Thomas More College Athletic Director Terry Connor announced that Jeff Hans has been named the new Thomas More head women's basketball coach.  Hans replaces Brian Neal who left Thomas More to take an assistant coaching position at nearby Division I Xavier.  

Hans comes from Northern Kentucky University, where he was the top assistant on Nancy Winstel's women's basketball staff for the past three seasons. He assisted in all areas of coaching, scouting and recruiting for the Norse.

"We are truly delighted that Coach Hans has accepted the position as head women's basketball coach at Thomas More," said Connor. "With his success as a head coach at the high school level and as an assistant at the collegiate level, we believe he will build upon the success that the women's basketball program has reached and will take it to the next level."

"I am very excited to have the opportunity to be the head coach at Thomas More College," stated Hans. "I would like to thank Sister Margaret Stallmeyer, Terry Connor, and the search committee for allowing me this chance. I look forward to building on the tradition already established in the women's basketball program and recruiting student-athletes that the Thomas More community will be proud of on and off the court."

Hans spent four years as a head girls basketball coach in Kentucky as he was at Lexington Catholic from 2006-2008 and St. Henry from 2004-2006. In his four years as a high school head coach Hans had an 89-34 record and won two district titles and finished as regional runner-up twice.

Prior to his four years at the high school level, Hans spent five years as an assistant at the college level.  He was an assistant at Division I Indiana State University from 2002-2004, graduate assistant at NKU from 2001-2002 and an assistant at Wilmington from 1999-2001.

Hans, a 1999 graduate from Wilmington, helped his teams go a combined 168-67 (.714) in his eight years as an assistant at the collegiate level.