Hoosiers fill last spot on staff

IU women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack added the final piece to her staff Monday when she announced the hiring of Cheri Hogg as an assistant coach.\nHogg spent the previous two years as an assistant coach under Legette-Jack at Hofstra University.\n"(Hogg) brings continuity," Legette-Jack said. "She knows my system and is a hard worker. She knows our goal is to win championships. It's great that she decided to join me at IU."\nLegette-Jack now has a full staff that includes Vera Jones, Marc Wilson and director of operations Jeana Finlinson. \n"I think we have one of the best staffs in the country," Legette-Jack said. "They all have a complete commitment to success."\nHogg and Legette-Jack teamed up to help Hofstra advance to the 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament. Under Hogg and Legette-Jack, Hofstra ranked among the NCAA's top three in scoring offense (second, 69.5 ppg), field goal percentage defense (.379), rebounding offense (second, 43.0), rebounding margin (third, 3.9), assists per game (second, 16.0), steals (second, 11.03), offensive rebounds (second, 16.73), defensive rebounding (second, 26.27) and three-point field goals per game (third, 5.37), according to IUHoosiers.com. \nLegette-Jack said Hogg will be mostly responsible for the guards and preseason and postseason conditioning. Hogg was a point guard at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was the 1992 California JUCO Player of the Year at Lassen Community College in Susanville, Calif.\nAccording to IUHoosiers.com, Hogg played professional basketball overseas in Australia, Holland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. Hogg also served as a police officer for the South Australian Police Department from 1997 to 2000.\nLegette-Jack said that Hogg's professional basketball career combined with her stint as a police officer will "demand immediate respect from the players."\nWith a complete staff, Legette-Jack can now plow ahead to focusing her efforts on trying to improve a team that advanced to the 2006 NIT quarterfinals.\n"It feels great," said Legette-Jack on completing her staff. "We can move forward and now focus on the work at hand"