Texas State University Women's Basketball

Jericka Jenkins will be in her sixth season as an assistant coach at Texas State entering the 2025-26 campaign after spending two seasons (2018-19, 2019-20) as a graduate assistant and video coordinator for the team. She earned the title of recruiting coordinator following the 2022-23 conference championship season. Jenkins, who has won a conference championship as both a student-athlete and coach, was instrumental in the development of All-Sun Belt performer point guard Kennedy Taylor, who is the Sun Belt's and Texas State's all-time career assists record holder. Taylor set the two records in 2022-23, a year in which she was named All-Sun Belt Second Team. Led by Taylor, Jenkins and the Bobcats won a share of the 2022-23 Sun Belt regular season championship, reached the Sun Belt tournament title game, and made an appearance in the WNIT. Texas State finished the season tops in the Sun Belt in field goal shooting and three-point shooting while also finished second in assists and first in assist-to-turnover ratio. During a 2021-22 season that saw Taylor earn All-Sun Belt Second Team honors, Jenkins helped work with Taylor's offensive game that ultimately resulted in the 5-foot-3 point guard becoming the 21st student-athlete in Texas State women's basketball history to score 1,000-or-more career points. Jenkins has also worked with breakout guard Sierra Dickson, who increased her minutes per game average by over 20 from her freshman to sophomore season.  As the graduate assistant and video coordinator, Jenkins managed and executed all video projects, assisted in scouting and team preparation for each game and was a vital piece in the day-to-day operations of the women's basketball program.  During the 2019-20 season, Jenkins helped coach Brooke Holle as the senior guard became the 19th member of the program's 1,000-career point club. The 2018-19 season, the first with Jenkins on staff, guard Toshua Leavitt was named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference after a record-breaking season saw her top both the school and conference marks for career made 3-point field goals (363). Leavitt also collected CollegeSportsMadness.com National Mid-Major Player of the Week on Jan. 17 following a career-high 35-point effort at Georgia State. Prior to Texas State, Jenkins served as an assistant coach for Ranger College (TX). Her primary duties included recruiting, guard development, academic achievement and strength and conditioning. As a student-athlete, Jenkins started all four seasons for the Hampton Lady Pirates and was twice named a First Team All-MEAC performer. Jenkins earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors following the 2010-11 campaign and was named Hampton University Female Student-Athlete of the Year after each of her final two seasons as a Lady Pirate. In her time at Hampton, she helped the Lady Pirates win three conference championships. In May 2020, Jenkins graduated from Texas State University with a Master's degree in Exercise Sports Science. In May 2012, Jenkins graduated from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Science in criminology/criminal justice.  Jenkins is also a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).  

Whitling is in her fifth season as part of the Texas State womens basketball staff as the director of basketball operations. She previously served as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas and began her career at the University of North Carolina as a student manager. Her responsibilities at Texas State include organizing team travel arrangements, overseeing academic studies and community service, and organizing daily team operations. During the summer, one of her main responsibilities is coordinating the Coach Z Basketball Camp. While at Texas, Whitling prepared game and practice footage for scouting and breakdown under Womens Basketball Hall of Fame member and former Indiana Fever assistant coach Gail Goestenkors. Off the court, she helped organize and facilitate player relations and community service as well as help with travel planning for all away games, including two NCAA tournament berths in 2011 and 2012. In the offseason, Whitling served as assistant director for the Texas Girls Basketball Camps. She organized all registrations, coordinated with all on campus facilities for camp activities, and organized all daily camp schedules.  She was a 2012 nominee for the University of Texas Student Employee of the Year. During her time with the Tar Heels, Whitling was a student manager from 2007-2010 under Naismith Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell. She served as the head manager during the 2009-10 season which included her working in the basketball office and being involved in the preparation of practice on a daily basis, along with traveling with the team to all away games. At UNC, Whitling was a part of three NCAA Tournament teams (2008, 2009, and 2010) and the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference championship team. Whitling received her degree from North Carolina in 2010 with a double major in exercise and sport science and political science with a minor in African-American studies. In May 2012, she earned a masters degree from Texas in sport management. Whitling resides in San Marcos and enjoys dog sitting and relaxing by the pool.