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Entering his third season on the Virginia women's basketball staff is assistant coach Jeff House.
He assists in recruiting, on-court coaching, scouting, and individual workouts.
House joined the Cavaliers after more than 20 seasons of coaching basketball. He served as the top assistant coach with the WNBA's Washington Mystics for one season prior to moving to Charlottesville.
Prior to joining the Mystics, House spent seven seasons as a member of the New York Liberty staff where he was instrumental in the team's run to the 1999, 2000, and 2002 WNBA Eastern Conference Championships, four appearances in the Eastern Conference Championship series, and three appearances in the WNBA finals. House initially joined the Liberty in 1998 as the video coordinator and advance scout after spending the 1997-98 season as a member of the New York Knicks' game night video staff. In January 1999, House was appointed full-time assistant coach/video coordinator with the Liberty.
House played basketball at Nazareth College before suffering a career-ending injury. He immediately jumped into the coaching realm, beginning his coaching career at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, N.Y., while he was an undergraduate. At McQuaid, he served as an assistant to former Knicks and current Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy in 1985. In 1986, House was a key component to McQuaid's run to the Class B, Section 5 New York State Championship.
A 1987 graduate of Nazareth College, House earned a bachelor's degree in art education. He also received a master's degree in teaching, guidance and counseling from Jacksonville University in 1991.
Following the receipt of his master's degree, House spent the next decade honing his skills as an assistant coach, including three seasons (1989-91) at the University of Lowell as an assistant to current Miami Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy and four seasons (1992-95) as an assistant coach at Rutgers University with Bob Wenzel. While at Rutgers in 1995, House served as head coach for the People-to-People Sports Holland All-Star Tour. He directed a combination of Big East, Atlantic 10, and Big Ten All-Stars to a 6-1 record, losing only to Holland's National Champions.
House is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. He serves as president and on-court director of House's HOOP Headquarters, a basketball skills and development company he created in 1996.
House is also an active member of the community. While in New York, he worked closely with the Cheering For Children Foundation and The After School Corporation (TASC). He has also served as a regional presenter and coaching instructor for the New Jersey Special Olympics. House participates with the WNBA Read to Achieve program and the Jr. WNBA/NBA coaching clinics.
House and his wife Ann Leonard-House, the former head women's volleyball coach at UMass-Lowell and Rutgers University, have two children- daughter Elizabeth (6) and son Thomas (3).
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2006- University of Virginia, assistant coach
2005 Washington Mystics, assistant coach
1999-04 New York Liberty, assistant coach
1992-95 Rutgers University, assistant coach
1989-91 University of Lowell, assistant coach
PLAYing EXPERIENCE
1981-83 Southwestern (Jamestown, N.Y.) HS
1984 Nazareth College
PERSONAL
Jeffrey A. House
born Sept. 13, 1965, in Jamestown, N.Y.
COLLEGE
Nazareth College
B.A. in Art Education, 1987
Jacksonville University
M.A. in Teaching, Guidance & Counseing, 1991
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