Jennie Baranczyk

Jennie Lillis Baranczyk (born Jennie Marie Lillis; February 22, 1982) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team.

Early life and education Born Jennie Marie Lillis in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, A communications major, Baranczyk attended the University of Iowa and played at forward on the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team under head coach Lisa Bluder from 2000 to 2004.

Coaching career Baranczyk began her coaching career in 2004 at Kansas State under Deb Patterson and helped Kansas State win the 2006 WNIT. From 2006 to 2010, Baranczyk was an assistant at Marquette under Terri Mitchell, including Marquette's 2008 WNIT title. The first hire on the new coaching staff, Baranczyk then was an assistant at Colorado under Linda Lappe beginning on May 10, 2010.

The 2016–17 season was the most successful in Baranczyk's tenure, as Drake reached a 28–5 record that included a program and Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) record 22-game winning streak and 18–0 MVC record, the first team in the MVC to go undefeated in conference play. Drake won its first conference title since 2008 and first outright title since 2000. Drake went on to win the MVC tournament for the first time since 2007 and qualified for the NCAA tournament. In her first three years, she led Oklahoma into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She delivered a Big 12 Conference regular season championship to the Sooners in 2022–23, the program's first in 15 years. The next season, Baranczyk and OU won their second consecutive conference title despite a 6-5 non-conference record, posting a 15–3 record in Big 12 play to win the title outright. She was named the Big 12's Coach of the Year in 2024 and coached Big 12 Player of the Year Skylar Vann and the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Payton Verhulst.

In 2025, Baranczyk coached Oklahoma to a 25–7 overall record and an 11–5 record in conference play during their first season as a member of the SEC. The Sooners earned a 3-seed in the NCAA Tournament and hosted the first two rounds at the Lloyd Noble Center, drawing over 8,000 fans. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the First Round and Iowa in the Second Round before losing to UConn in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

She became the first Oklahoma head coach to be named a National Coach of the Year finalist in each of their first three seasons.

Personal life Formerly Jennie Lillis, Baranczyk married Scott Baranczyk in 2009. They have three children.

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