| Jen Hoover | |
| Current Title: | Assistant Coach |
| Current Conference: | ACC |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Player Years1: | 1987–1991 |
| Player Team1: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Years1: | 1994–1996 |
| Coach Team1: | UMKC (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1996–1998 |
| Coach Team2: | VCU (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1998–2000 |
| Coach Team3: | East Carolina (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2000–2002 |
| Coach Team4: | James Madison (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team5: | Memphis (asst.) |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team6: | Virginia (Dir of Ops) |
| Coach Years7: | 2004–2007 |
| Coach Team7: | Virginia (asst.) |
| Coach Years8: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team8: | Memphis (assoc. HC) |
| Coach Years9: | 2008–2011 |
| Coach Team9: | California (asst.) |
| Coach Years10: | 2011–2012 |
| Coach Team10: | High Point |
| Coach Years11: | 2012–2022 |
| Coach Team11: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Years12: | 2022–2024 |
| Coach Team12: | Kentucky (asst.) |
| Coach Years13: | 2024-Present |
| Coach Team13: | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
Jennifer Hoover (; born October 12, 1969) is currently an assistant coach with the University of Kentucky women's basketball team since her appointment on July 11, 2022.[1]
She was previously the head coach at Wake Forest University for ten seasons prior to her dismissal two months earlier on May 11.[2] She was succeeded by Megan Gebbia fifteen days later on May 26.[3]
She played her collegiate career at Wake Forest and is the school's leading scorer and rebounder.[4]
| 1987–88 | Wake Forest | 31 | 57.2% | – | 37.8% | 5.97 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.65 | 6.35 | |
| 1988–89 | Wake Forest | 28 | 61.7% | – | 53.0% | 8.11 | 1.07 | 0.50 | 1.21 | 18.64 | |
| 1989–90 | Wake Forest | 30 | 60.6% | 0.0% | 24.8% | 9.77 | 1.60 | 1.33 | 2.40 | 15.90 | |
| 1990–91 | Wake Forest | 28 | 61.0% | 0.0% | 52.4% | 10.75 | 1.25 | 0.57 | 1.50 | 19.00 | |
| Career | 117 | 60.7% | 0.0% | 43.9% | 8.60 | 1.09 | 0.65 | 1.44 | 14.77 |
| 1987–88 | Wake Forest | 31 | 83 | 145 | – | – | 31 | 82 | 185 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 197 | |
| 1988–89 | Wake Forest | 28 | 221 | 358 | – | – | 80 | 151 | 227 | 30 | 14 | 34 | 522 | |
| 1989–90 | Wake Forest | 30 | 226 | 373 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 101 | 293 | 48 | 40 | 72 | 477 | |
| 1990–91 | Wake Forest | 28 | 233 | 382 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 126 | 301 | 35 | 16 | 42 | 532 | |
| Career | 117 | 763 | 1258 | 0 | 5 | 202 | 460 | 1006 | 128 | 76 | 168 | 1728 |
In 2007, Hoover was named to the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2012, after leading High Point to a 20–13 record, Hoover was named the Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Award, awarded to a coach who achieves great success in their first year as a Division I head coach.
On March 4, 2021, Hoover became the winningest coach in Wake Forest history after beating North Carolina in the 2021 ACC women's basketball tournament. The win gave Hoover 126 total wins as a coach at her alma mater.[9]