Felisha Legette-Jack
Felisha Legette-Jack is the current head coach of the Syracuse University's women basketball team. She previously served as the head coach at the University at Buffalo, Indiana University, and Hofstra University's women basketball teams.
Early life and education
Coming from an athletically gifted family, Legette-Jack first came to prominence at Nottingham High School, in Syracuse, New York, in the mid 1980s. Her brother, Ronnie, had led the Bulldogs to a state championship earlier, but Felisha went one better, leading the Lady Bulldogs to two state titles before going on to star at Syracuse University. At Syracuse, Legette-Jack scored 1,526 points, grabbed 927 rebounds, and graduated as the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in program history. As of 2021, she ranked fifth in scoring and third in rebounds. She was the 1985 Big East Rookie of the Year, and all-league player three times, and was the recipient of a LetterWinner of Distinction Award.Legette-Jack was inducted into the Syracuse Hall of Fame in 1998. Syracuse University retired her basketball jersey in November 2021. She became the first women's basketball player at Syracuse to have her number retired, and one of the first three female athletes to have their uniforms retired by the Orange.
Coaching career
After graduating from Syracuse, Legette-Jack became an assistant coach for the Boston College Eagles women's basketball and then returned to Syracuse in similar role, working under Marianna Freeman from 1993 to 2000.From 2002 to 2006, she served as the head coach at Hofstra.