Jill Mahoney is currently in her second year at Western State Colorado University as Associate Athletic Director. Mahoney is the head compliance officer, the senior women's administrator and handles internal operations within the Western Athletics Department.
Mahoney returns to Western after serving as the women's basketball assistant coach on the Mountaineers' 2011-12 team that earned the first home playoff game since 1987, first post season victory since 1988 and helped coach Western to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout Championship game.
Prior to returning to Western, Mahoney was the women's basketball assistant coach at Southern Utah University from 2012-14. Mahoney was responsible for coordinating all team travel, monitoring academic progress, organizing and ordering team apparel, scouting of opponnents, game film exchange and video coordination, and coordination of community service. Along with other responsibilities as the assistant coach, Mahoney helped guide Southern Utah to the first conference championship and first national post season appearance in Southern Utah women's basketball history.
Also during her time at Southern Utah, Mahoney held the title of Senior Women's Administrator. These responsibilities included being the Title IX Liaison, advisor to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, advisor for women's soccer and holding a position on the upper administration committee.
Before coming to Western in 2011, Mahoney was part of a Grand Canyon University staff that won three Pacific West Conference Championships and advanced to the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen in 2010-11. She coached offense and specialty plays for the Antelopes, and oversaw the program's strength and conditioning for the preseason and postseason. Mahoney also handled administrative duties including travel, equipment, academics and budgets.
Mahoney spent her last season of eligibility at Grand Canyon and led the Antelopes to an undefeated record in PacWest action. She was the Newcomer of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, and helped lead Colby Community College to a top-10 national ranking in NJCAA Division I.
