Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

Jessica Keller is in her third season as an assistant coach with the Minnesota State women's basketball program. 

Keller comes to MSU from Quincy University where she has served as an assistant coach for the past two seasons.  The Belle, Mo., native also played her college basketball at Quincy from 2005-2009.

In her one season at Minnesota State, Keller helped guide the Mavericks to an NCAA tournament appearance and tutored four players who earned All-NSIC honors.

Keller was a three-time All-Great Lakes Valley performer – including being named the GLVC Player of the Year in 2008-09 – while at Quincy and was named a Daktronics Third-Team All-American and a WBCA Division II Honorable-Mention All-American as a senior. Additionally, she was also named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American during her senior season.

She left Quincy as the school's career record holder in points scored (1,823), steals (324), free throws made (487) and free throws attempted (652).  During her past two seasons as an assistant coach, Keller helped guide the Hawks to back-to-back 20-win seasons.  Last year, Quincy finished 26-4 and earned its fourth bid to the NCAA tournament in the last six years.