St. Bonaventure University Women's Basketball

Tiara Johnson is in her third season as associate head coach, returning to the Bonnies in April 2023. Johnson returned to St. Bonaventure after a seven-year stint under Coach Crowley at Providence College. The Bonaventure alum brings over a decade of coaching experience to the program. “Bringing Tiara back was one of my top priorities,” Crowley said. “She knows the campus and she knows me, but the two important things are is that she is really good at what she does and she has a great passion for St. Bonaventure. She is an incredible example of everything that has been right about our program and what is right about St. Bonaventure.” Prior to joining the Friars staff in 2016, Johnson spent six seasons on staff with the Bonnies from 2010-16, serving as the director of basketball operations from 2010-13 and an assistant coach from 2013-16. During her first stint with the Bonnies, Johnson helped the Brown and White to a 125-69 record, including four seasons with 20 or more wins, four postseason appearances and one Atlantic 10 regular season title. Johnson helped guide the Bonnies to four postseason appearances, advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2016 as well as two WNIT appearances in 2011 and 2014. The Bonnies run to the Sweet 16 in 2012 marked the program’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. In 2016, St. Bonaventure posted a 24-8 overall record, earning an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament. The Bonnies advanced to the second round as the No. 10 seed, defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, 65-54, in the First Round. The Bonnies fell to eventual Final Four participant Oregon State in the Second Round. A Kansas City, Mo. native, Johnson graduated from St. Bonaventure after three seasons with the Bonnies as a student-athlete.  As a junior, Johnson started 28 contests and averaged 5.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. Johnson suffered a knee injury that hindered her senior year, but she returned in 2009-10 as a redshirt senior, appearing in 19 games and starting three when she averaged 8.4 minutes per game and shot 36.8 percent from the floor. Johnson was a member of the 2009 and 2010 WNIT teams. She began her college at North Central Missouri State, playing two seasons with the Lady Pirates before transferring to SBU.

Kelcie Rombach was announced as an assistant coach in April 2023 and returns for her third season on the Bonnies women's basketball staff. She was named recruiting coordinator in May 2025. Rombach returned to the Bonnies after two years as an assistant coach at Providence under Coach Crowley. It marked her second stint with the Friars, having served as the associate director of player development from 2016-18. “Right from the moment she graduated I brought Kelcie on staff with me,” Crowley stated. “She got great experience at Dartmouth and then we brought her back at Providence. She has an incredible future in this. She is one of the hardest working, most intelligent young coaches in America and just has a great passion for this program and the university.” She earned her first assistant coach position at Dartmouth in 2018, working with the Big Green for three seasons. Rombach has long-standing ties to Crowley and the Bonnies, having played four seasons for him as a student-athlete at St. Bonaventure. She earned her undergraduate degree in English in 2015 after just three years and finished her playing career as a graduate student during the 2015-16 campaign. During that time, she earned a Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Rombach played 96 games and helped Bonnies advance to the second round of the WNIT in 2014 and the NCAA Tournament Second Round in her final season (2016). The Ottawa, Ill. native played scholastically at Ottawa Township High School, where she scored more than 1,200 points. She guided her team to three regional championships and was an IBCA 3A/4A All-State selection in 2011 and 2012.

Kaserra Owens joined the Bonnies coaching staff in August 2024 and returns for her second season in 2025-26. Owens joins the Bonnies after four seasons as the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. While with the Panthers, Owens oversaw the day-to-day operations of the program, including developing and conducting practices, planned and executed game day duties, organized weekly meetings with student-athletes which included academic advising, increased fundraising by 600 percent and developed a yearly local youth basketball camp. Prior to becoming the head coach, Owens served as the assistant coach at UPB during the 2018-19 season, following a standout playing career for the Panthers. Owens was a four-year starter at UPB, playing in 97 career games, in which she scored 900 points, grabbed 503 rebounds and dished out 197 assists. She was a part of 66 wins and reached the Alleghany Mountain Collegiate Conference playoffs in all four years, making one appearance in the conference championship game from 2013-17. She was a three-time AMCC Academic All-Conference and a two-time AMCC All-Conference selection. A native of Bradford, Pa., she played her scholastic career at Bradford Area High School. She was the leading scorer on the 2011-12 and 2012-13 Owls teams that went 45-4 over the two-year span, winning District 9 titles in each season. She finished her high school career with 1,020 points. She participated in the 2024 NCAA Division III Institute for Administrative Advancement and the 2024 NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum. Owens graduated from Pitt-Bradford with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in psychology.

Jim Brunelli enters his third season as Bonnies women's basketball assistant coach, joining the program in May of 2023. Brunelli returned to the sidelines for the first time since the 2020-21 season when he was the head coach at Division II Converse University in South Carolina, spending two seasons with the Valkyries. A native of Force, Pa., Brunelli brings 13 years of head coaching experience to St. Bonaventure. Prior to his time down South, Brunelli served as the head coach at Division II Gannon University in Erie, recording 105 wins and tying for second on the program's all-time win list. Brunelli guided Gannon to winning seasons in four out of the six years at the helm, including back-to-back 20-win campaigns in his first two years while also leading the team to NCAA Tournament berths. During the 2013-14 season, he led the Golden Knights to a 28-4 record, advancing to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship game and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Before taking over the Golden Knights, Brunelli earned his first head coaching job at Anderson (S.C.) University in South Carolina, spending five seasons and winning three conference tournament titles with the Trojans. Brunelli and the Trojans began the 2012-13 season with a 72-65 win over Clemson, finishing the season with a 23-9 record and winning both the South Atlantic Conference regular season and tournament championships. Overall, Brunelli collected 82 victories with Anderson and has amassed 197 head coaching wins overall in 13 years. Prior to becoming a head coach, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Akron from 2006-08. Brunelli also spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Albany from 2000-06. Brunelli earned his start in coaching at his alma mater Clarion as a graduate assistant from 1998-00. He was a member of the 1993-94 men's basketball team and received his bachelor's degree in education in 1996. In 2000, Brunelli received a Master's degree in communication education and mass media.