Bradley women's assistant basketball coach Jen Garber leaves to...

[tornado]

to take over the head coaching position at Quincy University -- congrats to Jen -- who is the daughter of Bradley Braves basketball great from the 1940's Bobby Garber and sister of ICC head women's basketball coach Steve Garber..

http://www.whig.com/story/sports/QU-coach---WEB

[BU Firsty]

to take over the head coaching position at Quincy University -- congrats to Jen -- who is the daughter of Bradley Braves basketball great from the 1940's Bobby Garber and brother of ICC head women's basketball coach Steve Garber..
http://www.whig.com/story/sports/QU-coach---WEB

Congratulations Jeni! I hope you have great success as a head coach.

[Da Coach]

Great news for Jen! Congratulations! She is one of the hardest workers I've met!

[tornado]

I know the family personally, they are all from Metamora....Jen is the daughter of 1940's Bradley basketball player Bobby Garber, and is the brother of the ICC head women's basketball coach Steve Garber who took over for Lorene Ramsay several years ago...

Jeni's bio

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19341&SPID=1499&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=122827&Q_SEASON=2010

Steve Garber's Bio-

http://icc.edu/athletics/basketballW/coachingStaff.asp

[BU Firsty]

I know the family personally, they are all from Metamora....Jen is the daughter of 1940's Bradley basketball player Bobby Garber, and is the brother of the ICC head women's basketball coach Steve Garber who took over for Lorene Ramsay several years ago...

Jeni's bio

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19341&SPID=1499&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=122827&Q_SEASON=2010

Steve Garber's Bio-

http://icc.edu/athletics/basketballW/coachingStaff.asp

T, you are correct.

[DUBrave5]

Awesome news for Coach Garber. She really is a great person. She is also one of the reasons I became a practice player for the team.

[tornado]

Here's a photo of Jeni from her introductory press conference... Good luck!!

[tornado]

Here's a one-year followup on former long-time BU women's basketball assistant Jeni Garber
who is just now entering her 2nd year as head coach at Quincy Univ...

In her first year at Quincy - she took over a good team but a team that had just lost their 3 best players.....so it was uncertain how she'd do.
BUT Jeni had a great year - including 22 wins - almost defeating Drake at Des Moines, and a 15-3 conference Championship season to go with yet another trip to the NCAA Post-season tournament...
Jeni was also named Coach of the Year....appears she didn't need a few years to "get her players in place" and rebuild...

http://hawks.quincy.edu/news/2012/4/19/WBB_0419121207.aspx?path=wbball

They get another shot to beat Drake - -playing there on November 2

http://hawks.quincy.edu/news/2012/8/7/WBB_0807125516.aspx

[bradleyfan20]

In her first year at Quincy - she took over a good team but a team that had just lost their 3 best players.....so it was uncertain how she'd do.
BUT Jeni had a great year - including 22 wins - almost defeating Drake at Des Moines, and a 15-3 conference Championship season to go with yet another trip to the NCAA Post-season tournament...
Jeni was also named Coach of the Year....appears she didn't need a few years to "get her players in place" and rebuild...

The Quincy women won the North and went 26-4 (16-2) the year before she got there. She lost 4 games more than her predecessor... Coach Ford lost 3 games more than his predecessor. So, it looks like she will need to wait until she gets "her players" to get the program back to where it had been.

It is always easier to win when a program is used to winning. Building something is MUCH more difficult when players on the team have never had success.

But, I know you will keep taking unnecessary jabs at Coach Ford. Give the guy time. If, after a couple more years it is obvious that he isn't the guy...then by all means, make another change.

[lefty]

I don't think there was any doubt she would do a good job....especially taking over for previous Coach of the Year JD Gravina who had a 4 year record of 93-28.....

I had the good fortune of coaching Jessica Vaughn from Glasford who was on that team several years ago during the summers. One of the hardest working girls I've seen

[wily coyote]

The Quincy women won the North and went 26-4 (16-2) the year before she got there. She lost 4 games more than her predecessor... Coach Ford lost 3 games more than his predecessor. So, it looks like she will need to wait until she gets "her players" to get the program back to where it had been.

It is always easier to win when a program is used to winning. Building something is MUCH more difficult when players on the team have never had success.

But, I know you will keep taking unnecessary jabs at Coach Ford. Give the guy time. If, after a couple more years it is obvious that he isn't the guy...then by all means, make another change.

Great post BF20. I just don't get it.Must have been a boxer or a riflemen with all the shots that take place on here.

[Braves4Life]

T
It is always easier to win when a program is used to winning. Building something is MUCH more difficult when players on the team have never had success.

But, I know you will keep taking unnecessary jabs at Coach Ford. Give the guy time. If, after a couple more years it is obvious that he isn't the guy...then by all means, make another change.

+1. There's no comparison between taking over the Quincy women's program versus taking over the Bradley men's. At their level, Quincy women have been a powerhouse for the last decade going to 7 of 9 NCAA Tournaments.