Head Coach: June Olkowski
Olkowski was named to replace the retired Don Perrelli in March of 1999 after being head coach of Butler for six years. At Butler, she averaged 19 wins a year and turned the program into one of the best of the Midwest Collegiate Conference. For her efforts, she was named coach of the year three times in the MCC Conference. Olkowski will coach against her mentor, as she played for Illinois coach Theresa Grentz when Grentz was at Rutgers.