Colleen Day Hometown: Independence, OH Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Sixth Alma Mater: Miami '04

Returning for her sixth season behind the bench is former RedHawk star Colleen Day. Day, a three-time team captain, led Miami to a MAC Championship in 2004.

Day's major focus with Miami on the court is assisting with the offense, while off the court it is the players' academics. She also will work with the forwards and is highly involved in recruiting.

A four-year starter for the Red and White from 2000-04, Day is one of only two players in program history to hold the title of team captain three times during her career. The 6-0 forward started 106 of the 114 career games in which she played, averaging 11.1 points and 7.0 rebounds for her career. Day's top season came as a senior in 2003-04, when she averaged 15.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while leading Miami to its first regular-season MAC Championship since 1990 and its first WNIT bid. She was a first-team all-MAC selection that season and came in second in MAC Player of the Year voting.

Day still ranks among Miami's all-time career leaders in eight major categories, including points (8th/1,269), rebounds (4th/794), free-throw percentage (7th/80.5) and double-doubles (4th/16).

More than just an accomplished athlete at Miami, Day also became the first RedHawk women's basketball player to earn Academic All-America status when she was named Second-Team CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America during her senior season. She graduated magna cum laude in 2004 as she earned a bachelor's degree in English secondary education.

Following her collegiate career, Day competed internationally for one season in Germany. While there she also completed her student teaching on the Ramstein Air Force Base.

Upon returning to Oxford in the fall of 2005, Day served as an intern with Miami's Strength and Conditioning program where she worked closely with a number of Miami's athletic programs, including the men's and women's basketball teams.

A native of Independence, Ohio, Day attended Holy Name High School, where she helped the Green Wave to a four-year record of 83-15, earned a trip to the Division I State Final Four and was a second-team all-Ohio selection as a senior.