DePaul University Women's Basketball

Jill M. Pizzotti was named the sixth head coach of the DePaul Women’s Basketball program on April 3, 2025 after serving on staff for 14 seasons including 11 as associate head coach. Pizzotti most recently stepped in as Interim Head Coach of the Blue Demons for the 2024-25 season. Pizzotti is a veteran leader with over 30 years of collegiate coaching experience including a 10-year head coaching stint at Saint Louis. Widely respected in the industry, Pizzotti has served as DePaul’s lead recruiter and guard coach since her arrival on campus in 2011. As the interim head coach this season, Pizzotti led DePaul to a 13-19 record against the 20th-best non-conference schedule. Despite being selected ninth in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll, DePaul went 8-10 in the BIG EAST, finishing sixth for the program’s best finish since 2021-22. Graduate forward Jorie Allen earned a trio of honors including All-BIG EAST First Team, BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the BIG EAST’s Most Improved Player. Junior guard Taylor Johnson-Matthews earned BIG EAST Honorable Mention recognition. She has been instrumental in DePaul’s six BIG EAST Conference regular-season titles and five tournament titles (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020) in a seven-year span. She has been invaluable in helping the Blue Demons advance to nine NCAA Tournaments on the bench while 33 student-athletes have been named an All-BIG EAST Conference performer or to the league’s all-tournament team. Pizzotti has also helped

Ashton Millender was first named an assistant coach on May 31, 2023 and was retained on staff at DePaul under head coach Jill M. Pizzotti in the same role in addition to director of player development responsibilities. In her second season as an assistant, Millender mentored a youthful guard group and aided newcomer Taylor Johnson-Matthews to All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention honors. Johnson-Matthews posted 14.5 points per game, good for second on the 2024-25 squad, and finished in double figures 24 times. She scored 20+ points on eight occasions and shot 38-percent from long range. In the 2023-24 season, Millender helped graduate guard Anaya Peoples to a All-BIG EAST Second Team nod after leading the Blue Demons in both scoring and rebounding. Peoples ranked top-10 in four-statistical categories and finished in double figures in 26 of 31 games on the season while averaging 17.2 points per game. Millender, a standout Blue Demon from 2014-19, led the Blue Demons to five NCAA Tournaments including one Sweet 16 as a student-athlete. In her playing career, she appeared in a program record 144 games, while making 77 starts. Her 286 made three-point field goals ranks second in program history and her 1,392 career points are good for 25th all time. Millender and her teammates captured four BIG EAST Conference Tournament titles in her time in the scarlet and blue. Upon graduation from DePaul, Millender went on to pursue a professional career, playing overseas in five countries including

Bradley Bruno was first named an assistant coach on the Blue Demons coaching staff on May 31, 2023 and was retained on Jill Pizzotti's staff as assistant coach and general manager in May of 2025. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Bruno will assist with opportunities around Name, Image and Likeness; transfer portal education and roster construction. Working primarily with the post unit, Bruno tutored All-BIG EAST First Team and Most Improved Player Jorie Allen to a standout season in 2024-25. Allen averaged 20.0 points per game, which ranked second in the BIG EAST, and finished in double figures in all 32 games, a streak that ranked top-15 in the nation. She also led DePaul in assists (121), steals (42) and blocks (25). Redshirt junior forward Meg Newman ranked fourth in the league in rebounding with 8.2 boards per game. Newman grabbed 10 or more rebounds on eight occasions. Bruno returned to Lincoln Park after spending the last two seasons on Sam Quigley Smith's staff at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). During his time in Edwardsville, Bruno worked primarily with the post positional group while overseeing recruiting efforts and assisting with all aspects of the program. Bruno saw a pair of Cougars earn All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team honors in his tenure in addition to guiding the team to wins in the OVC Tournament in back-to-back seasons. Prior to his stint at SIUE, Bruno spent six seasons on staff in Lincoln Park, serving as the Video Coor

Jessica January, a Blue Demon standout from 2013-17, joined Jill M. Pizzotti's inaugural staff in May of 2025 after a successful professional playing career overseas. “It feels incredible to welcome back one of our most decorated alums to the program,” said Pizzotti. “Jess truly embodies what it means to work hard, and we are thrilled to have her join our coaching staff following her outstanding professional playing career. She brings tremendous energy, basketball development expertise, and a relentless work ethic that will have an immediate impact on our team. One of my top priorities is strengthening the connection with our alumni, so it’s especially meaningful to have both Ashton Millender and Jessica January on staff. Their commitment to this program is unwavering and their presence will continue to elevate our culture and player development.” After returning stateside last fall, January spent this winter serving as an assistant boys basketball coach at Richfield High School in her home state of Minnesota. While with the Spartans, she worked primarily with the guard unit focusing on offensive execution. She also assisted the girls program at Edina High School as a Player Development coach where she focused on individual skill instruction. “Returning to DePaul as an assistant coach is really a full circle moment for me” January said. “I had an incredible college experience playing and learning under Doug Bruno and Jill Pizzotti. Although I’ll be on the sidelines now, I fee

Executive Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration & Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) ADMINISTRATOR–Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer

Josiah Turner-Mister assumed the role of special assistant to the head coach, Jill M. Pizzotti announced in June of 2025. Turner-Mister remains in Lincoln Park after most recently serving as a Sport & Event Operations Graduate Assistant at DePaul. During his two-year tenure, Turner-Mister assisted with team travel, accommodations and meals for men's and women's soccer and softball while also playing a vital role in the men's and women's basketball gameday experience at Wintrust Arena. The Chicago native spent two seasons as men's basketball student manager from 2021-2023 where he coordinated travel, meals and equipment as well as helped with on court player development. Turner-Mister earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sport Management from DePaul's Driehaus College of Business in June of 2023 before completing his Master of Science in Management.

DePaul women's basketball head coach named Kathleen Doyle assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on Tuesday, April 29. The LaGrange Park, Ill. native ret...

Lisa Ryckbosch was named assistant coach in September of 2017, returning to Lincoln Park after also serving on the Blue Demon staff from 1991-2002. Ryckbosch returned to DePaul following nine seasons at the head women's basketball coach at University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). Since returning to the Lincoln Park, DePaul has continued to experience tremendous success on the court. Starting with the 2013-14 season, the Blue Demons have won six BIG EAST regular-season titles, and the 88-74 triumph over Marquette on March 9, 2020 was their fifth BIG EAST Tournament crown in a span of seven years. Prior to taking the head coaching position at UIC, Ryckbosch served as the associate head coach at DePaul during the 2001-02 season and was an assistant coach from 1991-2001. Ryckbosch's return to the bench coincided with the program's amazingly consistent NCAA Tournament run. In 2019, DePaul advanced to its 17th consecutive NCAA postseason. Only women's college basketball's elite programs (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tennessee) can also make that claim out of 349 Division I programs nationwide. Ryckbosch contributed to the program winning 20 games or more 12 seasons in a row. DePaul earned an 18th consecutive berth in the 2020 NCAA tournament which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. In her first stint at DePaul, Ryckbosch's leadership as Director of Corporate, Professional and Community Relations, the Blue Demons stepped up their community service efforts and conti

Nathan Johnson joined the DePaul staff in March of 2023 as an assistant director of sports performance. In his current role, he oversees and directs all face...

Paul Stromberg began his role as Assistant Athletics Director of Communications in July of 2022. Stromberg is the primary contact for the men's soccer, women's basketball and women's tennis programs. In addition to his sport responsibilities, Stromberg also oversees the official DePaul Blue Demons app and the Communications student program. Prior to stepping into his current position, Stromberg was a communications assistant at DePaul from 2020-2022. In the 2019-20 academic year, Stromberg served as a communications assistant at the BIG EAST Conference in Manhattan. While at the league office, Stromberg served as the primary contact for volleyball, swimming & diving, softball and tennis with secondary support for women's basketball. Additional responsibilities including providing operational assistance at Olympic sports championships including field hockey, volleyball and swimming & diving while working at BIG EAST men's and women's basketball tournaments as well as BIG EAST media day. Previous stints include roles at baseball agency, Independent Sports and Entertainment (ISE), as well as business management consultant, Arena Partners. A Baltimore, Md. native, Stromberg graduated from DePaul cum laude with a bachelors of science in marketing in 2019 and completed his master's in business administration from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in 2022.

Ty Evans was named associate head coach of the DePaul women's basketball program on April 28, 2025. Evans joins Pizzotti's inaugural staff after spending a s...