Jorja Hoehn
Women's Basketball Coach
Central Missouri (1980-85)
Hoehn began her collegiate coaching career in 1977 as a graduate assistant at Central Missouri under leadership of her mentor and 2010 MIAA Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Millie Barnes. Hoehn completed her master's degree in 1979 at Central Missouri and after three seasons as an assistant, Hoehn became head coach of the Jennies in 1980.
With Hoehn in command for five seasons, the Jennies amassed a 118-34 record while claiming the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1984. She was twice named the MIAA Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year at Central Missouri. Her Jennies teams went 34-2 in MIAA play, and 66-9 at home. She led the Jennies to the Final Four in three consecutive seasons, the only coach in school history to do so.
After her career at UCM, she became the head coach at her alma mater, Indiana for three seasons, and from 1988-1998, she was the head coach at the University of California-Davis, leading them to 6 conference titles, 8 NCAA Tournament appearances and 5 Sweet 16's. She has also served as the president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and coached several USA select and Olympic festival teams. Hoehn entered the Central Missouri Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997 and the UC-Davis Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.