Women's Basketball Southern Conference

CofC Adds Assistant Coach

Charleston, S.C. -- College of Charleston women's basketball coach
Melissa Slone announced July 8 the hiring of assistant coach Christina
Jansen Mackiewicz (pronounced Mack-a-wits). Mackiewicz replaces Jerilyn
Cushing who accepted a position at Northern Illinois last week.

Mackiewicz joins the Cougars after coaching stints at Ball State
and Cincinnati. Mackiewicz worked two seasons as an assistant at Ball
State (1997-99) and one year as an assistant at Cincinnati (1999-00). She
served as administrative assistant with Cincinnati during the 2000-01
campaign. She spent last year as the junior varsity coach at Bishop
England High School in Charleston.

Mackiewicz, who earned a degree in secondary math education from
Kentucky in 1997, played four seasons for the Wildcats.

She is married to Scott Mackiewicz and they live in Mount Pleasant.