Jenny Putnam

Biography

Jenny Putnam Career 1995-99 Saint Ambrose Player 2002-03 Northwest Missouri State Assistant Coach 2003-10 Illinois State Assistant Coach 2010-23 Missouri Assistant Coach 2023-25 Missouri Director of Basketball Operations 2025-Pres. Missouri Director of Softball Operations Jenny Putnam was named the Director of Softball Operations on Oct. 6, 2025. Previously, Putnam spent 15 years with Missouri women’s basketball on Robin Pingeton's staff from 2010-25 Putnam spent the first 13 years as an assistant coach before serving as director of basketball operations for her final two seasons. Putnam played for Pingeton at St. Ambrose and brought loyalty, consistency and stability to the Tigers program. Putnam’s responsibilities as an assistant under Pingeton included assisting in the organization of practice plans for the team and individual student-athletes, on-court coaching with post players and assisting with daily operations and Tiger basketball camps. Putnam also played an important role with the program’s recruiting efforts and managed the scheduling for future seasons. Mizzou Women’s Basketball consistently improved since her arrival. In 2022-23, Putnam aided in the development of Hayley Frank, who secured back-to-back All-SEC Second Team selections, improving her scoring average to 15.4 points per game. Putnam also guided Ashton Judd in her debut season as a Tiger, Judd secured All-SEC Freshman Team honors with a 44.9% 3-point shooting mark that ranked third in the conference an

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