Northwestern University Women's Basketball

Jeren McGhee is in his second year with Northwestern Athletics as the Assistant Equipment Manager for men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and the spirit squad. McGhee has 11+ years of experience under his belt. He has a colorful track record with stints at Organizations and Universities such as the NBA, NIU and Illinois State. He was an operations intern at the 2018 NBA Draft Combine. Prior to Northwestern, McGhee was the Assistant Director of Equipment Services at Illinois State, along with being an Equipment Services GA at NIU. McGhee graduated from SIU-Edwardsville in 2015 with a B.S. in Mass Communication and Speech Communication. He earned a M.S. in Sport Management from NIU in 2018.

Kathleen Buckingham joined the Northwestern University athletic training staff in 2017. Buckingham is responsible for managing the health care of the women's...

The 2026-27 season marks the first for Lilly Paro as Director of Women's Basketball Operations at Northwestern University. Paro joins the Wildcats after serv...

Former Wildcat standout Maggie Lyon enters her fifth season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the Northwestern Univeristy women's basketball...

Sarah Woodruff currently works as program assistant for the women’s basketball office, overseeing the day-to-day support and non-coaching operations of the department. She joined the Wildcat team in November of 2017, working closely with head coach Joe McKeown and his coaching staff, as she coordinates team events and travels. Prior to Northwestern Athletics, Woodruff’s career included four years as an event manager at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, in Detroit, where she implemented Cadillac-sponsored golf and tennis events. She was hired as an account executive for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League, and was promoted to director of corporate sales. Sarah graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in public relations from Adrian College where she also played basketball and served as team co-captain. Sarah and her husband, Scott, reside in Evanston with their two children, Claire and Eric.

Taylor Ford joined Northwestern Athletics in April 2023 as Assistant Director of Sports Performance for women's basketball and the cheerleading team. Ford comes to NU Wildcats after spending the previous year at the University of New Mexico as assistant performance coach for women's basketball and men's golf. Prior to UNM, she was at the University of Florida as the strength and conditioning OPS assistant, working with basketball and tennis. In her role with the Gators, Ford assisted with leading strength, agility, plyometric and conditioning sessions, as well as directed strength training sessions for women's tennis. In addition, she collected and analyzed data using 3D motion capturing, load monitoring and strength, power and force wireless platforms. Prior to her time in Gainesville, Ford was a strength and conditioning intern at Frostburg State from 2020-2021, working with both men's and women's basketball programs, men's and women's tennis and swimming, women's soccer and football. At Frostburg State, Ford developed strength training and conditioning programs, and assisted and facilitated court/field instruction of speed, agility, plyometrics and conditioning sessions. Ford got her start in strength and conditioning at Stanford as a sports performance intern from 2019-2020, working with football, men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, beach volleyball, men's and women's diving, men's golf, synchronized swimming, men's water polo and women's field hockey. Before gettin

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