Legette-Jack named head women's basketball coach

Buffalo, NY (wivb.com - UB's newly named athletic director Danny White made his first coaching hire within the UB athletics program.  The school announced today that Felisha Legette-Jack will become the 12th head coach in the history of UB women's basketball.  She takes over for Linda Hill Mac-Donald who was let go late last month.

Legette-Jack recently spent six seasons at Indiana University where she headed up the women's program, leading the Hoosiers to three postseason appearances. Under her reign, Indiana won 21 games during the 2008-2009 season for just the fourth time in school history .

Prior to Indiana, Legette-Jack was an assistant on two USA Basketball gold medal-winning coaching staffs.  She also guided Hofstra for four years where the school had one its best seasons during the 2005-2006 season.

Legette-Jack is a Syracuse native and graduated from Syracuse University.  She left as the school's second-leading scorer and all-time leading rebounder.