A standout basketball player from middle school through college, Jill Pizzotti’s lifelong desire to lead from the sidelines propelled her to the pinnacle of the collegiate world when she was tapped to helm DePaul’s women’s team.

Jill M. Pizzotti, who will begin her first season as head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons women’s basketball team this fall, knew from a young age that she wanted to go into coaching. “Besides loving the sport of basketball, I just think I’ve been inspired by the coaches I had over the years,” Pizzotti says. “I thought they were great people.”