Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jaco@usc.edu
USC alum Courtney Jaco enters her third season as an assistant coach at USC, having served the previous two seasons as director of player development under head coach Lindsay Gottlieb. Jaco also spent two seasons as USC's video coordinator.
USC's No. 2 all-time 3-point shooter, Jaco returned to Troy following a professional playing career overseas and a season as a women's basketball intern at Stanford.
Jaco moved into an assistant coach role in July 2023, taking on recruiting responsibilities along with on- and off-court coaching and scouting. She continues to oversee USC player development, including film work and individual assessment and training as well as financial literacy and career development for the Women of Troy. Jaco also serves as a liaison to resources such as nutrition, mental performance and recovery.
Before closing down her USC playing career in 2017, Jaco picked up back-to-back All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and earned Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention as a senior. She still stands as USC's most productive 3-point shooter, ranked No. 1 all-time with a 35.8 percent career effort from beyond the arc while moving up to No. 2 all-time with her 217 threes landed. A freshman on USC's 2014 Pac-12 Tournament Championship team, Jaco would close her USC career with 65 starts in 127 appearances as a Trojan.
Jaco played professionally for a season in Greece at the club Esperides, where she was the team's second leading scorer with 12.2 points per game in 2018-19.
A three-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention recipient, Jaco earned a master's degree in communication management at USC and received a bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in nonprofits, philanthropy and volunteerism.
A native of Compton, Calif., Jaco prepped at Windward School in Los Angeles. Jaco also served as a video coordinator for the WNBA's New York Liberty in 2020 and 2021.
