COLUMBIA, Mo. - Ashleen Bracey has been added as an assistant coach to the Missouri women's basketball staff.
"We are beyond excited to have Ashleen join our staff," Missouri head coach Robin Pingeton said in a release Monday. "She is going to be a fantastic addition. I have known Ashleen for more than 11 years and have always been so impressed with her work ethic as well as her basketball IQ. She is a high-character, high-integrity individual who is very passionate about the game. She is without a doubt an up-and-coming star in this profession."
Bracey, who played under Pingeton at Illinois State, has spent the last three seasons as an assistant at Alabama-Birmingham. She was the recruiting coordinator at UAB.
"I'm extremely fortunate for the opportunity to work for my former college coach, Robin Pingeton," Bracey said. "The entire staff and the team are like family to me. I am blessed and honored to be a part of this program again. I am ready to jump right in, roll up my sleeves and get to work."
As a senior in the 2009-10 season at Illinois State, Bracey was named team captain by Pingeton and engineered the Redbirds' third consecutive 20-win season. Bracey led Illinois State in scoring with 14.7 points per contest and secured both All-MVC First Team honors and MVC All-Defensive Team recognition.
Bracey then signed a contract with Das Anos Liosia, a professional squad in Athens, Greece. She played a season with them before deciding to join the coaching ranks and immediately got a chance as an assistant coach at Eureka (Ill.) College. In August of that year, Bracey and Pingeton were able to reconnect as Bracey teamed up with her former coach and took a graduate assistant position at Missouri in 2011.