Jenna Knudson enters her first season as Arizona women's basketball assistant coach.
Knudson joins the Wildcats after a successful two-year stint as an assistant coach at Drury University, where she helped guide the Lady Panthers to a combined 47-14 record across two seasons. In 2024-25, Drury finished 22-7 overall and reached the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) semifinals, with four players earning All-GLVC honors. Caitlynn Daniels garnered All-Midwest Region accolades, was named an NCAA Division II All-America honorable mention by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, and earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team.
In her first season at Drury, Knudson helped the Lady Panthers post a 25-7 record, secure an 18-4 GLVC mark, and make the program's eighth straight appearance in the GLVC championship game along with their 21st NCAA Division II Tournament berth. Drury featured four All-GLVC performers, including GLVC and Midwest Region Player of the Year Reese Schaaf.
Prior to her time at Drury, Knudson spent four seasons at Quincy University, serving as an assistant coach from 2022-24 and as a graduate assistant from 2020-22. Working alongside head coach Kaci Bailey, Knudson helped engineer a turnaround at Quincy, elevating the program from a 15th-place finish in the GLVC to its first postseason appearance in seven years.
Knudson played collegiately under Burke at Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), where she was a three-time All-California Pacific Conference selection and set a program record for steals. As a senior, she ranked eighth nationally in the NAIA in steals (3.1 per game) and was second in the conference in assists (3.7 per game). She helped lead Embry-Riddle's inaugural teams to a combined 81-29 record over four seasons.
A native of Sterling, Colorado, Knudson was a four-time Academic All-Conference honoree and a two-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete during her college career. She holds a bachelor's degree in business from Embry-Riddle and a master's degree in Business Administration from Quincy University.
