Eric Jensen begins his first season as the head women's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University after being hired in September 2008. He becomes the eighth coach in NWU women's basketball history.
Jensen comes to Nebraska Wesleyan from MacMurray College, a NCAA Division III school in Jacksonville, Ill., where he was the head women’s basketball coach in 2007-08.
Jensen, a Kankakee, Ill., native was the assistant women’s basketball coach at Anderson University (Ind.) for three seasons from 2004-07. While at Anderson, he helped the team improve from a 5-win season in his first year, to back-to-back 16-win seasons in his final two years.
He also served as an assistant coach at Franklin College in 2003-04 where the team finished 23-5 and was the HCAC regular season and tournament champions. In 2002-03, Jensen was the graduate assistant at the University of Indianapolis helping the team to a 29-3 record and the GOVC regular season and tournament conference championships.
Eric Jensen earned his bachelor’s degree in history from North Central College in 2002. While at North Central, he was a student assistant women’s basketball coach for four seasons. Jensen earned his master’s degree in sports management in 2005 from Nova Southeastern University.
Jensen and his wife, Cathy, have two daughters Leslie and Ella.
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