Alvidrez Named Ladyjacks' Assistant Head Coach
7/3/2017 1:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Former Big Sky Newcomer of the Year was most recently at Colorado State
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin head women's basketball coach Mark Kellogg announced Monday the addition of Rebecca Alvidrez as the assistant head coach on the Ladyjacks' staff. Alvidrez will begin her duties at SFA immediately and joins the Ladyjacks following a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Colorado State.
"Obviously we're extremely thrilled to get someone of Rebecca's caliber here," said Kellogg. "Not only is this a chance for her to gain more responsibility, she brings some great international recruiting ties, new ideas, new perspectives and a wealth of basketball knowledge to our program."
During her three seasons on staff in Fort Collins, Alvidrez helped the Rams retain their reputation as a roundball power both in the Mountain West Conference and on the national scene. In that time, Colorado State rolled up a record of 79-19, captured three consecutive Mountain West Conference regular season titles, appeared in the NCAA Tournament and in the WNIT. On their home floor of Moby Arena, the Rams were nearly unbeatable through that three-year span as they posted a 46-4 mark.
Alvidrez assisted in prepping two-time Mountain West Player of the Year winner Ellen Nystrom (2015-16, 2016-17) while with the Rams, too.
Alvidrez arrived at Colorado State after a two-year affiliation with Omaha, where she was an assistant with the Mavericks. While there, she parlayed her one season of playing professional basketball in Sweden (Brahe Basketball, 2003-04) to an important European recruiting conduit that eventually served both Omaha and Colorado State well.
Before her two-year stint in Omaha, Alvidrez helped elevate the profile of Alaska-Anchorage to to that of an NCAA Division II women's basketball powerhouse through her six seasons as the program's associate head coach. From 2006-12, the Seawolves piled up an impressive 165-31 record and made six appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament during Alvidrez's tenure as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator.
Alvidrez's first college basketball coaching stop came at Otero Junior College from 2002-06 where she served as an assistant coach for the Rattlers' men's and women's basketball programs under head coach Tim Moser.
Her collegiate playing career was split between a pair of schools and her first stop was Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colo. As the team's point guard, she led her squad to a pair of conference titles and captured junior college All-American honors in each of her seasons there.
Alvidrez's play at Otero caught the eye of many NCAA Division I programs, including Montana State where she spent the final two seasons of her collegiate career. It was there that she collected a pair of All-Big Sky selections and was named the league's Newcomer of the Year following the conclusion of the 2000-01 regular season.
Alvidrez received her bachelor's degree from Adams State in 2006.
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