FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Women's Basketball program has announced the hiring of Jasmine Jenkins to the position of assistant coach. Jenkins spent the last four seasons at Davidson helping the Wildcats to three-straight winning seasons and a spot in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) in the 2024-25 season.
 
"I am so excited to add Jasmine to our staff," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "We had an incredible pool of candidates and Jasmine was someone who continued to rise to the top each step of the way. She is passionate about developing student-athletes in a high academic setting, something that fits perfectly here at Fairfield. She is innovative and adept in teaching the modern style of basketball that will fit right into enhancing our motion offense. It is a really exciting time for our program and Jasmine is going to continue to help elevate the Stags to be one of the best in the country."
 
Jenkins also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats, helping sign five All-Atlantic-10 student-athletes who combined for seven All-Conference awards.
 
Included in those All-Conference performers was Charlise Dunn who was recently selected in the second round of the WNBA Draft by the Toronto Tempo after earning three All-Atlantic 10 awards including last year's First Team.
 
The Wildcats totaled 58 wins over the last three seasons including a 21-win mark last season the most victories by Davidson in over a decade.
 
A four-year player and 2016 graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jenkins was honored as a WBCA 30 under 30 recipient during the 2022-23 season. She also served as an assistant coach at Pomona-Pitzer, an NCAA Division III member institution, where she helped lead the Sagehens to a 15-11 record in 2019-20, including a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference semifinal appearance.  

Prior to her stint at Pomona-Pitzer, Jenkins was a graduate assistant coach at Waynesburg University for one season, aiding in the development of three All-Conference student-athletes during the 2018-19 campaign.

A native of Gainesville, Ga., Jenkins played in 119 games during her career as a Commodore, earning SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition her senior year while finishing third on the team in assists and fifth in steals per game.
 
Jenkins will join a Fairfield team who have won three-straight conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. Fairfield holds an 87-12 record over the last three seasons while amassing one of the best winning percentages in the nation. The Stags have also notched a 67-2 record against MAAC opponents during that span while receiving votes in the Associated Press (AP) Top-25 poll in each season.