Jennifer Hoover (; born October 12, 1969) is currently an assistant coach with the Virginia Tech women's basketball team.
Career She was previously an assistant coach with the University of Kentucky women's basketball team since her appointment on July 11, 2022."Jen Hoover Named Kentucky Women's Basketball Assistant Coach," University of Kentucky Athletics, Monday, July 11, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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."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. She was succeeded by Megan Gebbia fifteen days later on May 26."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.
She played her collegiate career at Wake Forest and is the school's leading scorer and rebounder.
Wake Forest statistics Source +RatiosYearTeam1987–88Wake Forest3157.2% –37.8%5.970.48 0.190.656.351988–89Wake Forest2861.7% –53.0%8.111.070.501.2118.641989–90Wake Forest3060.6%0.0%24.8%9.771.601.332.4015.901990–91Wake Forest2861.0%0.0%52.4%10.751.25 0.571.5019.00Career11760.7%0.0%43.9%8.601.09 0.651.4414.77
+TotalsYearTeam1987–88Wake Forest3183145 – –3182185156201971988–89Wake Forest28221358 – –801512273014345221989–90Wake Forest3022637303251012934840724771990–91Wake Forest282333820266126301351642532Career1177631258052024601006128761681728
Awards and honors In 2007, Hoover was named to the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame.
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.
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.
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