Brandi Poole
	Hometown: Clarksville, Tenn. Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: University of the South, 1997

Brandi Poole arrives in Bloomington after spending the last 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Bowling Green, working alongside Curt Miller for his entire tenure at BGSU.

Poole helped lead the Falcons to at least a Mid-American Conference (MAC) division title in each of the last eight seasons, where BGSU made postseason appearances in each of those years, including five NCAA Tournament appearances. Under her watch, BGSU collected five MAC Tournament championships, won 21-or-more games in the last nine seasons and compiled 28-or-more victories in a single season four times.

In 2006-07, BGSU had the finest year in MAC women's basketball history, winning 31 games. The Falcons topped Oklahoma State and Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament to become the first ever MAC women's team to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

During her time at Bowling Green, Poole played a role in developing four players who earned All-America honors in Lauren Prochaska (2010, 2011), Tracy Pontius (2009), Kate Achter (2008) and Ali Mann (2006, 2007). Prochaska was a two-time MAC Player of the Year, while Achter and Mann also earned the conference's top playing honor in their careers.

Prior to her stint at Bowling Green, Poole, a native of Clarksville, Tenn., spent the 2000-01 season as an assistant at West Virginia. Before her time at WVU, she served as the director of basketball operations for the Portland Fire of the WNBA. She also was an assistant at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Poole worked briefly with the Colorado Xplosion of the now-defunct ABL, where she was a season ticket account executive and the team's director of group sales.

Poole is a 1997 graduate of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., where she earned a degree in mathematics. Poole received her degree in business administration from West Virginia Wesleyan in 2000. As a player at the University of the South, Poole was a three-time all-conference honoree and a three-year co-captain. She still ranks among the school's top 10 in career points and rebounds.