Dee Pennix enters her third season at JU and will again work with the Dolphin post players while also handling recruiting duties.

Working primarily with the Dolphin post players, Pennix has continued to develop junior Ashley Williams into one of the most dominant forces in the Atlantic Sun Conference. As a sophomore, Williams surpassed her own program record with 509 points as she earned first team all-conference honors for the second consecutive season. She is now 13 points shy of becoming the fourth Dolphin to finish with 1,000 career points. As a freshman, Williams set a previous program record with 478 points and became only the second Dolphin to earn first team all-conference honors.

Pennix also worked with a trio of freshmen post players (Crystal Grable, Danielle Gray and Deserae Johnson) who combined to help the Dolphins achieve the sixth best turnaround in the nation with a program-record 21 wins.

Prior to JU, she served two years as an assistant coach at Coastal Carolina, where she assisted in all aspects of the program and also served as the recruiting coordinator.

In two years with the Chanticleers, Pennix helped lead the squad to a pair of Big South Conference Tournament appearances and was responsible for restructuring the 2004-05 team after graduating their entire starting lineup the previous year.

Her top recruit, Kim Turner, was named second team All-Big South after leading the Lady Chants with 13.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per contest this past year.

Pennix joined the Coastal Carolina staff in 2003 after spending four years as an assistant coach at her alma-mater, High Point University, where she served as travel coordinator, developed and monitored strength and conditioning programs and assisted in recruiting.

During her tenure at High Point, she helped the Panthers improve their record from 6-22 in 1999-00 to an 18-12 mark the following year and advance to the Big South Conference Championship Game against Liberty. She has also served as a collegiate camp clinician at Wake Forest, Appalachian State, High Point and Coastal Carolina during her career.

A four-year letterwinner at High Point from 1995-99, Pennix led the Panthers to a pair of Carolina-Virginia Athletic Conference Tournament titles and an appearance in the NCAA Division II East Regional Elite Eight in 1996. She earned Carolina-Virginia Athletic Conference Rookie-of-the-Year accolades in 1995 and was also named CVAC All-Tournament in 1995 and 1996.

As a senior, Pennix served as team captain and was later named the Panther's Most Valuable Player. She finished her career ranked seventh in the Panther record book with career 1,457 points.

A native of Elon, N.C., Pennix earned her bachelor's degree in physical education and recreation in 1999.