Kai Felton Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 1st Year at Cal Alma Mater: Randolph-Macon

Coach Gottlieb on Kai Felton

Kai Felton joins the California women's basketball coaching staff for the 2011-12 season after spending the past seven seasons working for two other Pac-12 teams.

Before coming to Cal, Felton was an assistant coach for the Oregon Ducks, working as a recruiting specialist and also focusing on coaching their backcourt. During her time at Oregon, the Ducks were transformed into one of the most potent offenses in the nation, averaging 81.4 points per game in 2009-10. The Ducks earned a spot in the post season for just the second time in the last nine years in 2009-10, advancing to the third round of the WNIT.

Prior to her time in Eugene, Felton spent five years as an assistant coach at the University of Southern California. She had a hand in recruiting seven McDonald's All-Americans in tenure with the Women of Troy, including the nation's top recruiting class (according to USA Today and the All-Star Girls Report) in 2006, a class that included the high school co-National Player of the Year, Jacki Gemelos.

On the basketball court, Felton helped develop USC's guards, including Camille LeNoir, an All-Pac-10 second team and Pac-10 All-Tournament team selection, as well as the 2008-09 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, Briana Gilbreath. Felton also worked with Shay Murphy, a first team Pac-10 selection and 15th overall pick in the WNBA draft in 2007.

During her five seasons at USC, the Women of Troy compiled a 90-64 record and finished in the top half of the conference in each of those seasons. USC advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament twice (2005 & 2006) and played in the Pac-10 Tournament championship game for the first time in program history.

Felton also supervised the program's academic progress during her tenure, recording the program's highest GPA in the Spring of 2007.

Before joining USC, Felton spent one season at Pepperdine University, helping the Waves earn an invitation to the WNIT with a 17-12 record.

Felton was a volunteer assistant coach at California Polytechnic University, Pomona (2002-03) and worked as an assistant coach (2000-02) at Springfield College (Springfield, Mass.) At Springfield, Felton was with the Pride as the program advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 2002 NCAA Division III Women's basketball Tournament. Springfield compiled a 49-9 record and claimed two NEWMAC conference championships during her time on the coaching staff, while helping develop conference players of the year in Kelly Thompson (2001) and Becky Kanupka (2002).

As a player, Felton was a standout guard at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va. During her four years, she set nine school records, including most career three-pointers (216), most three-pointers in a season (66) and most career assists (325). She finished her career ranked No. 3 on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,147 points.

Felton earned her Bachelor's degree in Biology in 2000 from Randolph-Macon and later attained her Master's in Physical Education/Athletic Administration from Springfield in 2002.