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Assistant coach Linda Sayavongchanh is in her second season at Saint Louis University after joining the Billiken staff in June 2013. Sayavongchanh, who arrived at Saint Louis following one season as assistant coach/co-recruiting coordinator at the University of North Dakota, is responsible for developing the Billikens’ perimeter players, scouting and game preparation, recruiting, academic coordination and summer camps.
“It is a pleasure to have Linda Sayavongchanh as a part of my staff and our Billiken family,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “I have known Linda for many years as a player, coach and recruiter. I recruited and coached her while serving as head coach at Drake University. She was one of the finest point guards in the Missouri Valley Conference and was instrumental in our success.
“Linda is regarded as a rising star in the profession,” Stone said. “She has great Midwest recruiting connections that will help us continue to build a successful program.
“Linda has energy, drive and a strong work ethic,” Stone said. “She shares my vision of team unity, defense and fundamentals, and she is excited to contribute to the building of a championship program at SLU.”
“I feel very blessed to have an opportunity to work with Lisa Stone and be a part of the Billiken family,” Sayavongchanh said. “Lisa is a highly respected coach who has been in the business for a long time. I believe she can take the SLU women’s basketball program to new heights.”
Prior to her stint at North Dakota, Sayavongchanh served three years as an assistant coach at Drake. In her final season, the 2011-12 campaign, the Bulldogs were runners-up in the MVC Tournament and earned a WNIT bid.
Sayavongchanh spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Minnesota Duluth and one year as a student assistant coach at Drake. She has been Drake’s summer basketball camp co-director since 2009 and also has assisted at the Minnesota Duluth camp.
Sayavongchanh was a four-year letter winner and two-year team captain at Drake. She was All-Conference honorable mention and an MVC All-Defensive selection in each of her four seasons, and she was named to the 2004 MVC All-Tournament team. Sayavongchanh helped lead the Bulldogs to WNIT appearances in 2004 and 2006.
A standout at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa, Sayavongchanh is a member of the school's Hall of Fame as well as the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame.
Sayavongchanh holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, with endorsements in mathematics and coaching, from Drake (2007). She earned a master’s degree in education at Minnesota Duluth in 2009.
