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After hiring this coach, Mizzou women's basketball will have siblings on its staff

After spending last season down one assistant coach, Missouri women’s basketball head coach Robin Pingeton has filled out her coaching staff. The program announced on Tuesday that Chris Bracey is the Tigers’ newest assistant coach.

Bracey is the brother of another MU women’s basketball assistant coach, Ashleen Bracey.

After spending eight seasons playing basketball overseas, Chris Bracey began coaching boys high school basketball in the Chicago area in 2012. He worked at three different schools, most recently Oak Park and River Forest High School from 2014-18.

"The game of basketball has always been my passion," Chris Bracey, who played collegiately at San Jose City College and West Texas A&M, said in a statement.