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Jill Jameson is her second season as the Badgers' director of operations. Jameson will be charge of arranging team travel, overseeing the sport budget and team equipment as well as coordinating community service and summer camps.
"I'm extremely excited for the opportunity to be at Wisconsin, it's an incredible school with amazing resources, and the chance to work with Bobbie is really great," said Jameson. "I truly believe in the principles as to how she's going to run the program. I really trust her heart and her motives, how she loves the players and the effort she's going to put into establishing a great program."
Jameson comes to Wisconsin after serving as the director of women's basketball operations at Virginia Tech University for the last seven years. The Hokies made two NCAA tournament appearances and one WNIT appearance during her tenure.
"I'm thrilled to have Jill become a part of my staff and to take control of the behind-the-scenes details of the program," said head coach Bobbie Kelsey. "Her experience, her professionalism and her attention to detail will make my job and that of my coaching staff much easier."
Prior to her years at Virginia Tech, Jameson served as an assistant coach at Marquette University from 2001-04. The Golden Eagles advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2004 and the second round of the WNIT in 2003.
Jameson also served an assistant coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga from 1998-2001, where she helped the Moccasins to two Southern Conference regular season championships (2000 and 2001) and one NCAA tournament appearance.
As an assistant coach at Francis Marion in 1997-98, Jameson aided the Patriots to an appearance to the NCAA Division II Final Four. Jameson also served as an assistant coach and graduate assistant at Virginia Tech from 1993-97.
A three-year starter at University of Northern Iowa, Jameson scored 979 points in four seasons, averaging 9.7 points per game, leading the Panthers in scoring as a sophomore and junior. She also averaged 2.4 rebounds per game while shooting 44 percent from the field. A native of North Vernon, Ind., Jameson earned her bachelor's degree in physical education from UNI in 1993 and her master's degree in education from Virginia Tech in 1995.
