Jennifer Britz, who served as an assistant women's coach at Augsburg in the 2003-04 season, has been named the team's new head coach, women's athletic director Marilyn Florian announced Monday, May 5.

Britz was an assistant coach under Dave Johnson, who resigned in March after one season as head coach. In 2003-04, Augsburg finished 5-20 overall, 5-17 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Britz will also teach in Augsburg's Health and Physical Education department, as well as serve as equipment supervisor for women's athletics/Health and Physical Education.

"We are excited for the opportunity to hire Jennifer Britz as our head women's basketball coach," Florian said. "She has an outstanding coaching background in both NCAA Divisions II and III, and she is a great addition to the Augsburg athletic department. We are looking forward to her energy, direction and vision in leading the Augsburg women's basketball program into the future."

A native of St. Peter, Minn., Britz (maiden name Jennifer Sylvester) was a four-year letterwinner, three-year starter and two-time honorable-mention All-North Central Conference selection during her playing days (1996-2000) at Division II South Dakota State.

A point guard, she led the Jackrabbits in assists her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and led the team in steals her senior campaign. She averaged 8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game during her career. She is fifth in school history in career assists (483) and 13th in career 3-pointers (55). Her Jackrabbits qualified for the NCAA Tournament in the 1998-99 season.

Academically, Britz earned Academic All-North Central Conference honors three times, and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in 2000. She also earned the SDSU Gold Medal academic award three times, was president of the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee her senior year and was a conference SAAC representative in 1998.

She earned her bachelor's degree in health and physical education from SDSU in 2001 and her master's degree in exercise training from St. Cloud State in 2003.

After graduating from South Dakota State, she served as a student assistant coach at her alma mater in the 2000-01 season, before working for two seasons (2001-03) as a graduate assistant coach at St. Cloud State, another Division II school. In two seasons with the Huskies, Britz served as a scout, administrator and recruiter, in addition to her coaching duties. She had the same responsibilities in her one season as an assistant coach at Augsburg in 2003-04.