University of Scranton

Jess Rini enters her first season as an Assistant Coach with the women's basketball program in 2022-23. 

Rini begins her first season with the Lady Royals following previous coaching stints at Misericordia and Dickinson. During her time with the Cougars, she helped guide the program to a 23-6 record in 2018-19 and a Top 25 ranking in both major polls as well as a program record 16 game winning streak. Additionally, Rini has served as the Head Coach and Player Development Coach for the NEPA Elite AAU program for the past two seasons.

While at Misericordia, she also earned her MBA.

In her playing career, Rini was a three-time All-Skyline Conference honoree at Mount Saint Mary and scored over 1,000 points for the Knights. She was also a three-time team captain.