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Kerry Keating |
Kerry Keating was named the 14th men's basketball coach in Santa Clara history on April 6, 2007 and was introduced to the media at a press conference on April 9, 2007. Keating came to Santa Clara after serving for four seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA, helping the Bruins to Final Four appearances in 2006 and 2007. At 35, Keating becomes the youngest head coach in the West Coast Conference.
"Kerry Keating is the right person at the right time for Santa Clara, without a question" said Director of Athletics and Recreation Dan Coonan. "He will build upon the wonderful success that Dick Davey and his staff had this past season, and he will bring us to new heights. Kerry embodies so much of what we were looking for in a new coach. First of all, he has integrity in spades. His recruiting ability is probably the most prominent aspect of his resume, we were looking for someone who was a lights-out recruiter who did it the right way, and that's absolutely what we have found in Kerry."
Keating, who replaces Dick Davey, will be the 14th head coach in the 100-year history of Santa Clara men's basketball, and will lead the Broncos into their second century of hoops beginning with the 2007-08 season. He is also only the fifth SCU head coach since Bob Feerick took the reigns of the program in 1950. Since that time, Feerick (1950-62), Dick Garibaldi (1962-70), Carroll Williams (1970-92), and Davey (1992-2007) have served in that role at Santa Clara. Keating is the first Santa Clara men's basketball head coach to be hired without having attended or coached as an assistant at SCU since 1926 when Harlan Dykes was hired as head coach.
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Michelle Bento-Jackson |
Santa Clara University head women's basketball coach Michelle Bento-Jackson begins her sixth year at the helm of the Bronco program. The Mountain View, Calif., native was appointed as the seventh head coach in the school's 38-year women's basketball history in June 2002.
In her first five seasons at Santa Clara, Bento-Jackson has led the Broncos to three postseason appearances, a West Coast Conference tournament crown and a WCC regular season title. She has produced two WCC Tournament MVPs in Michelle Cozad '06 and Kendra Rhea '03 as well as seven all-tournament team members. Under her tutelege, eight athletes received all-conference honors, while Cozad was named the WCC's Player of the Year in 2005-06.
Bento-Jackson's teams have also excelled in the classroom and in the community. Recent alumnus Ashley Graham `07 was a three time WCC All-Academic team honoree, while the Broncos have also made a strong impact on the community and for their efforts are back-to-back recipients of the Comcast Community Service Award.
In 2006-07, Santa Clara was once again a force beyond the arc and finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation in three-point field goals. Helping the Broncos on the national stage was Chandice Cronk, who ranked third nationally in three-point field goals made. She also crushed the conference's single-season record with 94 three-pointers as a junior. Guard Graham and Jen Gottschalk also aided SCU in their long-range conquest.
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