Jody Reding joined the UC Riverside women’s basketball program in April of 2007 following several successful assistant coaching stops throughout the country. Her primary responsibilities are to serve as the Highlanders’ recruiting coordinator.
Before arriving at Riverside, Reding worked in the private sector in 2006 following three years as the head coach of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her tenure at Division II UAA included winning the prestigious Great Alaska Shootout in 2003, where the Seawolves defeated Division I Clemson in the final.
Prior to her tenure at Alaska Anchorage, Reding made several stops as an assistant coach at the Division I level. She spent one season at the University of New Mexico, helping the Lobos to the 2002-03 Mountain West Conference championship and an NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen appearance. While at UNM, she recruited Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year Dionne Marsh. From 1999-2002, Reding spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Clemson, where she helped the Tigers to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
In 1998-99, Reding spent a season at her alma mater, Northern Arizona University, where she first crossed paths with current UCR Head Coach John Margaritis. Her stint with NAU followed a year at Southern Utah University, where she got her coaching start in 1997.
A native of Homer, Alaska, Reding was the 1991 Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year and Alaska High School Coaches Basketball Player of the Year after winning seven high school state championships in basketball, cross country, and volleyball. She went on to play at Northern Arizona, where she was voted team captain and graduated in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. She returned to Alaska from 1995-97 to serve as UAA’s student assistant coach for both men’s and women’s basketball.
As a player, Reding starred for the Athletes in Action Tour that competed in South America in 1993.
In her free time, Reding pursues activities that require adventure and fun. She is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and lives in Riverside.
