Michelle Roof enters her first season as assistant women's basketball coach after coming to Lewis from St. Mary's University (Minn.).

Roof joins the Flyers after a two-year stint at St. Mary's University (Minn.). She was the assistant women's coach for the NCAA Division III Cardinals and helped guide the team to a 17-9 record in 2003-04. The team's performance was a six-game improvement over the previous season when the squad was 11-15.

Along with Roof's coaching responsibilities at St. Mary's, her duties included coordinating recruiting efforts, developing an off-season training program and directing the "Lil' Cardinals" youth basketball club and clinics.

Prior to St. Mary's, Roof spent one season as an assistant coach at Grinnell College (Iowa) where she was involved in recruiting, individual player development, opponent scouting and organizing team travel arrangements.

A Peoria, Ill. native, Roof played two seasons at NCAA Division I Eastern Illinois before spending a season as a student assistant coach for the Panthers. She also was a student assistant at Wisconsin-La Crosse for one year.

In addition to her coaching duties, Roof has worked numerous national camps, including University of Tennessee, Doug Bruno Basketball Camps, Texas Tech University and Syracuse University.