Jen Hoover
Hoover in 2012 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 12, 1969 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1991 | Wake Forest |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1996 | UMKC (asst.) |
| 1996–1998 | VCU (asst.) |
| 1998–2000 | East Carolina (asst.) |
| 2000–2002 | James Madison (asst.) |
| 2002–2003 | Memphis (asst.) |
| 2003–2004 | Virginia (Dir of Ops) |
| 2004–2007 | Virginia (asst.) |
| 2007–2008 | Memphis (assoc. HC) |
| 2008–2011 | California (asst.) |
| 2011–2012 | High Point |
| 2012–2022 | Wake Forest |
| 2022–2024 | Kentucky (asst.) |
| 2024-Present | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 162–183 (.470) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Jennifer Hoover (née Mitchell; born October 12, 1969)[1] is currently an assistant coach with the Virginia Tech women's basketball team.
Career
[edit | edit source]She was previously an assistant coach with the University of Kentucky women's basketball team since her appointment on July 11, 2022.[2]
Before coaching at Kentucky, she was the head coach at Wake Forest University for ten seasons prior to her dismissal two months earlier on May 11.[3] She was succeeded by Megan Gebbia fifteen days later on May 26.[4]
She played her collegiate career at Wake Forest and is the school's leading scorer and rebounder.[5]
Wake Forest statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Wake Forest | 31 | 57.2% | – | 37.8% | 5.97 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.65 | 6.35 |
| 1988–89 | Wake Forest | 28 | 61.7% | – | 53.0% | 8.11 | 1.07 | 0.50 | 1.21 | 18.64 |
| 1989–90 | Wake Forest | 30 | 60.6% | 0.0% | 24.8% | 9.77 | 1.60 | 1.33 | 2.40 | 15.90 |
| 1990–91 | Wake Forest | 28 | 61.0% | 0.0% | 52.4% | 10.75 | 1.25 | 0.57 | 1.50 | 19.00 |
| Career | 117 | 60.7% | 0.0% | 43.9% | 8.60 | 1.09 | 0.65 | 1.44 | 14.77 |
| Year | Team | GP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | A | BK | ST | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Wake Forest | 31 | 83 | 145 | – | – | 31 | 82 | 185 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 197 |
| 1988–89 | Wake Forest | 28 | 221 | 358 | – | – | 80 | 151 | 227 | 30 | 14 | 34 | 522 |
| 1989–90 | Wake Forest | 30 | 226 | 373 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 101 | 293 | 48 | 40 | 72 | 477 |
| 1990–91 | Wake Forest | 28 | 233 | 382 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 126 | 301 | 35 | 16 | 42 | 532 |
| Career | 117 | 763 | 1258 | 0 | 5 | 202 | 460 | 1006 | 128 | 76 | 168 | 1728 |
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]In 2007, Hoover was named to the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
In 2012, after leading High Point to a 20–13 record, Hoover was named the Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Award, awarded to a coach who achieves great success in their first year as a Division I head coach.[10]
On March 4, 2021, Hoover became the winningest coach in Wake Forest history after beating North Carolina in the 2021 ACC women's basketball tournament. The win gave Hoover 126 total wins as a coach at her alma mater.[11]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Point Panthers (Big South Conference) (2011–2012) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | High Point | 20–13 | 13–5 | 2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| High Point: | 20–13 (.606) | 13–5 (.722) | |||||||
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2012–2022) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Wake Forest | 13–19 | 5–13 | T–9th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Wake Forest | 15–16 | 5–11 | 11th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Wake Forest | 13–20 | 2–14 | 13th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Wake Forest | 17–16 | 6–10 | T–9th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Wake Forest | 16–16 | 6–10 | 9th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Wake Forest | 14–17 | 5–11 | 11th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Wake Forest | 10–20 | 1–15 | 15th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Wake Forest | 16–16 | 7–11 | T–11th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Wake Forest | 12–13 | 8–10 | T–9th | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Wake Forest | 16–17 | 4–14 | T–11th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| Wake Forest: | 142–170 (.455) | 49–118 (.293) | |||||||
| Total: | 162–183 (.470) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
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- ^ "Jen Hoover Named Kentucky Women's Basketball Assistant Coach," University of Kentucky Athletics, Monday, July 11, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Wake Forest fires Jen Hoover as women's basketball coach after 10 seasons," The Associated Press (AP), Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Middletown High alum Megan Gebbia named Wake Forest women's basketball coach," The Frederick (MD) News-Post, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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