Jessica January - Women's Basketball
Jessica January
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- Assistant Coach
January comes to Creighton after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach for her alma matter, DePaul. She also coached at the high school level for both boys and girls team in Minnesota.
She played four seasons at DePaul, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, earning BIG EAST All-Freshman Team honors (2013-14), All-BIG EAST Second Team (2015-16) and was selected to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (2017).
“Jessica brings a variety of things to our staff. She played at a high level, both at DePaul and overseas, she knows the game, and she will be ready to help our players navigate their challenges and build on their strengths,” said Flanery. “She’s a quick learner, which will help make the transition to coaching at Creighton seemless.
January was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the 2017 WNBA Draft which began a seven-year professional career overseas with stops in Romania, Finland, Slovakia and Poland. In 2021, January was the leading scorer and named one of the top five players in the Polish league. She was elected a team captain with her club from 2021-23.
As a student-athlete at DePaul, January appeared in 126 games and made 92 starts while leading the Blue Demons to a pair of BIG EAST Tournament titles, four NCAA Tournament appearances and a Sweet 16 berth in 2016. She was a WBCA Honorable Mention All-America selection in her senior season and was twice named All-BIG EAST honoree. January was the first player to wear a Blue Demon uniform to record multiple triple doubles. She ranks fifth in the program’s record book with 554 assists in her career while scoring 1,530 points which is good for 21st.
January, a four-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team member, was instrumental on the court, in the classroom and in the Chicago community. She was an NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree in 2017 while also being named the 2017 NACDA Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.
January fills the opening created when Jordann Reese departed Creighton for Michigan last fall.
She played four seasons at DePaul, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, earning BIG EAST All-Freshman Team honors (2013-14), All-BIG EAST Second Team (2015-16) and was selected to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team (2017).
“Jessica brings a variety of things to our staff. She played at a high level, both at DePaul and overseas, she knows the game, and she will be ready to help our players navigate their challenges and build on their strengths,” said Flanery. “She’s a quick learner, which will help make the transition to coaching at Creighton seemless.
January was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the 2017 WNBA Draft which began a seven-year professional career overseas with stops in Romania, Finland, Slovakia and Poland. In 2021, January was the leading scorer and named one of the top five players in the Polish league. She was elected a team captain with her club from 2021-23.
As a student-athlete at DePaul, January appeared in 126 games and made 92 starts while leading the Blue Demons to a pair of BIG EAST Tournament titles, four NCAA Tournament appearances and a Sweet 16 berth in 2016. She was a WBCA Honorable Mention All-America selection in her senior season and was twice named All-BIG EAST honoree. January was the first player to wear a Blue Demon uniform to record multiple triple doubles. She ranks fifth in the program’s record book with 554 assists in her career while scoring 1,530 points which is good for 21st.
January, a four-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team member, was instrumental on the court, in the classroom and in the Chicago community. She was an NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree in 2017 while also being named the 2017 NACDA Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.
January fills the opening created when Jordann Reese departed Creighton for Michigan last fall.
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