Women's Basketball Coaching Staff

Julie Hanks begins her 12th year at Irvine Valley College. She has a record of 188-127. Last season, the team finished with another solid record of 16-14. In her first year coaching at the school, she led the Lasers to the Orange Empire Conference title with a record of 13-1. Her team finished the season with its best record of 28-7. The team also reached the state tournament for the first time and Julie was named Coach of the Year in the conference. Under Julie the Lasers have made the Southern California Regional playoffs nine out of the last 12 years. She has also sent a number of players on to compete at four-year universities, including 2005-06 standouts Vanessa Dominguez (Cal Poly Pomona) and Brittney Crawford (Westmont). Julie has played professionally in Switzerland and was an alternate player on the WNBA Phoenix Mercury in 1997. From 1993-1997, Julie was the head coach at Grand Canyon University, a Division II school in Phoenix. She led Grand Canyon to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 1997. Before coaching at Grand Canyon, Julie spent the 1992-1993 season as the head Coach at Phoenix College. There she was also named coach of the year. Julie played college basketball at Northern Arizona University and was inducted into that school's Hall of Fame in 1994. Her most memorable moment at Northern Arizona was beating the University of Arizona and scoring a record 25 points in the first half. Julie received her bachelor's degree in 1987 from Cal State Hayward and her master's degree in 1989 from Azusa Pacific University. Her goal at Irvine Valley is to have a well-respected program that is capable of winning conference and challenging for state titles year after year. But Julie also stresses academics with her players, so they can have the opportunity to continue their playing and educational careers.

Rachel Anderson begins her second year as an assistant coach for the Irvine Valley College women’s basketball team. She played for Irvine Valley from 2002-04. Rachel graduated from IVC in May of 2004 with cum laude honors. She moved on to Cal State Fullerton where she graduated in the May of 2006 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. She also received her master's degree in sports psychology from Cal State Fullerton. In her two-year career at Irvine Valley, Rachel averaged 2.6 points and 3.7 rebounds. She played in 54 games over the two seasons and started 30. A 6-1 center, Rachel had a career-high 12 points and 10 rebounds in a game as a sophomore against Imperial Valley. She averaged 3.7 points and 4.3 rebounds as a sophomore for the Lasers. Rachel started 24 of 26 games as a sophomore and was also second on the IVC team in blocked shots. She helped IVC to a 16-10 record her sophomore year and trips to the playoffs in both of her seasons at IVC. Rachel attended Dana Hills High School and was named the Dolphins' MVP her senior year.

Brittney Crawford begins her second year as an assistant coach for the Irvine Valley College women's basketball team. Brittney was a two-year player at Irvine Valley and a two-year team captain during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. In her sophomore year, she scored 6.9 points and pulled down 5.9 rebounds per game. In her freshman year, Brittney recorded averages of 7.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. She was named to the all-IVC Tournament team as a sophomore and all-San Diego Mesa Tournament team as a freshman. She scored a career-high 16 points against Cerritos and also had a career-high 18 rebounds. Brittney also earned scholar-athlete honors in 2005-06. Brittney moved on to play two years at Westmont College where she helped lead her team to a 21-9 overall record and a 13-7 mark and fourth-place finish in the Golden State Athletic Conference. She played in all 30 of the team's games and made two starts and averaged 2.7 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. She ws named a GSAC scholar athlete as well as an NAIA scholar athlete. Brittney majored in sociology. Brittney attended Irvine High and was named all-Sea View League. She also earned first team all-city recognition, was named her team's MVP her senior year and helped the Vaqueros to the CIF playoffs.