Colgate University Women's Basketball

Shannon Bush was named the head coach of the Colgate women's basketball program in April 2025.  Bush, a two-time Patriot League champion during her playing career at Holy Cross, comes to Colgate after serving last season as an associate head coach at Cornell. Before returning to the Northeast, she had successful stops at Fresno State, Siena, Vermont, and Sacred Heart, aiding the development of more than 40 All-Conference honorees dating back to 2006. Throughout her coaching career, Bush has guided 41 All-Conference selections, headlined by three Players of the Year, two Rookies of the Year, and two Defensive Players of the Year. She has helped lead her teams to four conference tournament championship games, four regular-season crowns, and an NCAA appearance. Bush coached seven seasons as an assistant and recruiting coordinator at Fresno State (2017-2024), where she developed 14 All-Conference selections in the Mountain West, including two Players of the Year, a Defensive Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year.  She helped lead Fresno State to two Mountain West tournament title games, highlighted by the 2019-20 team that earned the top seed in the conference tournament behind a 25-7 overall record and 16-2 league mark.  Bush aided the development of Haley Cavinder (16.0) and Hanna Cavinder (15.7), who became the first first-years since 2014 to be included on the All-Mountain West team. Haley was awarded the conference's Freshman of the Year, the program's third player to earn the honor in Fresno State's 50-plus-year history, and is one of two players in Mountain West history to land preseason and postseason Freshman of the Year.  In 2018-2019, Bush's guards ranked first, third, and fourth on the team in scoring. Candice White, a semifinalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as one of the top 10 shooting guards in the country, led the Mountain West in scoring at 18.4 points per game en route to earning All-Mountain West honors. Before arriving at Fresno State, Bush coached two seasons at Siena (2015-2017), where she helped the Saints win 13 conference games in 2016-17 for only the second time since 2004. The Saints received the No. 4 seed in the MAAC tournament while tying for third in the standings, the highest seeding for the program since 2011. She was an assistant coach at Vermont from 2010-15 and was instrumental in bringing in some of the top recruiting classes in Catamount history. Vermont boasted the America East's top recruiting classes in both 2011 and 2012, with the 2012 class marking the first top-100-ranked recruiting class in program history. In all, Bush mentored four All-Rookie team selections.   Bush began her coaching career as an assistant at Sacred Heart from 2006-10, where she helped guide the Pioneers to 19-plus wins in each of her four seasons and 85 total victories. Sacred Heart won two Northeast Conference regular-season titles (2007, 2009) during her tenure, highlighted by the 2008-09 team going undefeated in conference play en route to winning the NEC tournament title and securing an NCAA tournament appearance.  A native of Doylestown, Pa., Bush appeared in 111 games at Holy Cross from 2002-06. Bush was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie team following the 2002-03 season and was named team captain prior to her senior year. During Bush's four years, the Crusaders captured Patriot League championships making NCAA tournament appearances in both 2003 and 2005. Bush graduated from Holy Cross in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in History before earning her Master’s degree in Teaching from Sacred Heart in 2008.

Coaching Experience Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Colgate University (June 2025-pr.) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Manhattan University (2023-2025) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Yale University (2022-23) Assistant Coach, New Jersey Institute of Technology (2018-22) Assistant Coach, St. Thomas Aquinas College (2016-18) Assistant Coach, New York University (2014-16) Playing Experience King University (2012-14) Globe Institute of Technology (2011-12) Education M.S., Sport Business, New York University (2016) B.A., Sport Management, King University (2014) Before Colgate Sara Mitchell was named the Colgate women's basketball assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in June 2025. She brings more than 10 years of coaching experience after most recently serving as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Manhattan University for two seasons.  Prior to her time at Manhattan University, Mitchell spent a year at Yale University where she developed the Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Nancy Lieberman Award Top 10 Finalist in 2023. Mitchell worked as an assistant coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology from 2018-2022, helping NJIT to the second-most Division I wins in school history in 2021-22. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native contributed to NJIT's most historic season with 15 overall wins, nine America East wins and first-ever America East post-season win in 2021. Mitchell recruited and developed a 2019-20 ASUN All-Freshman Team honoree and 2020-21 America East All-Rookie Team honoree.  Before her stint at NJIT, Mitchell served as the assistant coach at St. Thomas Aquinas College for two seasons. In her two years at STAC, the Spartans secured the program’s first East Coast Conference Tournament title and an NCAA Division II East Region Tournament appearance. Mitchell helped develop the ECC Player of the Year and ECC Defensive Player of the Year while also helping the STAC defense rank second and fourth best in Division II in her two seasons. While earning a Master of Science in Sports Business: Professional and Collegiate Operations from NYU, Mitchell began her coaching career as an assistant coach with the Violets from 2014-2016. During her time at NYU, she helped the team to it's first NCAA Tournament win since 2009 and climbed up as high as seventh in the nation after starting 15-0. NYU won two NCAA Tournament games during her stint and held a record of 41-13. She graduated from King University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management and Minor in Coaching. Prior to attending King University, Mitchell played one season at Globe Institute of Technology in New York. She led the National Junior College Athletic Association in scoring and was an Academic All-America nominee. Mitchell was born in Germany and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. She went to George Westinghouse High School where she was the valedictorian and the PSAL's leading scorer.  

Ethan Kenney rejoined the Colgate women’s basketball staff in July of 2023 after a short stint as an assistant coach at Army West Point. Kenney was previously with the Raiders for the past two seasons serving as the Director of Basketball Operations. Kenney reunites with Head Coach Ganiyat Adeduntan after serving a two-year stint as a practice player and manager for the George Washington women’s basketball team. Analyzing opposing team film for offensive and defensive schemes while working under Adeduntan, who at the time was an assistant at George Washington, Kenney assisted the director of operations with gameday procedures while practicing with the team and coordinating with coaches and managers to run efficient practices. Serving in a creative role while pursuing his Master’s Degree at George Washington, Kenney spent the last year as a marketing intern for the Tackle What’s Next podcast. Creating, editing, and updating videos and graphics to be used as marketing materials, he also produced and edited the first season, 23 total episodes, of Timeout with TWN podcast featuring professional athletes.   During his time in D.C., Kenney also worked with the Washington Wizards as a Marketing and Youth Basketball Intern from September 2019 to March 2020. While working with the NBA program, he managed, organized, and coached 15 Junior Wizards Basketball clinics averaging more than 60 children per session. He organized and set up promotional materials for gameday giveaways, court unveilings, open practices, charity events, basketball clinics, and the Inaugural Jr. Wizards High School Showcase. As an undergraduate student at Michigan, Kenney got his start gaining practical experience in the profession while working with the Wolverines’ women’s basketball team as a practice player. He worked with four coaches and more than 20 team managers to run efficient practices and challenge players.   Kenney earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience from Michigan in May 2019. He completed his Master’s Degree in Sport Management from George Washington in 2021.