FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University women’s basketball head coach Heather Macy has announced that Jami Cornwell of Mt. Crawford, Va., has joined her staff as an assistant coach.

Cornwell’s primary responsibilities will include recruiting, on-floor coaching, individual player workouts, pre- and post-season workouts, and helping in the area of academic support for team members.

She served as an assistant under Macy for the past two years at Pfeiffer University. The Falcons compiled a two-year mark of 40-20, including a 26-5 record this past season that included an appearance in the NCAA Division II national tournament.  Pfeiffer led the nation in scoring offense (83 ppg) and recorded the fourth-best won-loss record improvement of all Division II women’s programs.

Cornwell also spent one season as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Cornwell earned a B.A. degree in secondary education (cum laude) from USC Aiken, where she was an All-Conference performer in both basketball and softball. She was a two-time All-Region selection on the basketball court, established new school records for points (1,476), assists (568), and steals (317), and ranks in the top 10 on the Peach Belt Conference career lists for all three statistics. In 2004, her No. 20 basketball and softball jerseys were retired by the school.

Cornwell graduated from Turner Ashby High School, where she was a two-time All-State selection in basketball, and was the 1999 Virginia Class AA Player of the Year.

FMU loses only one senior from last season’s 6-22 squad.