houston's leadership the team reached the postseason in two consecutive seasons and achieved double-digit wins during the 2015-16 season for the first time in nearly 10 years. At SWCC, he was also an advising coach for Trio Students and tutoring coordinator for individual or small group sessions. He had over 25 All-Academic team selections during his time in Creston. Houston is a native of Dallas, Texas.
Assistant Coach
charrison@middlebury.edu
Middlebury
Division 3
hassing1@kenyon.edu
Kenyon
Division 3
Currently the assistant coach at Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio.
Previously an assistant coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2021-2022. OAC Tournament and Regular Season Champs. Sweet 16 Appearance
william_gould@emerson.edu
Emerson
Division 3
Assistant Coach
carlicodnerrr@gmail.com
Ohio Dominican
Division 2
Head Coach
amosley3@washcoll.edu
Washington Coll. (MD)
Division 3
Mosley was named the fifth head coach in Washington College women's basketball history in May 2013. Mosley, who most recently served as recruiting coordinator at Loyola University Maryland since 2005, had been an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level since 2001.
As assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Loyola, Mosley managed the Greyhounds' recruiting efforts and budget, advised and monitored her team's academic progress, organized and managed various camps, coordinated community service activities, created in-depth scouting reports, and assisted with on-the-floor coaching. Mosley also got her start in collegiate coaching at Loyola as she first served as an assistant coach for the Greyhounds from 2001-2004. In between her two tenures at Loyola, she served one season as an assistant coach at Georgetown University.
With Mosley on the sidelines, Loyola won its first-ever postseason game in 2011, recording a victory over Old Dominion in the first round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). The Greyhounds also finished second in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) that season and equalled the single-season school record by winning 21 games. She coached five All-MAAC players and two MAAC All-Rookie Team members, as well as the 2011 MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and the 2003 MAAC Rookie of the Year during her time at Loyola.
During her collegiate playing days, Mosley was a standout performer at Division I Wake Forest University. As a senior, she was named an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honorable mention and her team's Most Valuable Player. As a freshman, she earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors and landed on the ACC's Rookie Team. When she graduated from Wake Forest, she ranked third all-time at the school in made three-pointers, eighth in free-throw percentage, and 10th in assists. She went on to play one year for the Atlanta Blackhawks, a semi-professional team in the since defunct National Women's Basketball League.
Mosley was inducted into the Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. As a high school player at Mt. Hebron High School, she was a two-time Howard County Player of the Year and a two-time member of The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro team. She led the state of Maryland in scoring as a senior, pouring in 28.4 points per game and earning All-Maryland honors from USA Today.
Mosley earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Wake Forest in 2000 and a Masters in Education, Administration and Supervision from Loyola in 2005. She was a Dean's List student at Wake Forest for four years in a row and was recognized with a Robin Roberts/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Communication Scholarship. She completed internships at Channel 5 Television in Nashville and at Fox Sports Net in Atlanta. She has been a member of the WBCA since 2001 and a member of the Black Coaches Association (BCA) since 2007.
Graduate Assistant
tiradoviscallaj810@students.strose.edu
Saint Rose
Division 2
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, New York
Women's Basketball Assistant Coach
Assistant coach
gthompson@vsu.edu
Virginia State
Division 2
kmichaels@jcu.edu
John Carroll
Division 3
Assistant Coach
grahaml@wittenberg.edu
Wittenberg
Division 3
Hello everyone. I am entering my second season at Wittenberg University as the Assistant Coach. I was previously the Director of Operations at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. My past is full of basketball!
I am excited to be a part of this showcase! Come in ready to work and have fun!
Head Coach
michael.c.coppolino@gmail.com
George Fox
Division 3
I am the Head Women's Basketball Coach at George Fox University. I have been at the D3 level for the past 12 seasons, first starting out in New York as a men's assistant at Alfred University then moving to Mount Saint Mary College as the Head Women's Coach from 2013-2019 and currently coming up on my 4th season at George Fox University. I have worked on the men's and now women's side and loving helping young athletes learn many life lessons learned thru the game of basketball!
Head Coach
bjackson@txwes.edu
Texas Wesleyan
NAIA
Brenita Jackson enters her second year (2022-23) as head coach of the womens basketball program and 7th season overall as a head coach at the college level coaching alongside her husband Kevin Jackson. In just her first season at the helm of the Lady Ram's program, Jackson holds the third best record in program history 25-7 and holds the highest win percentage .781 of any coach in the history of women's basketball at Texas Wesleyan. The Lady Rams qualified for the national tournament for only the third time in program history ending their historic season in Sioux Falls, Iowa to St. Francis University.
Jackson was named the 2021-2022 John Hudson Coach of the Year after reviving the program that only won 1 game that she inherited to a 25-win season. This 24 win improvement in just one year is the best turnaround in the program's history. The team was lead by junior transfer Kertisa Amos who was named First Team all Sooner Athletic Conference, New Comer of the Year and on the All-Defensive Team. The team was also propelled by the play of Freshman of the Year, Zarria Carter, and All Conference Honorable Mention, Makayla Coy. Both Carter and Amos were awarded Player of the Week Awards in the Sooner Athletic Conference during the historic season.
Jackson has a B.A. in Business Management from Southeastern Louisiana (2007) and a M.A. in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine (2012). She and her husband Kevin just welcomed their first daughter Kylee into the world this past February.
Assistant Coach
swestry@shc.edu
Spring Hill
NAIA
A native of Saraland, Westry joined the Badgers on July 12, 2021 following two seasons under head coach Billy Evans at Martin Methodist College (now the University of Tennessee Southern) in Pulaski, Tenn. and two seasons as a staff assistant at NCAA Division I Troy University in Troy, Ala.
During Westrys tenure at MMC, the RedHawks were 30-24 overall, including a 23-11 mark in 2019-20 when they advanced to the NAIA National Championship Tournament that was unfortunately canceled due to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. She coached three All Conference players and six All-Academic players with MMC.
In two seasons with the Trojans, Westry helped guide the club to 40 total wins highlighted by a 22-win season in 2018-19 that ranked as the best regular-season record in program history. The Trojans also hosted a first-round WNIT contest for the first time in program history.
During her four-year playing career at the University of Mobile, Westry played in 118 contests as a guard for the Lady Rams, averaging 4.3 points, 2.2 assists, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per contest. In 2014 and 2017, Westry helped guide the Lady Rams to two SSAC conference tournament championships and NAIA National Tournament berths.
As assistant coach, Westry's duties with the Badgers include on-court coaching, recruiting, coordinating team travel, managing team equipment, editing game & practice videos, and supervising individual workouts.
Westry holds a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from the University of Mobile (2017) and a master's degree in Kinesiology from Troy University (2019).
Head Coach
kmitchel@lasierra.edu
La Sierra
NAIA
La Sierra University Women's Basketball, Head Coach | 2017-Present
La Sierra University Men's Basketball, Associate Head Coach | 2014-2015 & 2016-2017
2019-2020 California Pacific Conference "Coach of the Year"
Kevin Mitchell Basketball, Founder & Player Development Coach | Youth Level to the NBA
Former Pure Sweat Basketball Skills Coach
Career Highlights:
- Player Development Coach for "Top 10 Pick" in the 2020 NBA Draft
- Assisted with workouts with NBA Players| Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Bradley Beal, Jordan Clarkson, Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Oubre, Gordon Hayward, RJ Barrett, David Lee
Assistant Coach
tgray7@iit.edu
Illinois Tech
Division 3
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
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