Women’s Basketball Announces Hiring of Mike Jewett as Assistant Coach

Omaha, Neb. — The head coach Jim Flanery announced the hiring of Mike Jewett as Creighton’s new assistant coach on Tuesday, June 4. Jewett joins the Bluejays after serving as assistant coach/interim head coach at South Dakota during the 2023-24 season. He also spent nine seasons on the bench at South Dakota State, including eight as associate head coach, compiling a 223-71 record during his time at Brookings.

“Mike has a ton of relevant experience, has great relationships with coaches in the areas we recruit and will be a great addition to our staff,” Flanery said.”He is a hard worker who knows the game and can push players to reach their potential. While fitting perfectly into our culture, he will also provide different perspectives that will challenge the staff and players. We look forward to working with him and seeing how he can positively impact our program. »

“I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to join the Creighton women’s basketball program.“Jewett said.”I look forward to building relationships with the staff and student-athletes as we continue to build on the program’s strong tradition.” »

Jewett has coached six NCAA tournament teams, highlighted by the 2019 team that reached the NCAA Sweet 16. There have been five 25+ win seasons, five Summit League tournament titles, four Summit League regular season crowns and the Jackrabbits have qualified for the playoffs every year. he was on the bench. Jewett’s responsibilities included serving as recruiting coordinator, director of scouting and team defense, game planning and working with the position. He also assisted with practice and game planning, film distribution, camps and clinics.

In addition to his time at SDSU, Jewett brings seven years of head coaching experience, including four seasons at Southwest Minnesota State and three years at Franklin College (Ind.). He owns a career record of 110-85 as a head coach.


A native of Flandreau, South Dakota, Jewett has been coaching at the collegiate level throughout the Midwest for over 25 years. He got his start in collegiate athletics at his alma mater, Augustana, in 1997. He helped the Vikings reach the NCAA Division II tournaments in 1999 and 2001. He also served as an assistant at St. Cloud State , guiding the Huskies to the NCAA DII Elite Eight in 2005 and the NCAA DII Final Four in 2006.


He also brings experience outside of college coaching. He spent the last two years as activities director at Brookings High School. He previously served as the head girls basketball coach at Brandon Valley High School (1994-97) and was an English teacher at Marshall High School (Minn.) for two years. Jewett is an alumnus of the University of South Dakota and received his master’s degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration in 1999. He received his bachelor’s degree from Augustana.