April 2, 2003

Tami Bennett hired as Washington assistant coach

Tami Bennett who owns numerous Washington records, including the mark for career goals with 34. She established several UW single-season standards in 2000 with 16 goals and 36 total points, and has been hired as an assistant coach at Washington after two seasons at Portland State. She graduated from Washington in 2001 with a sociology degree. She concluded her collegiate career with the 2000 season, helping the Huskies capture their only Pacific-10 Conference championship. Bennett received first-team All-Pac-10 honors after helping UW advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament with a school-record 18 wins.

UW head coach Lesle Gallimore said "Assistant Coach Amy Griffin and I are extremely pleased to welcome Tami Bennett back to Montlake. She was a great leader when she was a player for us, and we know she will provide great coaching leadership for our current and future teams. She is a die-hard Husky who has had a terrific experience working for another former Husky, Tara (Bilanski) Erikson at Portland State the past two seasons. Tamišs experience in helping turn that program around, and learning from one of the best up-and-coming coaches in the nation really made her stock rise with us. We could not be more pleased to have Tami wearing purple and gold again."

"Obviously I am really excited to be coming back to Washington," Bennett exclaimed. "I have been fortunate to get into coaching so soon after my playing career and I appreciate the time I had working with Tara at Portland State. I learned so much from her and feel that I have some things to add to the Washington program. As a former player, I have a lot of pride in this program."

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