Kiana Brown, a former Portland State standout is in her second season as assistant coach.
Prior to McNeese, Brown spent three years as an assistant coach at the Oregon 6A level South Eugene High School where she was instrumental in helping the team advance to two state playoff appearances.
The native of Cotton Grove, Oregon played three years for coach Kennedy at Portland State where she ranked 7th in the nation in free throw percentage (.898) and tied the PSU single game record by making 14 of 14 free throws and set the PSU record for consecutive free throw made (35) in her junior season. That same year, she also led the team with 58 three-pointers, averaged 11.8 ppg. and 24.3 minutes per game. Brown also shot 38.9 percent from the floor, 37.2 percent from three-point range, and shot a league-best 89.8 percent from the free throw line.
Brown was a four year letterwinner for the Triangle Lake (OR.) Lakers where she averaged 29.2 points per game and 5.3 steals per game as a senior. She broke the Oregon 30 year old male and female all-time career scoring record with 2,894 career points. While at Triangle Lake, Brown was a two-time state and league MVP and earned first team all-league honors four times.
After completing her undergraduate studies at Portland State with a Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing, Brown went on to earn her Master’s in Secondary Education also from Portland State with endorsements in Health and Physical Education.
