Jessica Duff joined the staff at Mount Holyoke College in the Fall of 2013. In addition to serving as an assistant basketball coach for the Lyons, she also serves as an assistant to the Athletic Director.

Duff came to Mount Holyoke after serving the past year as the assistant coach for both basketball and volleyball teams at UMass-Boston. In those roles, she was responsible for a number of different aspects, including film breakdown, academic oversight and community service projects.

During that time, Duff also served as an instructional sports coach at the Canton Sports Complex, working with a variety of age level in a number of sports, while also performing administrative duties.

Prior to her time at UMass-Boston, Duff was a graduate assistant for the basketball team at Tufts University for three years, there she was involved in all aspects of team management. Duff also served as a coach at Knucklebones, a group associated with maintaining a “for the love of play” mission for children of all ages in sport.

A former standout at Wellesley College, Duff was a four-year member of both the basketball and volleyball teams. She was a two-time captain and three-time Most Valuable Player for the Blue in basketball, earning All-NEWMAC honors twice while achieving 1,078 career points.

During her volleyball career, Duff served as captain and also earned MVP honors. An All-Conference and All-Region selection, she also garnered National All-America Honorable Mention honors.

An instructor at numerous basketball camps and clinics, including ones at Wellesley, Wheaton College and UMass-Lowell, Duff has also taken on a number of leadership roles. A Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative at Wellesley, she attended the NCAA Women’s Leadership Symposium, while also taking part in the Women’s Sports Leadership project.

Duff, who earned her Bachelor of Arts in women’s studies from Wellesley in 2009, went on to earn her Master’s in Education from Tufts in 2012