Career
Previously, Jenkins served as a women"s basketball coach in the Women's National Basketball Association, serving as an assistant coach and head coach of the Minnesota Lynx, and as Director of Player Personnel for the Women's National Basketball Association. Jenkins earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from University of California Berkeley (Cal) in 1990. While at Cal, she played 104 career games in four seasons with the Golden Bears from 1986-1990. After assistant coaching stints at Stanford and Michigan State, Jenkins became the Head Coach for the women"s basketball team at Sacramento State University for three seasons.
Jenkins became the Minnesota Lynx fourth head coach in 2006 after Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23.
She led the Lynx to a 2-9 record to close out the 2006 Women's National Basketball Association Season. In December 2006, longtime National Basketball Association assistant Don Zierden was named the Lynx head coach, and Jenkins was retained in her current assistant coaching position.
On November 1, 2007 Jenkins was named director of player personnel of the Women's National Basketball Association.