Jennie Baranczyk in 2015.
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Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Drake |
Conference | MVC |
Record | 99–61 (.619) |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
February 22, 1982
Playing career | |
2000–2004 | Iowa |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004–2006 | Kansas State (assistant) |
2006–2010 | Marquette (assistant) |
2010–2012 | Colorado (assistant) |
2012–present | Drake |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 99–61 (.619) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
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As player:
Jennie Lillis Baranczyk (born Jennie Marie Lillis; February 22, 1982) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Drake University women's basketball team. Baranczyk was named the head coach at Drake on April 17, 2012.
Born Jennie Marie Lillis in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jennie Baranczyk was raised in Urbandale, Iowa near and attended Dowling Catholic High School in nearby West Des Moines. A communications major, Baranczyk attended the University of Iowa and played at forward on the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team under head coach Lisa Bluder from 2000 to 2004. As a senior, Baranczyk averaged 16.0 points and 6.2 rebounds and was a second-team all-Big Ten selection. She also earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2002 and first-team honors in 2003, in addition to being a Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 6 honorable mention All-American, and was an academic All-Big Ten honoree from 2002 to 2004. Baranczyk won the Big Ten's Medal of Honor for academic and athletic excellence upon graduating from Iowa in 2004.
Baranczyk began her coaching career in 2004 at Kansas State under Deb Patterson and helped Kansas State win the 2006 WNIT. From 2006 to 2010, Baranczyk was an assistant at Marquette under Terri Mitchell, including Marquette's 2008 WNIT title. At Marquette, Baranczyk also helped with recruiting, game scheduling, opponent scouting, and public relations. The first hire on the new coaching staff, Baranczyk then was an assistant at Colorado under Linda Lappe beginning on May 10, 2010.