Kansas City Roos find new women’s basketball coach on Texas Longhorns’ staff
The Kansas City Roos, who lost their women’s basketball coach to a Big 12 program, found the replacement in the same conference.
Dionnah Jackson-Durrett, who served as associate head coach at Texas, is UMKC’s new coach. She succeeds Jacie Hoyt, who last week was introduced as Oklahoma State’s new coach.
The Longhorns reached the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight in both of Jackson-Durrett’s seasons on the staff. She came to Austin in 2020 with head coach Vic Schaefer from Mississippi State, where she had been a member of Schaefer’s staff for the previous five seasons.
Kansas City will be Jackson-Durrett’s first head coaching job. She’s also served on staffs at George Mason and Southeast Missouri State.
Jackson-Durrett, a St. Louis native, was a guard on Oklahoma’s 2002 team that reached the NCAA championship game. She made All-Big 12 as a senior.
She was a WNBA first-round draft selection in 2005 and played professionally in Switzerland and Israel.
This story was originally published March 30, 2022 at 10:32 AM.