One late Sunday afternoon in April, then-DePaul assistant coach Jasmine Lister went out for a run after watching the Blue Demons practice. Midway through her own workout, Lister’s phone rings. It’s head coach Doug Bruno.
“Jas, you still around?” he asks.
“I went for a run coach, I’ll be right back,” she replies.
“Well come back right now,” Bruno says without a hint of whatever’s happening.
Immediately, Lister turns around and begins sprinting through the streets of Chicago back to the facility. Her mind is racing.
Did a player get hurt? Did I forget to do something like call a recruit or tell him where he was supposed to be?