Jill Harris enters her second season after joining Washington & Jefferson College as Intern Assistant Women's Basketball Coach the 2024-25 season. The 2025-26 season marks her first year as the Assistant Coach for the women's basketball program.
Harris aided in a historic season for the W&J Women's Basketball program. W&J won its seventh Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship and following this up with an NCAA Tournament appearance. W&J secured its first-ever NCAA Tournament win when they beat Messiah in overtime in an NCAA First Round game. The 24 wins acquired in 2024 tied for the most in a single season in program history.
Harris wrapped up her career at Division I Valparaiso University last season. She averaged 6.5 points per game during her time with Valpo.
She also had playing stints collegiately at Johnson C. Smith University and was an SoCon All-Freshman Team selection in 2019-20 while playing at Mercer University. She posted 8.7 points and 2.3 assists per game for the Golden Bulls, scoring in double figures on eight occasions during the 2022-23 season. In 2020-21 at Mercer, she totaled 124 assists with the Bears during her freshman season. Nationally, Harris ranked third among freshmen in assist/turnover ratio and 10th in assists.
Harris is a graduate of the WBCA "So You Want To Be A Coach" program.
Harris earned a bachelor of science in Criminology from Johnson C. Smith University in May 2023. She then added a masters in business administration from Valparaiso University in August of 2024. She earned Dean's List and Presidents' List honors throughout her time as a student.
