Sarah Jenkins

Head Coach

Sarah Jenkins, a former associate head coach at Delaware, has been named the fifth women’s basketball head coach in the program’s illustrious history on April 3, 2022.

Jenkins owns eight years of Division I coaching experience and most recently spent the past year serving as an assistant coach at Penn State.

Jenkins is no stranger to the Blue Hen family as she spent four seasons on the coaching staff. She held the title of assistant coach and recruiting coordinator (2017-20) before being elevated to associate head coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2020-21 season. During her tutelage, the Blue Hens were 71-50 overall and 46-26 in conference play.

In her final year in Newark, Jenkins played an intricate role in guiding Delaware to one of its best seasons in nearly a decade in 2020-21. She helped guide the squad to a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular-season title, WNIT Charlotte Region Championship, and a WNIT semifinals appearance; posting a 24-5 overall record, including a 16-2 mark in conference play to conclude the year. Jenkins helped develop a spectacular season from CAA Player of the Year, first-team all-conference, all-defensive team, and all-tournament team selection Jasmine Dickey, who became the sixth player in program history to earn player of the year honors. The team finished the season as the NCAA Division I statistical champion in offensive rebounds per game (20.3). Jenkins was primarily tasked to work with the perimeter players where she helped develop two CAA Player of the Year honorees in Dickey and Nicole Enabosi along with a multitude of All-Conference selections.

Before Delaware, Jenkins spent three seasons (2014-17) as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Georgetown. She helped guide the Hoyas to back-to-back WNIT appearances (2016-17) while developing a pair of All-BIG EAST selections, including BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Dorothy Adomako.

Jenkins spent more than eight years in the high school coaching ranks prior to her returning to Georgetown in 2014. She made stops at The Geneva School (Fla.) and Winter Park High School (Fla.) where she led her squads to a pair of district championships as well as two regional final appearances.

The Bowie, Md. native started her collegiate playing career at the University of Maryland but transferred to Georgetown where she played four years of basketball. As a student-athlete, Jenkins was a BIG EAST Academic All-Star and served as a two-year team captain. Jenkins graduated with bachelor’s degrees in English and Sociology in 2005.