Jennifer Roos Hometown: Louisville, Ky. Position: Associate Head Coach Experience: Seven seasons Alma Mater: Davidson, '93

Jennifer Roos shouts out instructions during the Falcons' practice in Greensboro, N.C., on the eve of the team's 2007 NCAA Championships 'Sweet 16' game vs. Arizona State (photo by Brad Phalin)

Despite talk of a "rebuilding year", associate head coach Jennifer Roos and the Bowling Green State University women's basketball staff completed their fifth consecutive 20-plus win season in 2007-08.

With a 26-8 overall record, an unprecedented fourth Mid-American Conference regular season title, and the Falcons first ever win in the postseason WNIT it is obvious Roos, who has spent seven years with the Falcons, was not aware of the "rebuilding" notion.

Roos is in charge of the Falcon defense, and also serves as the team's recruiting coordinator.

"Jennifer is an outstanding coach," said Miller. "She has coordinated our recruiting efforts, and has opened doors in the recruiting wars that haven't been open for years for potential Bowling Green players."

Proving her worth not only in the recruiting arena but also on paper, the Falcon defense has ranked first in the MAC in overall scoring defense for the past three seasons with the 2006-07 team finishing the season ranking 29th amongst all NCAA squads in the same category.

Furthermore, the defense has held their combined opponents between a .373 and .404 field goal percentage in each of the past four seasons; when combing those seasons, BGSU has allowed their opponent to post a .390 (2809-7207) field goal percentage.

In the four seasons she has served as the associate head coach (2004-present), she has helped the Falcons to as many Mid-American Conference regular-season titles becoming the first women's basketball team to accomplish the four-peat. Mix in the Falcons' three MAC Tournament Championships, an additional trio of visits to the NCAA Tournament and a bid to the post season WNIT and it is apparent she along side Miller and the staff have found a recipe for success.

Record breaking success to be exact.

On Feb. 23, 2008 in an 81-66 come-from-behind decision at Miami's Millett Hall, the Falcons won their 145th game during the Miller-era to become the most dominate staff in the programs' history. By the end of the season, Roos, Miller and assistant coach Brandi Poole would accumulate a 150-68 record in seven seasons together. With the inclusion of assistant coach Kevin Eckert, who joined the program in 2002, the staff is 141-49. The group also has become one of the longest tenured staffs in the conference.

That record breaking success also includes the epic 2006-07 season, which saw the Falcons reach heights never before achieved by a MAC team. The Falcons went 31-4 overall and 15-1 in MAC regular-season action, winning the league's seasonal and tourney titles before winning a pair of NCAA Tournament games to advance to the round of 16.

BGSU was listed in the national rankings in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll for nearly the entire season, reaching a school- and league-best ranking of 15th in the final AP listing.

The 2005-06 team set records for wins (since broken) by going 28-3 overall. The Falcons posted a perfect 16-0 league record, and added three more wins in the conference tournament. BGSU has an overall record of 124-60 and a MAC ledger of 66-30 in the last six years. Over the last four seasons, the Falcons are 103-25 overall and 55-9 in MAC regular-season play.

In 2004-05, the staff guided the Falcons, picked to finish third in the West Division, to the league's best overall record, a MAC regular-season championship and the top seed for the Kraft MAC Tournament. In the league tourney in Cleveland, the Brown and Orange downed Miami, Eastern Michigan and Kent State to capture the school's first conference tourney crown and NCAA Championships bid in over a decade. In the NCAAs, Miller and the Falcons led nationally-ranked Kansas State at the half before succumbing, 70-60.

Between 2005-07, four of the Falcons' five starters would earned all-conference honors.

The success of the last four years come on the heels of a magical 2003-04 campaign, when Miller, Roos and the staff orchestrated one of the top turnarounds in the nation.

BGSU, picked to finish sixth in the MAC West, tied for second (just a game out of first), finishing 21-10 overall. That marked a nine-win improvement over the prior season, tying for 11th in the country in that category.

In conference play, the coaching staff guided the Brown and Orange to an 11-5 ledger, a complete reversal of the prior year's league record (5-11). In 2003-04, the Falcons finished with a winning record -- both overall and in MAC action -- for the first time in six years. BGSU, six games better than the previous season in conference play, was the only MAC team to improve by more than three games over the 2002-03 season.

In 2002-03, the Brown and Orange went 12-16 overall. After posting the most successful non-conference season in over a decade, that edition of the Falcons -- in BGSU's first season in the MAC's West Division -- amassed a 5-11 league ledger that included a win over the division's co-champion.

The Falcons posted a 9-19 overall record in Miller's staff's first season at the helm. Despite the loss of Preseason All-MAC Team member Francine Miller for all but four games, BGSU went 6-10 in league action and featured a much-improved defense from prior years. In fact, over the past seven seasons, the Falcons have posted six of the top-nine totals in that category in school history.

Roos came to the Falcon program after spending eight years at Davidson College. She became a coach with the Wildcats upon her graduation from the school.

Roos served as the recruiting coordinator for her final two seasons, the scheduling coordinator for the last five years and the scouting coordinator during all eight years at Davidson.

Roos, a native of Louisville, Ky., was a member of both the 1991-92 Davidson club team and the 1992-93 varsity squad. The latter season marked the varsity program's first after a six-year absence.

During that 1992-93 season, Roos was the sole upperclassman among the team's starting five. She led DC in minutes, steals and assists, and was one of only two players to start all 22 games.

Roos was a standout in field hockey during her undergraduate years. She was a four-year letterwinner and a three-time MVP for Davidson. Roos led the 'Cats to a 50-15-6 record in her four seasons, and helped the squad to three consecutive Deep South Association championships.

Roos served as a captain for both the field hockey and basketball teams as a senior. She also lettered in lacrosse at Davidson.

Roos graduated from Davidson in 1993, with a B.A. in history, upon which she began her coaching career at the school.

"Jennifer has helped a young program blossom into a solid defensive team," said Miller. "Overall, she is considered one of the best assistant coaches in the profession."

In January of 2006, Roos was inducted into the Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame.