27 Facts About Jenny Boucek

Jennifer Dawn Boucek is an American basketball coach and a former player.

Jenny Boucek played college basketball for the University of Virginia and later professionally for the Cleveland Rockers in the WNBA and Keflavik in Iceland where she won both the national championship and the national cup, as well as being named the Foreign Player of the Year.

Jenny Boucek started her coaching career in 1999 as an assistant with the Washington Mystics.

Jenny Boucek later served as an assistant for the Miami Sol and the Seattle Storm before being named the head coach of the Sacramento Monarchs in 2007.

Jenny Boucek later served as an assistant for the Dallas Mavericks and has been an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers since 2021.

Jenny Boucek helped lead the Cavaliers to four regular season Atlantic Coast Conference Championships and three NCAA Elite Eight appearances.

Jenny Boucek was a two-time GTE Academic All-American team member and two-time ACC selection.

Jenny Boucek twice earned team Defensive Player of the Year honors and finished her career at Virginia as a member of the 1,000-point club.

Jenny Boucek competed in the US Olympic Festival in 1993.

Jenny Boucek graduated with honors in 1997 with a double major degree in sports medicine and sports management.

Jenny Boucek was given a free fifth year after her college playing career ended.

Jenny Boucek had six mini-internships during that year, including in sports medicine, sports information and sports psychology.

Jenny Boucek graduated as No 1 at Virginia's Curry School of Education and Human Development.

Jenny Boucek planned to enter med school but rumors of the WNBA's founding had her spending a month getting back into shape to attend a Cleveland Rockers open tryout.

Jenny Boucek played her first game with the Rockers on June 21,1997, in a 56 - 76 loss to the Houston Comets.

In November 1997, Jenny Boucek signed with Keflavik in the Icelandic top-tier 1.

Jenny Boucek appeared in 18 league, playoffs and Cup games, with Keflavik winning 16 of those and the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Basketball Cup.

Jenny Boucek returned to the Cleveland Rockers in time for the 1998 season but was released prior to the start of the regular season on her own accord due to a torn hamstring.

Jenny Boucek began her coaching career in the WNBA during the 1999 season as an assistant with the Washington Mystics.

In 2003, Jenny Boucek joined the Seattle Storm as an assistant coach and in 2004, helped the team win the WNBA Finals Championship, beating the Connecticut Sun.

Jenny Boucek served as one of the Storm's scouts for prospective college players during the NCAA basketball season.

However, shortly after the 2005 WNBA season ended, Jenny Boucek declined to remain with the Storm for the upcoming 2006 season, citing personal reasons for her departure.

Jenny Boucek invited Boucek to spend time with his Mavericks staff in 2011 and for a month of 2014's training camp.

On October 20,2017, Jenny Boucek was announced as a player development coach for the Sacramento Kings, becoming the third woman assistant coach in NBA history.

On July 19,2018, Jenny Boucek was announced as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the first female assistant coach in franchise history.

Jenny Boucek gave birth to her daughter Rylie twelve days later.

On July 16,2021, Jenny Boucek was named an assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers, remaining with Rick Carlisle, who hired her to join the Mavericks' staff three years earlier.