Show t If Women's Basketball Coach Chosen Chosen fe r By Dan Metcalf J With the announcement last spring of a women's basketball program here at it was inevitable that a new women's basketball coach would be chosen Well they didn't have to look far in finding Jean who has been coaching women's athletics at Taylorsville High School for the last three years But Taylorsville is certainly not the only place she has worn a whistle Born Bom and raised in the Provo area Jean found herself interested in many sports and she played them all basketball volleyball softball soccer and any other ball she could get her hands on This interest led her her- herto to compete on a high school level at Provo High and soon led her to college athletics at Brigham Young University There Jean competed on a number of different winning teams in both basketball and volleyball including a 2nd place national volleyball title With a degree in physical education Jean soon began coaching on a high school level for forone forone forone one y year ar at Orem High School two years at Lake Ridge Jr Jn High and a two year stint a at a place called High School in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific which Jean admits was like paradise Only three miles long and 2 1 mile wide JEan says that the only thing to do out there was drink gamble or play sports which made her job that much more important After returning to th the mainland Jean started arted i- i cpa coach coaching ig rig rig- at the at-the t. t the le University of Utah in in hi volleyball and was head coach for three years After a successful period of coching there Jean moved on to coach at Taylorsville While there she coached many different successful women's teams including an eighth place finish in the state tournament for volleyball and most recently a ase se second on place state trophy for basketball Jean is very enthusiastic about her new role here at and says that we should have a very good team despite minute last-minute recruitments recruitments recruitments' recruit recruit- ments ments' due to such short notice Coach says that we have many quality qualify players who were overlooked by other colleges and a afew afew afew few who have achieved star all-star status When asked if she feels any pressure to repeat what the mens men's basketball team did in their first year Coach st states tes No I just want them the women's team to play hard and m make ke a good showing With Jean winning experience a good showing for the Lady Bruins is a definite possibility l I c r rr f fI I 3 t 4 iHa r s sr 4 r |