Bio

Coach Janzen is entering her second year as the assistant women's basketball coach at NMJC.

Janzen comes from a previous head coaching stint at Howard Payne University in Texas after serving as the head coach at Allen Community College. 

Originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Rachel Janzen spent three seasons (2018-21) as the head women's basketball coach at Allen Community College in Iola, Kansas. Before becoming the head coach, Janzen also served as the assistant women's basketball coach at Allen for four seasons (2014-18).
 
Prior to Allen, Janzen was the assistant women's basketball coach at Southern Nazarene University (SNU) in Bethany, Oklahoma, where the team went 24-10 in 2012-2013, finishing as the 2013 NCCAA National Champions.

An alumna of SNU, Janzen earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physical Education in 2007 while playing collegiate basketball for the SNU Storm. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and was part of SNU's 2004 National Championship women's basketball team.
 
Janzen also had a four-year stint as the assistant women's basketball coach at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2008-2011. She then served as the graduate assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico University for 2011-12 season.

Janzen completed her master's degree in sports management from Eastern New Mexico University in 2013.