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TODD KENT
Head Coach - Women's Basketball
Email:tlkent@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-1355
Fax: (831) 459-4070

Todd Kent will be entering his first season with the UC Santa Cruz women's basketball team.

Todd is entering UCSC from Seattle University where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach. Prior to Seattle Todd was at La Salle High School in Yakima, Wash. where he was the Dean of Students, a teacher, and the head girls basketball coach. In five seasons he compiled a record of 106-23. He led his team to a class B State Championship in 2006 and was named Seattle Times Washington State B Girls Coach of the Year. He was awarded the same honor in 2007 as well when he led his team to a state runner-up finish. Todd was also the coach of the Eastern Washington All-State Girls Team in the summers of 2006 and 2007. He has also made coaching stops at Highland HS, Rosalia HS, Lind HS, and South Puget Sounds Community College.

Todd is a graduate of Eastern Washington University where he earned his degree in Recreation and Leisure Service Management. He received his master's degree in teaching from Heritage University in 2003. Kent enjoys hiking with his family and mountain biking the many wonderful trails in the Santa Cruz area, with his wife Stephanie, who is a ER Nurse. The Kents welcomed Frances Carolyn Kent to the family on September 2, 2008. They also have two dogs, Hobbs and Daisy.

Assistant Coaches

Coach Perry joins the Slugs staff for her first season. Perry earned her Bachelors in Pyschology at Notre Dame de Namur where she played point guard for two seasons and led the team in assists her junior year. Prior to Notre Dame de Namur Coach Perry spent her freshman and sophomores years at Ventura college. During her time at Ventura she was a team captain and was a key contributor as the program continued their reign as league champs over the course of 17 seasons. Coach Perry prepared at Palmdale High School where she was the league MVP her senior year, 2005, and was all conference three out of the four seasons she played.

Coach Perry’s responsibilities include working with the guards, recruiting, and film exchange. The Slugs are excited to have Coach Perry as a part of the program.

Coach Goodwin will be entering his first season with UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball program. 

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Coach Vic as he is fondly known, has been coaching and developing student athletes for 11 years.  He has experience coaching AAU, high school and professional teams.  In addition to his expertise in player development and strong defensive philosophy, Coach Goodwin has played major roles with elite skill development camps for Nike and Adidas.  He is also the founder and director of Crossover Academy a sports training company based in Monterey County. 

Coach Susan Shapiro has been coaching basketball competitively since 1989. She has created programs that have been founded on fundamentals and driven by creating passion in each program. Along with instilling the value of the game she provided the program with a challenge of being academically sound. Her teams throughout the last eight years have maintained a grade point averages of 3.8. In March of 2005 she opened up and was the Head Coach of a successful AAU program that competed at the strongest level of competition. Her record to date with this program is 95-20. She took this success and put her efforts into a high school program where she experienced success and was coaching top level players to move them to the next level. At the close of this she ended with a record of 44-8.

With the exposure thus far that Susan has to the high school athlete and the abundance of tournaments and players wanting to excel and play at the next level on the West Coast; it is our hope that this will open the door for more opportunity and growth of our program.

Academically Susan has a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Law and will graduate in June 2010 with a Masters Degree in Recreational Science with an emphasis in Coaching Education. Her intent is to continue and obtain her PhD. She is married with three children.