Saint Joseph’s University has named Jada Pierce as assistant coach, women’s basketball head coach Cindy Griffin announced today.

Spending the past two seasons at Army, Pierce brings over 15 years of successful coaching experience, including helping three schools earn NCAA Tournament berths.

At West Point, Pierce helped the Black Knights to a 15-13 record in the Patriot League and a 20-10 mark at home. Individually, she helped four players garner All-Patriot League honors, including First Team recipients Erin Anthony and Anna Simmers in 2010-11 and 2011-12, respectively.

Before coaching at Army, Pierce served as an assistant at Mount St. Mary’s for the 2009-10 season and at Massachusetts the previous two seasons. From 2007-09 Pierce helped UMass to two straight Atlantic 10 Tournament berths, with two Minutewomen earning All-Conference honors and one garnering All-Rookie Team distinction.

Serving as an assistant at Marist in 2006-07, Pierce helped the Red Foxes to a program-best 29-6 record, their fourth-straight MAAC title and the team’s first Sweet 16 appearance.

Prior to Marist, Pierce spent two seasons as head coach at Cheyney University. During her tenure with the Wolves, Pierce had 12 players garner scholar-athlete honors, with one player earning All-Conference accolades.

Following a successful playing career at West Chester, Pierce began her coaching career as an assistant at St. Michael’s from 1997-99, helping the Purple Knights to the Northeast 10 Tournament in 1999. She spent the next two seasons as an assistant at Delaware, guiding the Blue Hens to a 47-13 record over that period, including an America East title and NCAA Tournament berth in 2000-01. Following that, Pierce spent three seasons as an assistant at Massachusetts-Lowell. From 2001-04, she helped the River Hawks to a 51-36 record, a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2003 and a Northeast 10 Tournament berth each year.

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