Jennifer Gross (basketball)

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Jennifer Gross
Current position
Title Head coach
Team UC Davis
Conference Big West
Record237–154 (.606)
Playing career
1993–1997 UC Davis
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2000 University City HS (CA) (assistant)
2000–2002University City HS
2002–2004 San Diego State (assistant)
2004–2008 UC Davis (assistant)
2008–2011UC Davis (associate HC)
2011–presentUC Davis
Head coaching record
Overall237–154 (.606) (college)
Tournaments
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Jennifer Gross (born c. 1976) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at UC Davis.

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Playing career

Gross was a four-year player at UC Davis from 1993 to 1997, where she set school records for career assists, steals, and three-pointers made. She had a brief professional career playing overseas in Denmark and Israel before turning towards coaching.

Coaching career

Gross started as an assistant at her alma mater University City High School in San Diego, also spending time as a head coach there before joining the San Diego State staff as an assistant. [1]

UC Davis

Gross joined her alma mater in 2004 as an assistant coach, and was promoted to associate head coach before the 2008–09 season. She was named the successor to head coach Sandy Simpson before the 2010–11 season after he announced his retirement. [2]

Gross signed an extension to remain at UC Davis in 2021. The five-year deal also has automatic renewal extensions for the next five years after that, making it the longest contract extension given to a head coach in UC Davis athletic department history. [3]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UC Davis Aggies (Big West Conference)(2011–present)
2011–12UC Davis 17–139–74th WNIT First Round
2012–13 UC Davis 12–187–117th
2013–14 UC Davis 15–169–7T–4th
2014–15 UC Davis 15–168–8T–5th
2015–16 UC Davis 19–1310–64th
2016–17 UC Davis 25–814–21st WNIT Third Round
2017–18 UC Davis 28–714–21st WNIT Quarterfinal
2018–19 UC Davis 25–715–11st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20 UC Davis 17–1212–41stPostseason not held due to COVID-19
2020–21 UC Davis 13–39–11st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2021–22 UC Davis 15–138–86th
2022–23 UC Davis 16–1412–74th
2023–24 UC Davis 20–1413–7T-3rd
UC Davis:237–154 (.606)140–71 (.664)
Total:237–154 (.606)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "University City Coach Jennifer Gross Named SDSU Women's Basketball Assistant". SDSU Athletics. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ "UC Davis Women's Basketball Coach Simpson Announces Retirement". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Gross inks deal to remain at Aggie helm". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved April 13, 2023.


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