As the Davenport University women’s basketball team prepares to defend its seventh straight Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference title and make another run to the NAIA Tournament, they will do so with the leadership from a former team captain as Jori Monnich returns as assistant coach of the Panthers, head coach Mike Williams announced.

Monnich replaces Shannon Rose, who after five years as a women’s basketball assistant coach has transitioned into the role of Manager of Athletic Facilities at Davenport.

Prior to returning to her alma mater as an assistant coach, Monnich served a similar position at Albion College for the 2010-11 season. Working under longtime head coach Doreen Carden, Monnich helped lead the Britons to a 14-13 record and to the semifinals of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. Before joining the Britons, Monnich spent two seasons at Siena Heights University. With the Saints, she compiled 28 wins during the two seasons under head coach Susan Syljebeck.

Before she entered collegiate coaching, Monnich spent served as an assistant coach at AAU in 2007 and at Hillsdale High during the 2011-12 season.

As a student-athlete from 2002-06, the former Jori Pacek served as captain of the Panthers her senior season and has led the team to the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament title in 2006 and NAIA Tournament in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. She graduated from Davenport in 2007 and received her Master’s Degree from Siena Heights in 2010.

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