A year into her current post as head coach for Concordia women's basketball, Jenny Hansen will look to continue the improvement that started with the Eagles' best performance in three seasons in her 2008-09 debut.

Hansen is in her first assignment as a collegiate head coach, and spent seven years as an assistant coach at Concordia before being named to the program's helm in the spring of 2008.

Hansen, a 2001 graduate of Concordia, started her coaching career under current Associate Athletic Director Greg Dinneen, who spent seven years at the program's helm before accepting his present post.

The 2001-02 team finished with 21 wins, a total that has not been reached since, in Hansen's first year on the staff. Hansen served as Dinneen's assistant until the 2004-05 season, when Todd Corman took the program's reigns. She then served as Corman's assistant for the subsequent four seasons, leading to her appointment as head coach.

Hansen, who has also worked in the sports information office as an assistant director, was a team captain during her two seasons as a player on the Eagles' squad. In 65 games, Hansen averaged 7.4 points per game and was named the team's Most Valuable Defensive Player in both campaigns.

Prior to her career at Concordia, Hansen played her freshman and sophomore seasons at Clackamas Community College (Ore.) and NCAA Div. II Cal State San Bernardino, respectively.

Hansen played hoops at Foothill High School in Bakersfield, where she was a two-time All-CIF Central Section selection. She set a school single-season record with 61 three-pointers as a senior and averaged 18.7 points per game.

An English major as an undergraduate, Hansen earned her master's in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia in 2008.

Hansen is single and lives in Irvine.

Chris Guild joins the coaching staff for his first year, and will also serve as head coach for the junior varsity squad in the 2009-10 season.

A graduate of Concordia (class of 2000), Guild has built a stout résumé as a youth sports director, and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Concordia's Master's of Coaching and Athletic Administration program.

After graduating with his bachelor's in liberal arts, Guild began working for Skyhawks Sports Academy, a national organization based in Spokane, Wash, working his way up to assistant area director.

Guild also helped start and manage TriFytt Sports, a similar youth sports program that now covers all of Southern California.

A four-year member of Concordia's track and field team, Guild ran on a sprint medley team that posted a standing school indoor record of 3:37.33 in 1999. He was also on a pair of outdoor relay teams whose marks have yet to be broken, the outdoor sprint medley (3:34.46) and the distance medley (10:27.43).

As a basketball player, Guild played on Concordia's junior varsity team for one year, and traveled with another team that participated in a tournament in Australia.

Guild is single and lives in Irvine.

Amir Law, a four-year athlete at Concordia, begins his second year as the top assistant coach for the women's basketball program

In addition to his experience on the 2008-09 coaching staff, the 2001 graduate brings in three years of coaching experience at local Irvine High School, where he served as an assistant varsity coach while concurrently running the junior varsity and freshman programs in 2006-07 and 2007-08, respectively.

Law had previously started his own business development firm, at which he served as president, from 2001-05. During that time, he was also acting as a director and manager for an additional consultation firm, until accepting a similar position at Select University Technologies.

In 1999, Law played on the Concordia team that advanced all the way to the NAIA's Elite Eight before falling to eventual champion Life Bible College (Ga.). It was the first team in program history to win the GSAC Tournament and win a berth to the NAIA National Tournament.

In addition to his bachelor's in English, which he earned from Concordia in 2001, Law also earned a master's in business administration from Concordia in 2005. He then obtained a second master's degree in organization leadership and development from Gonzaga University in 2007.

Law is single and lives in Newport Beach.

Joial Griffith begins her first season as a graduate assistant for Concordia women's basketball.

Griffith, whose goes by "Joy", is a Concordia alumna who earned her bachelor's degree in business administration in 2007. She played two seasons in an Eagles jersey (2005-07), averaging 4.5 points and 2.1 assists in 46 games.

Griffith began her coaching career in 2008, when she started coaching for Edge Basketball International, headquartered in Chino Hills.

Most recently, Griffith was an assistant coach at Mendocino College in Ukiah, Calif., in the 2008-09 season.

Prior to her two-year career at Concordia, in which the Eagles made the GSAC Playoff round both seasons, Griffith played at Fullerton College, where she was the starting point guard both years.

Currently enrolled in the Master's of Coaching and Athletics Administration program at Concordia, Griffith is single and lives in Pomona.