John Carroll University Women's Basketball

Beth Andrews '15 enters her sixth season at the helm of the John Carroll Women's Basketball program in the 2025-26 academic year.  Andrews was named the program's 13th head coach in its 50-year history in November 2020. In her first season, Andrews led the team to a 13-2 record, the OAC Regular Season Championship and the OAC Tournament Championship. After Andrews impressive efforts, she was selected as the 2021 OAC Coach of the Year. In her second season, Andrews steered the Blue Streaks to a second straight OAC Regular Season Championship. The Blue Streaks earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament and reached the second round. Under her direction, Olivia Nagy and Nicole Heffington were All-Americans, and set a host of program records while becoming JCU's first same-sport duo to be CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in the same season.  In her third season, Andrews guided John Carroll to a 13-13 campaign, including a home upset of #11/12 Baldwin Wallace in the penultimate game of the regular season. The Blue Streaks made the OAC Tournament for a sixth straight season.  In her fourth campaign, Andrews again led the Blue Streaks to a 13-13 record. The Blue & Gold returned to the OAC Tournament for a seventh straight season. In her fifth season, Andrews steered JCU to a 19-7 record with a 13-5 conference record. The Blue Streaks returned to the OAC Tournament once again. JCU notched 3 All-OAC and 7 Academic All-OAC selections.  Andrews previously served as an assistant coach for the Blue Streaks for two seasons. In 2018-19, JCU Women's Basketball won regular season and postseason OAC Championships, reaching the NCAA Tournament. In 2019-20, the Blue Streaks reached the OAC Tournament Championship.  Prior to being a coach for the Blue Streaks, Andrews (nee Switzler) was a four-year student-athlete at John Carroll from 2011 to 2015. She was a key component of the JCU roster during her career, helping the Blue and Gold to two NCAA tournament appearances. Through her four seasons, Andrews recorded over 1,100 career points and became the program record holder for offensive rebounds (338). She was also named a second team all-conference selection in 2015.  After graduation, Andrews got her first experience coaching, holding positions at Mentor Lake Catholic High School in addition to having a stint as a head coach at multiple levels with TNBA as a part of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Andrews currently resides in Willowick, Ohio with her husband, Jordan, and their three children.  A May 2015 JCU graduate, Andrews earned her bachelor’s degree, majoring in exercise science. She also obtained a master’s degree in sports management from Cleveland State University in 2017. Career Coaching Accomplishments 2022 WBCA 30 Under 30 Honoree 2021 OAC Coach of the Year WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week (2/2/2021) 3 WBCA All-Americans (Nicole Heffington 2022, Olivia Nagy 2022, Heffington 2021, Nagy 2021) 2 D3hoops.com All-Americans (Nagy 2022, Heffington 2021) 3 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (Nagy 2022, Heffington 2022, Heffington 2021)  4 OAC Player of the Year Award winners (Nagy 2022, Heffington 2021, Nagy 2020, Heffington 2019) 4 OAC Defensive Player of the Year Award winners (Nagy 2022, Nagy 2021, Nagy 2020, Nagy 2019) 7 All-OAC 1st Team selections 5 All-OAC 2nd Team selections 8 All-OAC Honorable Mention selections 33 Academic All-OAC selections 19 OAC Player of the Week selections 5 D3hoops.com Team of the Week selections Record as an assistant: 45-12 Year Overall Conference OAC Tournament NCAA's 2024-25 19-7 13-5 0-1 2023-24 13-13 8-10 0-1 2022-23 13-13 8-10 0-1 2021-22 23-5 15-2 2-1 1-1 2021* 13-2 10-2 3-0 N/A JCU Totals 81-40     54-29 5-4 1-1 *OAC-only schedule due to COVID-19

Kelsey Michaels enters her fourth season as the full-time assistant coach with JCU Women's Basketball in the 2025-2026 academic year. In her first three seasons, Michaels helped to steer young JCU teams to the OAC Tournament. The Blue Streaks tabbed 13-13 records in both 2022-23 and 2023-24 before improving to a 19-7 record in 2024-25. Besides her valued work with the team's athletes, Michaels has helped to organize youth basketball camps on campus. She leads the way with graphics and social media, amongst other areas.   Michaels previously worked at the National Basketball Academy (TNBA), located in Eastlake, Ohio. She was the Girls TNBA Director, tripling the size of the program and branching out in Northeast Ohio in the three years she was in that role. Making connections with coaches, players and families was a large part of what she did and will continue to be important in her new role. Her collegiate athletic career was derailed by injury, so in her senior year at Ursuline, she was hired as a student assistant coach. In the following season, she worked as a part-time assistant at Ursuline.  The Clyde, Ohio native enjoyed an impressive high school career, being a member of the 1,000-point club and having almost 1,000 rebounds as a forward. She also had multiple honors at the conference, district and state levels during her high school career before attending Ursuline College. She has also been a professional trainer and has done skill development for the last four years. 

Mike Marcinko enters his fourth season as a volunteer assistant coach for the JCU Women's Basketball program in the 2025-26 school year.  In his first three seasons, the veteran coach has helped the Blue Streaks make appearances in the OAC Tournament. After 13-13 records in both 2022-23 and 2023-24, Marcinko helped guide JCU to a strong 19-7 campaign in 2024-25.   A coaching veteran in his 33rd season, Marcinko joined JCU with 20 seasons of college head and assistant coaching experience. Mike has been part of the OAC in the past, coaching at Heidelberg and Hiram, as well as serving as president of the coaches association and NCAA representative. Marcinko resides in Independence with his wife, Beth, and sons, Tim and AJ.