California State University - Fresno Women's Basketball

White has maintained the level of success that the Bulldog program has become accustomed to during the past decade, guiding the 'Dogs to back-to-back 20-win seasons and back-to-back postseason appearances in the WNIT.  White's 2016 squad went 22-12 overall and reached the second round of the WNIT with a 59-53 win over Santa Clara. It was the second consecutive season with a postseason victory for the Bulldogs, a first in the program's history. A year after turning Fresno State into one of the top defensive teams in the Mountain West, White's defensive brand of basketball set a program low for opponent field-goal percentage (.371) and allowed 59.4 points per game, the team's lowest since 2006 and the third lowest in program history. A big piece to that was the shot blocking of Bego Faz Davalos who was named MW Defensive Player of the Year after leading the NCAA with 136 blocked shots. Faz Davalos also garnered postseason All-MW honors along with Toni Smith who earned honorable mention accolades and Breanne Knishka who was selected to the MW All-Freshmen Team. In her first season, White guided the Dogs to their seventh consecutive season of 20 or more wins (23) and to the postseason for the eighth consecutive year, reaching the second round of the Womens National Invitational Tournament. The teams 79-73 win over San Francisco at the Save Mart Center in the first round of the WNIT was the programs first postseason win since 2006. During the middle of the season, Whites group recorded the second-longest win streak in Fresno States history at 13 games, an unbeaten stretch that lasted nearly two months. The final win of that streak gave the Dogs a 17-3 record to open the season, a mark that ranks as the best 20-game start in school history. It took White little time to put her stamp on the Bulldogs defense as her squad was the only team in the conference to finish in the top two in the Mountain West in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, 3-point percentage defense, blocks and steals during the conference season. The Dogs led the MW in scoring defense (55.8 ppg), 3-point defense (.259), block shots (5.7 bpg) and steals (12.3 spg). Under Whites tutelage, a trio of Bulldogs garnered a total of five postseason conference honors, with Alex Sheedy highlighting the group after being named Co-Player of the Year. Sheedy was subsequently also selected to the All-MW team. Fellow senior Raven Fox earned Sixth Player of the Year and was named to the All-Defensive Team. After breaking three conference records for blocked shots, Bego Faz Davalos earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team. White was hired on April 16, 2014 to be the 10th head coach in the history of the Fresno State women's basketball program, coming to the central valley after eight seasons as the head coach at Northern Colorado, where in her time in Greeley she built the Bears from the ground up into a team that made postseason play in three out of the last four years. She was the 2010-11 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year and is the winningest head coach in Northern Colorado history. After helping NC transition from Division II to Division I, White led Northern Colorado to a 72-54 record in her last four seasons and tallied 117 wins overall. At Northern Colorado, White was able to guide the Bears back into the postseason by turning her squad into a perennial contender in the Big Sky Conference. In her eight seasons, she led teams to a total of four appearances in the Big Sky Championships, including three of the last four. After sharing the 2010-11 Big Sky regular season championship, Northern Colorado advanced to its first-ever NCAA Division I postseason appearance when it participated in the Women's Basketball Invitation. The following two seasons, White led NC into the WNIT, which was highlighted by the Bears' first-round victory over Wyoming in 2012 - the programs first-ever Division I postseason win. White's teams showed continual improvement, increasing their win total in four of the past five seasons and included in that was 20-win campaigns in 2011-12 and 2012-13. The Bears only had two 20-win seasons in the first 32 years of program history before White took over in 2006-07. Her 2012-13 team finished the campaign with a 21-13 overall record, tying the school record for wins in a season. A total of 15 players garnered All-Big Sky accolades and 43 were All-Academic team members during her tenure at Northern Colorado. White has prior experience coaching in the Mountain West from her days as an assistant at Utah (2001-03) and Wyoming (2003-06). In her second season at Utah, she helped guide the Utes to the Mountain West regular season championship and into the NCAA Tournament second round. Utah finished that season with a 24-7 overall record. In her three seasons at Wyoming, White helped the Cowgirls win their first conference tournament game in 12 years (2004) and to a first-round WNIT victory over Oregon State (2006). That 2006 Cowgirl team finished the season with a 21-9 overall record. White also has previous head coaching experience from her days at the junior college ranks, when she coached Snow Junior College from 1996-01. In five years, she led the Badgers to a 107-50 record and back-to-back Scenic West Athletic Conference Championships in 1999-00 and 2000-01. In 2000, the Badgers finished with a 27-6 record and a final ranking of No. 13. In 2001, Snow tallied a 30-3 record and was ranked 12th in the final poll. For her efforts, White was named the 2000 Scenic West Coach of the Year and the Snow College Coach of the Year. Every year during her tenure at Snow, the Badger teams improved their win total. In addition to the team's success on the court, the Badgers were the Academic Team of the Year in 1999, 2000 and 2001. White was born and raised in her early childhood in Lancaster, Calif. before moving to Kanab, Utah. She graduated from Utah Valley Community College in 1989 where she played for coach Tom Perkins. At Utah Valley, she was named a Kodak All-American after she led her team to a final 16 appearance. After Utah Valley, White continued her education at Kansas State before completing her basketball career and education at Southern Utah in 1994. White received her bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in physical education, in addition to a secondary teaching certificate from Southern Utah. White also earned her master's degree in instructional technology from Utah State. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT JAIME WHITE Connie Yori, University of Nebraska Head Women's Basketball Coach "I've watched Jaime's programs from afar for quite a number of years. I'm very impressed by the way they run their motion offense and the style of play that she's put forth at Northern Colorado. I think she is a person of really good character, high integrity and she's a first-class hire for Fresno State." Lisa Bluder, University of Iowa Head Women's Basketball Coach "I think this is a great hire for Fresno State. Jaime has been in our game for a long time and has worked extremely hard to not only be a successful basketball coach, but also to be a great mentor for young women and that is what I have been most impressed with is her ability and desire to help young women grow in their leadership skills and their life skills."

Carver last was an assistant coach at San Jose State from 2011-13 and before that served one season as an assistant at Bakersfield. At both schools she held the role of recruiting coordinator as well to her coaching duties. At SJSU, working with the post players, she was instrumental in the development of first-team All-WAC forward Brittany Johnson, who led the WAC in scoring in 2011-12 at 20.1 points per game. In her lone season at Bakersfield, she played an integral role in helping the team achieve a record 22 wins and advance all the way to the Womens Basketball Invitation championship game. Carver got into coaching after a lengthy and distinguished professional playing career. After signing as a free agent with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA in 2002, she played professionally overseas from 2002-09 with the Duran Maquinaria Ensino, AD Vargos, Asteras Exarheion, Antranik-Beirut, TTT-Riga, CSKA-Sofia, Brunnen Basket, Panathinaikos and COB Calais. She helped lead her teams to championships in the French League, the Swiss Cup, Adriatic League, Bulgarian League, Latvian League, Arad Club and was a EuroCup Competition participant. Individually, Carver was honored as the Swiss League MVP, Latvian League MVP, was a two-time All-Star selection in Greece and the Arab Clubs Tournament MVP. Carver played collegiately at Idaho State, where she was a three-time All-Big Sky selection, the 2001 Big Sky Player of the Year, a three-time Academic All-Conference selection and was honored as one of the Big Sky Conference Top 25 Female Athletes. She graduated as Idaho States all-time leader in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots and as a senior in 2001-02 led the nation in rebounding. Carver graduated from Idaho State in 2002 with a bachelors degree in arts and communication. She also obtained a masters of accounting and financial management in 2008 from the Keller Graduate School of Management.