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THE UNIVERSITY
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STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT
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PLAYERS & STAFF
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HISTORY & RECORDS
Former Virginia Tech women’s basketball
player Britney Anderson returned to
Blacksburg in June 2015 when she was
named an assistant coach.
Anderson played for the Hokies from 2003-
07, helping Tech to three NCAA Tournament
appearances and a WNIT berth. During her
career, Anderson shot an impressive 44.6
percent from the field and averaged 10.2
points during her senior campaign.
Anderson served as an assistant coach at
Radford (2013-15), where her responsibilities
included scheduling, community service and
camp coordination while focusing on wing
player development and assisting in recruiting and scouting. Under
Anderson’s tutelage, the Highlanders were the Big South’s top three-point
shooting team (.337) in 2014-15. In addition, Anderson helped develop
two All-Big South honorees.
Anderson was also a standout high school player in the NRV, having led
Blacksburg High School to the Virginia High School AA Girls’ Basketball
State Championship during her senior year. After averaging 18.2 points
and 9.2 rebounds per game that season, Anderson was named Virginia’s
Miss Basketball.
Before joining the staff at Radford, Anderson was a corporate recruiter
for M.C. Dean Inc. in Dulles, Va., while also coaching girls’ basketball at
Potomac Falls High School and in the AAU ranks with Team Unique u15,
Matrix u15, PSPA u12/u16 for five years.
ASSISTANT COACH
ASSISTANT COACH
Jennifer Brown joined the Hokies in April
2016 as an assistant coach.
She came to Tech after serving in a similar
role at James Madison since 2010. During
her tenure with the Dukes, the team made six
trips to the postseason, including four NCAA
appearances. Brown coached Kayla Cooper-
Williams to CAA Rookie of the Year honors
in 2015-16. During the 2014-15 season,
Brown coached Lauren Okafor, who went
on to be taken as the 34th pick in the 2015
WNBA Draft.
During JMU’s 2013-14 campaign,
she helped the Dukes to one of the most
successful seasons in program history as JMU tied a school record 29
wins and advanced to the postseason for the ninth consecutive season.
The CAA champion Dukes won their first NCAA tournament game since
1991 with a 72-63 victory over No. 6 Gonzaga in the round of 64. In her
first season (2010-11) as a coach at JMU, the Dukes won the Colonial
Athletic Association championship and played in the NCAA Tournament. In
her second season (2011-12) JMU advanced to the championship game
of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, and in her third (2012-13)
the Dukes were WNIT quarterfinalists.
Brown played for the Dukes from 2006-08, helping JMU to a 51-16
record, a trip to the NCAA Tournament and a trip to the WNIT during
her two seasons. In her junior season in 2006-07, JMU compiled a 27-6
record, was runner-up in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament,
earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and was ranked as high
as 22nd in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and as high as 25th in the
USA Today Top 25 poll. As a senior in 2007-08, Brown was a starting
forward on the Dukes’ team that put together a 24-10 record, advanced
to the round of 16 of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, and
received votes during the season in both Top 25 polls.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in justice studies in 2007 and a
master’s in kinesiology in 2008, both from JMU. In addition, Brown is a
2013 graduate of the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy and attended
the ACA Forum in 2015.