COACHING STAFF

Steven Asher  |  Assistant Coach

Steven Asher was hired as an assistant coach under head coach Maria Marchesano on April 30, 2021.

Prior to coming to Purdue Fort Wayne, Asher was fresh off a Women's National Invitational Tournament championship with Division I Rice University. In Asher's one season with the Owls, he helped lead the team to a 23-4, 12-2 Conference USA record. The Owls defeated Arizona State, Fresno State, California Baptist, Delaware and Ole Miss in their road to the WNIT championship.

Prior to his time at Rice, Asher spent four years as an assistant coach for the men's basketball program at NCAA Division II Catawba College. Asher and the Indians advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2019 and 2020 while winning the South Atlantic Conference in 2020. He also helped lead NCAA Division III Lycoming College to an NCAA Tournament appearance and conference title in 2016. Asher was a member of the University of Maryland's men's basketball staff for three years, two as a graduate assistant and one as an intern. While with Maryland, the Terrapins advanced to the semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament and the Round of 32 in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Jazmyne Geist  |  Assistant Coach

Jazmyne Geist was hired as a graduate assistant coach under head coach Maria Marchesano on April 30, 2021.

She returned to Fort Wayne after spending four seasons as a player at fellow Horizon League member Northern Kentucky. A Homestead High School graduate, Geist was a role player on her first two Norse teams before having her career cut short with injuries. At Homestead, Geist led the team to an IHSAA Class 4A state title as a senior. She made the state semifinals in each of her three years on varsity.