Damon came to Happy Valley after five seasons at the University of Massachusetts. She served as the recruiting coordinator at UMass in her final two seasons in Amherst where she was responsible for all aspects of recruiting, including prospect evaluation, home visits and management of the recruiting database. She also dealt with player development for the post and perimeter players and assisted in the scouting of opponents. While at UMass, Damon helped lead the Minutemen to their most successful season in 10 years with a 17-12 mark in 2006-07. She also recruited and developed a third team All-Atlantic 10 choice and two members of the 2004-05 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team. Damon spent three seasons at Fairleigh Dickinson as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator prior to her move to Massachusetts. During her tenure at FDU, Damon helped produce two first team All-Northeast Conference selections, as well as an All-Rookie team choice. In a two-year stint at Wisconsin-Green Bay, Damon helped the Phoenix earn back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths, including one appearance under current Michigan coach Kevin Borseth. As a player, Damon led Millersville (Pa.) University to the PSAC Tournament twice. She is eighth on the Mauraders’ all-time three-point field goals list with 88. Damon won the award as Millersville’s top offensive players in back-to-back seasons and was the Co-Sixth Player of the Year in 1995. Damon is a member of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith selection committee. She has also participated in the “So You Want to be a Coach” program at the Women’s Final Four. Damon graduated from Millersville with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication in 1997 and earned her master’s degree in corporate communication from Fairleigh Dickinson in 2006.
THE DAMON FILE COACHING RESUME 2007-pres. - Assistant Coach, Penn State University 2009-pres. - Member, Frances Pomeroy Naismith Selection Committee 2005-07 - Recruiting Coordinator, University of Massachusetts 2002-05 - Assistant Coach, University of Massachusetts 2001-02 - Recruiting Coordinator, Fairleigh Dickinson 1999-01 - Assistant Coach, Fairleigh Dickinson 1997-99 - Assistant Coach, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1993-97 - Millersville (Pa.) University EDUCATION Millersville ’97 (B.S. Speech Communication) Fairleigh Dickinson ’06 (Master’s in Corporate Communication) AWARDS v 2004 Black Coaches Association ACE Program v 10th in Millersville history for three-point field goals (77) v Millersville’s Co-Sixth Player of the Year (1995) v Millersville’s Top Offensive Player (1996 & 1997)
GET TO KNOW KIA v My favorite actresses are Julia Roberts and Angela Bassett. v My favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy and anything on HGTV and PTI. v My favorite website is overstock.com. v My favorite pro basketball players are Kobe Bryant and Manu Ginobali. v The person I admire most is my grandmother. v My favorite place to eat off-campus is Spat’s. v My dream vacation spot is Venice. v The three performers at my dream concert are Beyonce, Prince and Michael
Jackson. v I first started playing hoops at age 9. v When I was little, I wanted to be an accountant when I grew up. v People don’t know this about me, but I love nature and being outdoors. v The best iPhone/Droid app is the basketball clipboard. v The strangest food I ate last year was alligator. v If I had a million dollars, I would buy an island in Turks & Caicos. v My first thought in the morning is what do I need to do. v I check Facebook 2-3 times a day. v I’d love to trade places with Nicole Parker (Bori Kodjoe’s wife) for one day.
NOTABLE Kia helped UW-Green Bay to back-to-back Mid-Continent Conference Championships in 1998 and 1999.
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