University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jamelle.elliott@uconn.edu
A standout student-athlete and member of UConn's first NCAA Championship team, Jamelle Elliottt is in her 18th season as an assistant coach for her alma mater entering the 2025-26 season.
Elliott was previously on the staff from 1998-2009, helping coach UConn to five national championships. She officially rejoined the staff for the 2020-21 season after serving in an interim role at the end of the 2019-20 season. Elliott earned her sixth NCAA Championship and seventh overall at UConn in 2025.
A four-year letterwinner, Elliott helped build the UConn women's basketball dynasty and finished her career ranked No. 2 among UConn’s all-time rebounding leaders (1,054), No. 5 in Big East career rebounding (558) and No. 11 in UConn career scoring (1,387).
Elliott, at the time, became only the second player in UConn history to surpass the 1,000 point and 1,000 rebound milestones. She is among the UConn career leaders for games played with 135, never missing a single game or practice in her four collegiate years. In her four years as a player, UConn posted an overall record of 117-18.
Elliott served as the head coach at Cincinnati from 2009-18. The Bearcats earned two postseason berths and every student-athlete who exhausted their eligibility earned their degree.
After Cincinnati, Elliott returned to UConn to serve as the Associate Athletic Director for The National C Club. The National C Club is an alumni student-athlete organization comprised of UConn’s alumni athletes that competed at least one year while a member of a varsity sport during their time at UConn (www.nationalcclub.com). The C Club’s primary objective is to connect alumni athletes with each other as well as UConn’s current student-athletes through mentorship, networking, and internship opportunities.
Elliott graduated from Connecticut in 1996 with a degree in business management. She earned her master’s in sport management from UConn in 1997. In April 2024, Elliott was inducted in the UConn Business School Hall of Fame.
