Women's Basketball Coaching Staff

Karl Frixen begins his third season with the Cougar coaching staff. He will work primarily with the Cougar post players.

Frixen served as an assistant coach for two seasons to former Cougar player Becky Nielsen at Ridgewood High School in Norridge before returning to Concordia in 2005. Following his transition period to the college game, he states that “coaching at this level has made me a better coach, no question. I have a better understanding of this side of the game as opposed to when I used to see things from a player’s point of view. I think I have more of an attention to detail and, with every passing year, I am gaining more confidence, knowledge and experience towards achieving my ultimate goal of being a head coach in the college game.”

As to coaching at his alma mater, Frixen states, “Representing the Cougar women’s program means a lot, since I am an alumnus. I’m grateful that I can work with this coaching staff and with the players in helping to make this a successful program.”

Frixen graduated Concordia in 2001 with a B.A. in psychology. He is currently employed as a case manager at Uhlich Academy, a therapeutic day school on Chicago's west side. Frixen and his wife, former four-year Cougar guard Renee Campbell, make their home in Chicago with Kylie, 5, and Ella Mae, 2.

Amy Jones begins her second season as a graduate assistant for the Cougar women's basketball program.

Jones, a native Chicagoan who attended Mother McAuley High School, is a 2002 graduate of Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa where she played for then-Duhawks head coach Tamlyn Tills. She was a standout point guard for the Duhawks, and she holds team records for steals in a game (9), games played in a season (29) and free-throw percentage for a career (76.9). Jones was named to the IIAC all-conference team in both her sophomore and senior seasons and was honored with Loras' Female Athlete of the Year for 2001-02.

Jones states, “I really do enjoy the teaching aspect of coaching – learning to identify and adjust to players’ strengths and weaknesses, and then figuring out what will help them the most and how best to get it across to them. I feel that this experience has worked out very well so far.”

Jones earned her bachelor's degree in sociology from Loras and is presently pursuing her Master's in school counseling. She hopes to pursue a career as a high school counselor while remaining active in coaching.