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22 History Records 2012-13 Review Players Coaching Staff Media Head coach Melissa McFerrin enters 2013-14, her sixth season at the helm of the Tigers program, on the strength of four straight post season tournament appearances The Tigers capped the 2012-13 season with a third straight WNIT bid and a 17-15 overall mark She enters 2013-14 needing just six more wins for 100 victories as the head coach of the Memphis program The four straight post seasons is a first for the Memphis program since the Tigers made seven straight post season tournament appearances from 1995-96 to the 2000-01 season In the next seven seasons, Memphis made just one post-season appearance, prompting the Tigers to pursue McFerrin as the new head coach She was hired at Memphis on April 19, 2008, and immediately began overhauling a program that was 10-20 in 2008, to a team that was 25-8 and advanced to the Conference USA semifinals just four seasons later Included in that overhaul has been the Tigers on campus arena, which underwent a $13 million Melissa McFerrin s Coaching Experience H e a d C o a c h M e l i s s a M c F e r r i n Missouri, 1983 Sixth Season At Memphis: 95-68/5 yrs Overall: 145-138/9 yrs Year Position School Record Notable 1983-84 Graduate Asst Coach Wayland Baptist University 20-12 renovation that delivered two new locker rooms, an officials locker area, a team video room, a renovated player lounge and a coaches locker room and meeting area The second phase of the renovation was completed in June of 2013 and includes a brand new weight room and athletic training facility, complete with therapy pools Also new, thanks to McFerrin s fundraising prowess, are two endzone scoreboards in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, including a video scoreboard on the North end of the building McFerrin has guided Tigers to seven all-conference honors and 14 C-USA post-season awards, including Jasmine Lee s C-USA Player of the Year award (2012), Ramses Lonlack s Defensive Player of the Year honor (2012) and Brittany Carter s three all-conference (2010, 2011, 2012) and one Newcomer of the Year (2010) awards The latest Tigers to be recognized in the postseason were Nicole Dickson and Ariel Hearn Dickson capped her Memphis career as a first team all-conference honoree in 2013, after ranking second in C-USA games in scoring with her 1984-85 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 19-10 Mid-American Champions 1985-86 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 18-11 1986-87 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 17-11 1987-88 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 16-13 1988-89 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 12-17 1989-90 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 14-14 1990-91 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 11-17 1991-92 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 15-13 No 1 ranked recruiting class 1992-93 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 28-4 NCAA National Runner-Up; Big 10 Champs 1993-94 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 14-14 1994-95 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 17-13 1995-96 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 21-13 NCAA Second Round 1996-97 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 12-16 1997 Assistant Coach WNBA, New York Liberty 17-11 WNBA Finalists 1998 Assistant Coach WNBA, New York Liberty 18-12 1999 Assistant Coach WNBA, Washington Mystics 12-20 2000 General Manager WNBA, Washington Mystics 14-18 Organization s first WNBA playoffs 2001 General Manager WNBA, Washington Mystics 10-22 2002-03 Associate Head Coach University of Minnesota 25-6 Sweet Sixteen 2003-04 Associate Head Coach University of Minnesota 25-9 Final Four 2004-05 Head Coach American University 12-16 2005-06 Head Coach American University 7-21 2006-07 Head Coach American University 13-19 Patriot League Championship Appearance 2007-08 Head Coach American University 18-14 WNIT, school s first post season title & first Patriot League regular season title 2008-09 Head Coach University of Memphis 12-18 First 500 non-conference record since 2004-05 2009-10 Head Coach University of Memphis 20-14 WBI Finals 2010-11 Head Coach University of Memphis 21-13 WNIT First Round; C-USA Semifinals 2011-12 Head Coach University of Memphis 25-8 WNIT Second Round, C-USA Semifinals 2012-13 Head Coach University of Memphis 17-15 WNIT First Round 173 ppg average That was a third post-season honor for Dickson, who was a second team all-conference honoree in 2012 and an all-freshman team member in 2010 Hearn was the next Tiger to earn all-freshman team honors in 2013, after leading Memphis with 109 assists on the season, becoming the first freshman at Memphis since 1982-83 to dish out 100 or more assists in a single season The Tigers were also recognized for their work in the classroom, as Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir was voted to the C-USA All- Academic Team in 2013 For her work rebuilding the Tigers and getting the program back into the postseason, McFerrin was awarded a contract extension that will keep her at the helm of the program through 2016-2017 But a new challenge awaits McFerrin and her Tigers team beginning with the 2013-2014 season, as the university becomes a member of the American Athletic Conference, joining one of the elite college women s basketball conferences in the country On July 1, 2013, the Tigers will join Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Louisville, Rutgers, SMU, Temple, UCF and USF in The American Connecticut and Louisville appeared in the NCAA Championship game last season and will both visit the Bluff City to face the Tigers in 2013-14 Heading into the new American Athletic Conference, we ll be familiar with some of those teams, McFerrin said We ll be familiar with Houston, SMU and UCF You do have more opportunities to build an RPI when you are playing teams like UConn and Louisville two times a season, and we are already recruiting players in some of those same areas that The American is in Part of our current team already hails from Ohio, where we ll return to play Cincinnati each year, and we re also recruiting from markets like Chicago and Washington, DC g o Tigersg o c o m The University of Memphis

McFerrin at a Glance BORN December 20 Hometown - Cassville, Mo ALMA MATER Missouri, 1983 Bachelor s degree in second education Central Michigan, 1988 Master s degree in physical education PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS Starting point guard for the Missouri Tigers from 1979-83 Helped the 1982 Mizzou squad to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen Won a 1983 Big Eight tournament championship Named Big Eight scholar-athlete Big Eight honorable mention at guard COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Has guided Memphis to the post season in four straight seasons Under her guidance, 13 Tigers have won C-USA post season awards, including C-USA Player of the Year Jasmine Lee in 2012 Led Memphis to three straight 20 wins seasons (2010, 2011, 2012) before a 17-15 mark in 2013 Rebuilt American University s women s basketball program and guided the Eagles to their first-ever post-season berth in school history in the WNIT in 2008 Has landed nationally-ranked recruiting classes in five straight years at Memphis Helped fundraise for the program s first international trip in 2011 and a two-phase, $4 million renovation of the Elma Roane Fieldhouse that included new locker rooms, a new athletic training complex and a new, multi-levels strength and conditioning and cardio area in the Tigers on-campus arena On the court, McFerrin has upgraded the talent and the schedule, adding Big 10 and Big 12 opponents to the Memphis schedule and inking consecutive nationally-ranked recruiting classes She has also added additional home games at FedExForum, the NBA home of the Memphis Grizzlies, making Memphis one of the few women s programs in the country to play multiple home games in an NBA venue In the summer of 2011, Memphis also took its game out to an international scale, playing four games over a 10-day stretch during a tour of Italy Off the court, the Tigers continue to help their student-athletes grow, actively participating with Girls, Incorporated of Memphis and on various community service projects, including the construction of an all-abilities playground, participating in breast cancer awareness and arthritis awareness walks, distributing shoes to children in need, making visits to Memphis-area children s hospitals and talking to various schools and youth groups about the challenges of making healthy choices Year-By-Year With Melissa McFerrin Working in conjunction with the Center for Athletic Academic Services, McFerrin has watched 14 Tigers have crossed the stage in her first five years with a college diploma in hand McFerrin has also sent some of her first Tigers into the realm of a professional basketball career, as Brittany Carter spent the 2013 season in Israel Former teammates Alex Winchell and Paris Leonard also played some professional level ball overseas Winchell recently returned to Memphis to begin her coaching career, currently serving as the assistant coach at Christian Brothers University Prior to her hire at Memphis in 2008, McFerrin was named the 2008 Patriot League Coach of the Year in her fourth season at American University in Washington DC Her 2007 American team advanced to the Patriot League championship game and her 2008 squad won the school s first-ever Patriot League regular season championship, finishing with an 18-14 overall record That team won 11 of 12 games down the stretch, advancing to the post season for the first time since 1997-98 with a WNIT bid In four seasons at American, McFerrin compiled a 50-70 record and guided five different players to all-conference honors, while two other players earned all-freshman honors Before her stint with American, McFerrin was an associate head coach at the University of Minnesota from 2002-2004 She helped Minnesota to a 50-15 record, including an NCAA Final Four appearance in 2004 and a Sweet Sixteen berth in 2003 She helped sign two recruiting classes ranked in the top 20 at Minnesota, and helped guide two Kodak Year School Record Pct Conf Record Conf Finish Postseason 2004-05 American 12-16 429 7-7 (Patriot) 4th/8 2005-06 American 7-21 250 4-10 (Patriot) 7th/8 2006-07 American 13-19 406 6-8 (Patriot) T4th/8 2007-08 American 18-14 563 11-3 (Patriot) 1st/8 WNIT 2008-09 Memphis 12-18 400 5-11 (C-USA) T9th/12 2009-10 Memphis 20-14 588 10-6 (C-USA) T2nd/12 WBI Finals 2010-11 Memphis 21-13 618 8-8 (C-USA) 6th/12 WNIT First Round 2011-12 Memphis 25-8 758 13-3 (C-USA) 2nd/12 WNIT Second Round 2012-13 Memphis 17-15 531 8-8 (C-USA) T5th/12 WNIT First Round Career Record 145-138 512 72-64 All-Americans, including WNBA players Lindsey Whalen and Janel McCarville McFerrin s time at Minnesota came after a fiveyear association with the WNBA She began her affiliation with the WNBA as an assistant coach with the New York Liberty from 1997-1999, assisting with coaching duties for the 1997 WNBA Championship runner-up Liberty squad She moved to the Washington Mystics as an assistant coach in 1999-2000, taking over as the Mystics General Manager in 2000 As the GM, she guided a team that made its first-ever WNBA play-off appearance in 2000, and handled all player trades and draft decisions before joining the coaching staff at Minnesota Her WNBA stint followed a 14-year coaching career that made three different stops McFerrin began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wayland Baptist University in Texas from 1983-84 She was then hired as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University, where she helped the Chippewas to a 95-77 record in her six seasons, including a 1985 Mid-American Conference championship She left Central Michigan in 1990 to become an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at The Ohio State University At Ohio State, she helped the Buckeyes to a 118-90 record and a 1993 Big Ten championship and an NCAA National Championship runner-up That 1993 squad benefited from a 1992 McFerrin recruiting class that was ranked No 1 in the nation and featured WNBA player and three-time Olympian Katie Smith, one of seven Buckeye recruiting classes to be nationally-ranked under McFerrin s watch at OSU In 1996, McFerrin helped guide the Buckeyes to the NCAA Second Round before leaving the following season for the WNBA A native of Cassville, Mo, McFerrin was a fouryear letterwinner and starting point guard for the University of Missouri Tigers from 1979 to 1983 She helped Missouri to a 1983 Big Eight tournament championship and NCAA tournament berth and a 1982 NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance, earning Big Eight honorable mention honors and Scholar-Athlete awards along the way She graduated cum laude with a degree in secondary education from Missouri in 1983, and received her master s degree in physical education from Central Michigan in 1988 Media Coaching Staff Players 2012-13 Review Records History 23 2013-14 Memphis Women s Basketball Media Guide # g o Tigersg o

McFerrin s Record vs Opponents/Conference America East Big South Ivy Ohio Valley SWAC 24 History Records 2012-13 Review Players Coaching Staff Media 1-3 Albany 0-1 UMBC 1-2 American Athletic 9-13 Houston 1-4 SMU 3-3 UCF 5-6 Atlantic 10 7-3 Fordham 3-0 George Mason 0-2 Saint Louis 4-0 Virginia Commonwealth 0-1 Atlantic Sun 0-1 East Tennessee State 0-1 Big 12 0-3 Kansas 0-1 West Virginia 0-2 Big East 2-6 Georgetown 0-3 Seton Hall 2-1 St John s 0-1 Villanova 0-1 Big Sky 2-1 Eastern Washington 0-1 Northern Arizona 1-0 Sacramento State 1-0 3-5 Liberty 0-3 Longwood 1-1 Radford 0-1 UNC Asheville 1-0 Winthrop 1-0 Big Ten 1-3 Illinois 0-2 Indiana 1-1 Colonial 1-8 Delaware 0-2 Drexel 0-2 James Madison 0-1 North Carolina Wilmington 0-1 Towson 0-2 William & Mary 1-0 Conference USA 42-31 East Carolina 6-5 FIU 1-1 Louisiana Tech 2-1 Marshall 6-5 Middle Tennessee 0-1 Rice 5-1 Southern Miss 9-4 Tulane 1-5 Tulsa 4-1 UAB 6-4 UTEP 2-3 Horizon 1-1 Cleveland State 0-1 Wright State 1-0 3-1 Brown 1-1 Pennsylvania 2-0 MAAC 1-2 Monmouth 1-1 St Peter s 0-1 Mid-American 3-2 Kent State 0-1 Ohio 1-1 Western Michigan 2-0 MEAC 1-4 Howard 0-1 Maryland-Eastern Shore 0-2 Morgan State 0-1 North Carolina A&T 1-0 Missouri Valley 3-1 Illinois State 1-0 Missouri State 0-1 Wichita State 2-0 Northeast 4-0 Mount St Mary s 1-0 Wagner 3-0 Ohio Valley 6-3 Austin Peay 0-1 Belmont 1-1 Murray State 0-1 6-3 Tennessee State 1-0 Tennessee Tech 2-0 UT Martin 2-0 Patriot 32-32 Army 4-4 Bucknell 2-7 Colgate 7-3 Holy Cross 3-7 Lafayette 6-2 Lehigh 4-4 Loyola (MD) 1-0 Navy 5-5 SEC 2-8 Alabama 0-1 Arkansas 0-2 Mississippi State 0-1 Missouri 2-2 Ole Miss 0-2 Southern 2-2 Appalachian State 0-1 Chattanooga 1-0 Furman 1-1 Southland 5-0 McNeese State 1-0 Northwestern State 1-0 Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 Stephen F Austin 1-0 Texas A&M-CC 1-0 6-1 Alabama A&M 1-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 Grambling State 2-0 Jackson State 2-0 Prairie View A&M 0-1 Summit League 2-0 North Dakota State 1-0 UMKC 1-0 Sun Belt 5-3 Arkansas-Little Rock 2-1 South Alabama 1-1 Texas-Arlington 2-1 WAC 1-0 Chicago State 1-0 West Coast 0-1 Loyola Marymount 0-1 g o Tigersg o c o m The University of Memphis

Amy Stephens, who has 17 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, joined the University of Memphis women s basketball program prior to the 2013-14 season as the Associate Head Coach Amy will be involved in many areas of our program, but her abilities will be highlighted in our defensive system, post player development and recruiting, head coach Melissa McFerrin said I m looking forward to working with Amy as a trusted colleague and as someone who knows the responsibilities, demands and opportunities of running high level program Stephens joins the Memphis coaching staff after spending the past season as an assistant on the staff at Saint Louis University Prior to joining the Saint Louis staff, she compiled a 151-130 record in nine seasons as the head coach at Drake The Bulldogs earned an NCAA Tournament berth in 2007, and the 2011-12 team made the program s fourth WNIT appearance under Stephens guidance The 2007-08 Drake squad finished 23-11 and captured the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title Stephens was named Drake s head coach after one year as an assistant coach at Nebraska and eight years as head coach at Nebraska-Kearney, where she assembled a 197-43 ledger and earned her master s degree A s s o c i a t e H e a d C o a c h A m y S t e p h e n s Nebraska, 1991 First Season The 1991 Nebraska graduate carries a 17-year career mark of 348-173 Stephens also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa State, one season as an assistant coach at Omaha (Neb) South High School and one year as a student assistant coach at Nebraska A Big 8 first-team All-Conference selection and Kodak All-District choice in 1989, Stephens ranks third in points and steals and fifth in assists and sixth in three-point field goals made on the Nebraska career charts She also scored three of the top 10 single game scoring outings in Nebraska history and her 219 ppg scoring average in 1988-89 ranks third in single season Husker history She was a member of the 1989 US National Team and played professionally in the Women s Basketball League in Germany Stephens at a Glance BORN September 21 Hometown - Alliance, Neb ALMA MATER Nebraska, 1991 Bachelor s degree in physical education Nebraska-Kearney, 1998 Master s degree in educational administration PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS First-team All-Big Eight (1988-89) Kodak All-District V selection (1988-89) Ranks third at Nebraska in scoring (1,976) and steals (280) Played for the US National team in 1989 Played professionally in the Women s Basketball League in Wuppertal, Germany from 1989-90 COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Guided Drake University to a 151-130 record in nine seasons, including three WNIT and one NCAA bid WBCA District 7 Coach of the Year and finalist for national coach-of-the-year in 2000 Guided Drake to the 2004 WNIT in her first season as the program s head coach Led Drake to the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and the program s first NCAA Tournament bid since 2002 Was a four-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year while leading Nebraska-Kearney to seven straight NCAA Division II tournaments Her Nebraska-Kearney team won 87-straight home games from January of 1995 to November of 2001 Left Nebraska-Kearney as the program s all-time winningest coach with a 197-43 record (821) COACHING EXPERIENCE Student Assistant Coach: Nebraska, 1990-91 Assistant Coach: Omaha South HS, 1991-92 Assistant Coach: Iowa State, 1992-94 Head Coach: Nebraska-Kearney, 1994-2002 Assistant Coach: University of Nebraska, 2002-03 Head Coach: Drake University, 2003-2012 Assistant Coach: Saint Louis University, 2012-13 Associate Head Coach: Memphis, 2013-Present Media Coaching Staff Players 2012-13 Review Year-By-Year With Amy Stephens Year School Record Pct Conf Record Conf Finish Postseason 2003-04 Drake 16-15 516 11-7 (MVC) 3rd/10 WNIT 2004-05 Drake 14-15 483 8-10 (MVC) 8th/10 2005-06 Drake 17-12 586 13-5 (MVC) 2nd/10 WNIT 2006-07 Drake 14-19 424 5-13 (MVC) 8th/10 NCAA First Round 2007-08 Drake 23-11 677 13-5 (MVC) T1st/10 WNIT 2008-09 Drake 19-12 613 12-6 (MVC) 3rd/10 2009-10 Drake 15-15 500 7-11 (MVC) 7th/10 2010-11 Drake 15-15 500 9-9 (MVC) 8th/10 2011-12 Drake 18-16 529 9-9 (MVC) 5th/10 WNIT Career Record 151-130 537 87-75 Records History 25 2013-14 Memphis Women s Basketball Media Guide # g o Tigersg o

A s s i s t a n t C o a c h E r i n G r a n t Grant at a Glance BORN June 13 Hometown - Arlington, Texas ALMA MATER Texas Tech, 2006 26 History Records 2012-13 Review Players Coaching Staff Media Erin Grant, a four-year letterwinner at Texas Tech from 2002-06, joined the University of Memphis women s basketball coaching staff in May of 2012 The former point guard still holds the Texas Tech and Big 12 Conference career assists record (844) and oversees the development of the Tigers perimeter players Erin brings a wealth of knowledge and very high-level experiences to the University of Memphis, head coach Melissa McFerrin said As an elite level point guard at Texas Tech and in the WNBA, she understands the game from the players perspective She played for an outstanding high school coach and for a Hall of Fame coach in Marsha Sharp at Texas Tech She acquired her knowledge of the game from some of the game s very best Texas Tech, 2006 Second Season She has high-level recruiting and coaching experience from her time in Texas and New Mexico and is a dynamic, charismatic and confident personality She really is the complete package and will be a great addition to our staff In her first season at Memphis, Grant helped develop freshman point guard Ariel Hearn into a C-USA All-Freshman team honoree Hearn led Memphis with 109 assists in her first collegiate season, becoming the first Tiger freshman since 1982-83 to dish out 100 or more assists in a season Grant came to Memphis after spending one season as an assistant coach at New Mexico, where she helped the Lobos make a run to the Mountain West Conference (MWC) Tournament championship game As a guards coach at New Mexico, Grant helped junior Caroline Durbin to her first career All-MWC first team honor, after the guard led the league in three-point field goal percentage I am thrilled to be joining Coach Melissa McFerrin and the Memphis Tiger family, Grant said It is a tremendous opportunity to work with this progressive staff and team I look forward to continued success for our Memphis basketball program Prior to her one-year stint with New Mexico, Grant was an assistant coach for four seasons at Texas-Arlington, where she helped the Mavericks to the program s second WNIT appearance in 2009 while working primarily with the guards and assisting in recruiting and film breakdown That 2008-09 UT-Arlington team defeated Memphis in the Fun in the Sun Shootout in the Bahamas, and eventually finished the year with a 22-11 overall mark Before joining the coaching ranks, Grant was a standout point guard at Texas Tech She played for legendary coach Marsha Sharp, helping the Red Raiders compile a mark of 93-36 in her four seasons She was a three-time All-Big 12 Conference honoree, including first team accolades in 2005 and 2006 Grant was also a three-time Big 12 All-Academic first team selection and was the Big 12 co-freshman of the Year in 2003 when her 228 assists led the league and became the freshman single-season assists record Three of her seasons at Texas Tech remain in the Big 12 record book Her 228 assists in her freshman season rank third in the Big 12 single-season record book and her 330 assist-to-turnover ratio from her junior season is still a Big 12 single-season mark As a freshman, she helped Texas Tech to the NCAA Elite Eight and played in the 2003 World University Games for Team USA She also represented Team USA in the 2005 World University Games, winning a gold medal As a senior in 2006, Grant was a Kodak/WBCA All-America finalist and an Associated Press (AP) All- America honorable mention selection She played PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS Holds the Big 12 conference and Texas Tech record for career assists (844) Played under legendary coach Marsha Sharp Named to All-Big 12 team first team two times and second team once Three-time Big-12 All-Academic team honoree Co-Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2003 Selected to play in the 2006 WBCA All-Star Challenge Kodak/WBCA All-American finalist in 2006 Played for USA Basketball in 2003 and 2005 at the World University Games Guided the 2005 USA Basketball Squad to a gold medal at the World University Games Candidate for the Naismith Trophy 2006 WNBA Draft pick by the Seattle Storm Played for Stockholm 08 in the Swedish League, earning tournament MVP honors Also played for the WNBA Houston Comets in 2007 COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Guided freshman point guard Ariel Hearn to all-c-usa Freshman team honors in 2013 Under Grant s guidance, Hearn became the first Memphis freshman since 1983 to dish out more than 100 assists in a single season Has helped two different teams to a WNIT post-season bid (Memphis, 2013; UT Arlington, 2009) COACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Coach: UT Arlington, 2007-2011 Assistant Coach: New Mexico, 2011-12 Assistant Coach: University of Memphis, 2012-present in the WBCA All-Star Challenge following her senior campaign and was the 39th overall pick in 2006 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm She also played overseas, helping the Stockholm 08 team to the Swedish Championship and earning the championship s MVP award Grant completed the 2006 season with the WNBA Houston Comets before beginning her coaching career with UT-Arlington in the 2007-08 season A native of Arlington, Texas, Grant graduated from Mansfield High School, where she played her prep basketball under head coach Samantha Morrow from 1998-2002 When Morrow was hired as the UT-Arlington head coach in the spring of 2007, she added Grant to her staff following the conclusion of Grant s WNBA career later that same year At Mansfield, Grant led the Tigers to an unprecedented four consecutive state championships, and when she graduated, she was the only girls basketball player in Texas high school basketball history to win four-straight class 5A state championships A McDonald s All-American, she posted 1,055 career assists in her prep career g o Tigersg o c o m The University of Memphis

Jessica Bogia joined the Tigers coaching staff in July of 2013 Bogia will work with the Tigers guards and brings a significant recruiting background with her to the Tigers staff Jessica brings with her a great background in recruiting and analyzing basketball talent, along with a significant national recruiting network She already has recruiting contacts on the East Coast, in Ohio and in the Upper Midwest, including the Chicago area, all areas important in our recruiting plan here at the University of Memphis, McFerrin said Bogia was as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Eastern Illinois University for the 2012-13 season, helping the Panthers to an Ohio Valley co-championship and the WNIT Second Round At EIU, she guided two Panthers guards to first team all-conference honors and also served as the liaison between the academic department and the team She joined EIU after spending the 2011-12 season at the University at Buffalo as an assistant coach and the assistant recruiting coordinator There, she coached the guards and guided Brittany Hedderson to Mid-American Conference first team honors She also spent part of 2011 as the head coach of the Philadelphia Belles 13U Team Prior to her assistant position at Buffalo, Bogia served as the head women s basketball coach at A s s i s t a n t C o a c h J e s s i c a B o g i a Lafayette College, 2005 First Season Keystone College from 2008-10 Under her guidance, the team doubled their win totals in her first season Her first head coaching job came on the heels of a one season stint at the US Merchant Marine Academy from 2007-08, where she served as an assistant coach and as the department s marketing director At USMMA, she helped lead the Lady Lightning to a 12-win improvement and its best season in school history A graduate of Lafayette College with two degrees, one a bachelor s in Business and Economics and the other in Government and Law, Bogia has a significant background in developing elite level prep talent She was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Belles Nike National U16 Team in 2003-04, then served as the Event Director of the US Junior Nationals and the Blue Star National Invitational Camp in Las Vegas and Washington, DC, with Blue Star Scouting Services from 2003-05 Following the 2012-13 season at Eastern Illinois, Bogia returned to Blue Star Media as a consultant and evaluator, helping with player evaluations for the Blue Star Report She left Blue Star to take an assistant coaching position at Goldey-Beacom College in 2005, becoming an integral part of the third-largest turnaround in college basketball in the 2006-07 season She also received her MBA from Goldey-Beacom Bogia is a native of Hockessin, Del Bogia at a Glance BORN November 4 Hometown - Hockesin, Delaware ALMA MATER Lafayette College, 2005 BS Business and Economics & BS Law & Government and Law Goldey-Beacom, 2007 MBA COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Helped Goldey Beacom to the CACC playoffs for the first time in school history in 2006 In her first year as the head coach at Keystone College, she helped the team double its win total from the previous season Helped Eastern Illinois to an Ohio Valley co-championship and the WNIT Second Round COACHING EXPERIENCE Blue Star Position Camp assistant coach (New Jersey), 2004-05 Blue Star National Invitational Camp Director, Las Vegas, 2004-05 Assistant event director, US Junior Nationals Inc, 2003-05 Assistant coach: Goldey Beacom, 2005-07 Assistant coach: United States Merchant Marine Academy, 2007-2008 Head Coach, Keystone College, 2008-2010 Assistant Coach, University at Buffalo, 2011-12 Assistant Coach, Eastern Illinois University, 2012-13 Assistant Coach, University of Memphis, 2013-present Media Coaching Staff Players 2012-13 Review Records History 27 2013-14 Memphis Women s Basketball Media Guide # g o Tigersg o

History Records 2012-13 Review Players Coaching Staff Media Director of Basketball Operations D o n e a s e S m i t h Central Missouri State, 1998 Fifth Season Donease Smith joined the Memphis women s basketball staff as the Director of Basketball Operations in June of 2009 The former director of basketball of operations for the WNBA Detroit Shock, Smith takes care of both internal and external needs of the entire women s basketball team, including team travel, practice set up and inventory control We re very fortunate to have someone like Donease in our program at the University of Memphis Her national level collegiate experiences along with her WNBA experiences make her a good fit for our program, Melissa McFerrin said Smith spent the past two seasons with the Detroit Shock in the WNBA, serving as the basketball operations manager and as the manager of the Year Round Hoops program Prior to her WNBA stint, Smith had developed a long history of coaching and teaching basketball Following her playing career (1995-1998) at Central Missouri State (now called the University of Central Missouri), Smith taught introductory business classes and served as an assistant girls basketball coach for four years in Kansas City, Mo She then spent the 2000-2001 and the 2001-2002 seasons as an assistant coach for the Kansas City Legacy of the National Women s Basketball League (NWBL) There, she assisted in all phases of coaching and training, as well as assisting in team travel, scheduling and community outreach programs She also served as an AAU coach for the Kansas City Chicks and as a USSSA coach for the Kansas City Blue during those two seasons Smith then joined the staff at Kansas State as the director of basketball operations She spent one season at K-State before serving as a business instructor and assistant women s basketball coach at Moberly Area Community College She left Moberly to join the three-time WNBA champion Detroit Shock in March of 2007 Smith, a native of Sedalia, Mo, received both her bachelor s and master s degrees in business education from CMSU, earning honorable mention all-conference honors three times after transferring to the school after a freshman campaign at Southwest Missouri State At CMSU, Smith averaged 109 points and 66 rebounds in her senior campaign Videographer B e n K a n t o r Illinois, 2006 Second Season Ben Kantor joined the Memphis women s basketball team in September of 2012 as the program s video coordinator He is responsible for the Tigers tape exchange program, cutting practice and game film and assisting the coaching staff with various video needs A 2006 graduate of the University of Illinois, Kantor spent 2003-06 working with the Illini as a men s practice player before his graduation He then joined the Illini staff in 2006-07 as a volunteer video coordinator, using XOS to compile scouting reports and personnel clips In 2007, he joined the staff at SMU as the video coordinator He was in charge of creating scouting reports and personnel clips for the Mustangs and was a member of the Mustangs staff until 2010 when he spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY At Colgate, he again oversaw the scouting and film exchange program, and also worked with he guards and posts in the Colgate offense In addition to recruiting, he also served as the Lady Raiders academic coach Kantor returned to Texas for the 2011-12 season to serve as the assistant coach at Houston Baptist University before joining the Tigers staff in September Strength and Conditioning M i k e J e n k i n s Texas A&M, 1990 Sixth Season Mike Jenkins joined the Tiger Strength & Conditioning staff in July of 2008 He is responsible for the strength and conditioning training of the volleyball, women s basketball, softball, tennis, golf and women s soccer programs Jenkins is no stranger to Memphis, having spent the past three seasons as an athletic trainer/strength coach at D1SportsTraining in Cordova There, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the facility and for facilitating the D1 training programs and techniques, managing facility personnel and directing special events and marketing A 1990 graduate of Texas A&M, Jenkins worked as a graduate assistant and then a restricted earning assistant in the Aggies strength and conditioning department from 1990-1994 He then served as the Support Staff head strength coach at Weber State University from 1994-1998, where he implemented the speed and strength programs for WSU s 13 sports programs Jenkins left Weber State in 1998, joining the strength and conditioning staff at Marshall from 1998-2005 With the Thundering Herd, Jenkins served as the head strength and conditioning coach, working with volleyball, track and field and baseball He is certified with the CSCC, and has level one certification with the United States Weight Lifting Foundation A native of Bryan, Texas, Jenkins received his bachelor s degree in secondary education in 1990 from Texas A&M and earned his master s degree in kinesiology in 1992, also from Texas A&M He has two children, Jordyn and Brandon Certified Athletic Trainer K i m D u s k i n Tulsa, 2002 Second Season Kim Duskin joined the University of Memphis Athletic Training staff in September of 2012 She spent seven seasons at Azusa Pacific as the athletic trainer for the men s and women s basketball programs as well as the men s and women s cross country squads She also oversaw the treatment and rehab plans for baseball and women s volleyball student-athletes In Azusa Pacific s highly-regarded athletic training program, she mentored several students in the training program and was in charge of the department s sports pharmacology inventory She also taught in the program s athletic training education program A member of the NAIA Athletic Trainers Committee, she served as a secretary Duskin spent one year at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif, where she worked with a variety of elite athletes, including those in track and field and softball An Oklahoma native, Duskin graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2002 with a degree in athletic training She then received her master s degree from San Jose State, while also serving as the head athletic trainer for a local high school 28 Maria Roth Senior Associate AD/SWA Tammy DeGroff Athletics Communications Donna LaRiviere Office Coordinator Megan Pfeiffer Academic Counselor Megan MacLeod Marketing Kate Dosser Graduate Student Manager Jonease Jeans Student Manager g o Tigersg o c o m The University of Memphis