Britinee Yasukochi served for two seasons on the Hilltop after being hired to Jennifer Azzi's staff in June 2014.
Yasukochi, most recently the director of basketball operations at UC Davis for the three years, was responsible for player development, academics, scouting, alumni relations and recruiting for the Dons.
As the Aggies' first director of operations, she assisted the staff in administrative capacities such as film breakdown and exchange, camps and clinics, team travel, and alumni and community relations. Prior to her stint at UC Davis, Yasukochi served on the staffs at Long Beach State and Saddleback College after a successful playing career at Occidental.
As a senior for the Occidental Tigers in 2010, she helped her team to a 21-6 overall record. Yasukochi averaged 5.2 assists and a 1.67 assist-to-turnover ratio in her final collegiate season. Her assists tally was good for 19th in the nation, and as a team the Tigers' mark of 16.0 assists per game was 25th in the NCAA Division III ranks.
During her stretch with the Tigers, Occidental earned three consecutive SCIAC conference championships. The team recorded an overall record of 80-27 and posted three 20-win seasons. In her collegiate career, Yasukochi compiled 500 points, 391 assists and 137 steals before graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics.
A native of Southern California, Yasukochi played her prep basketball at Bishop's School in La Jolla, Calif. Yasukochi has three younger siblings, all of which are involved in athletics. Brent attends San Jose State and is judo player, Breanna plays basketball at UC Davis, and younger brother Brad is involved in youth basketball.
