Women's Basketball
Allen, Jenna
Jenna Allen
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- E-Mail Address:
- allen9j@cmich.edu
- Year at CMU:
- 3rd
- Hometown:
- Bedford, Ind.
- Alma Mater/Year:
- Michigan State '19
- Experience:
- 2nd year
Assistant Coach Jenna Allen will enter her third season on the bench for Central Michigan Women’s Basketball for the 2025-26 season, entering the season with a 20-39 record, 13-23 in the MAC, through Head Coach Kristin Haynie's first two campaigns.
The 2024-25 campaign set a new course for the program, turning a corner toward progress in its 14-17 mark, 9-9 in MAC play, producing the program's first MAC Tournament appearance since 2021. The Chippewas retained their MAC lead in rebounding, moving into the top five nationally in per-game averages for both total rebounding (43.30, fourth) and rebounding margin (+10.6, fifth) and was eighth in offensive rebounding (16.1). The season was led by MAC Freshman of the Year Madi Morson and fellow All-MAC Freshman Ayanna-Sarai Darrington, the top two freshman in the league in scoring. Morson set a program record with 511 points, the most by a Chippewa in their freshman campaign, breaking a mark that had gone untouched since Sue Nissen's 1987-88 season. Morson also marked the second-best single-game performance by a freshman wth 32 points at Dayton (Dec. 15, 2024). Darrington was a steady riser in the rotation, hitting her stride for the conference season as she posted six of seven double-doubles (fifth among NCAA I freshmen), all three 20-point games and a 21-rebound performance against Ball State (Feb. 26, 2025) all after the calendar flipped to 2025.
Allen joined the Central Michigan Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff in May 2023 for the first season of Coach Haynie’s second tenure in Mt. Pleasant, as she was an assistant for the program from 2014-17. Allen will work closely with the Chippewas’ post players while being tasked as the team’s liaison to strength & conditioning and athletic training.
Allen logged a four-year professional career for Baxi Ferrol in Spain prior to her hire with the Chippewas. Throughout her career overseas she averaged double-digit points and five-plus rebounds per game while shooting well over 50 percent from the field. Her well-decorated 2022-23 campaign saw a career-high 12.6 points per contest on 51.5 percent shooting, culminating in being named the All-Spanish LF Challenge Player, Center and Import Player of the Year on top of the 2023 regular season championship.
Allen, a four-year contributor on the court at Michigan State, became the Spartans’ 23rd 1,000-point scorer on March 3, 2019 at Minnesota. Over her final two seasons in East Lansing she started 57 games over 65 appearances including all 33 contests of her senior campaign. For her career, the Bedford, Ind.-native averaged 8.6 points on 50.4 percent shooting from the floor, 4.5 rebounds and 20.3 minutes per game; as a senior her line was 12.5 ppg on 49.8 percent shooting and 6.5 rpg over an average of 27.3 mpg.
The North Lawrence High School graduate, Allen earned a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology from Michigan State in 2019.
Career Timeline
Central Michigan; Assistant Coach, May 2023-
The 2024-25 campaign set a new course for the program, turning a corner toward progress in its 14-17 mark, 9-9 in MAC play, producing the program's first MAC Tournament appearance since 2021. The Chippewas retained their MAC lead in rebounding, moving into the top five nationally in per-game averages for both total rebounding (43.30, fourth) and rebounding margin (+10.6, fifth) and was eighth in offensive rebounding (16.1). The season was led by MAC Freshman of the Year Madi Morson and fellow All-MAC Freshman Ayanna-Sarai Darrington, the top two freshman in the league in scoring. Morson set a program record with 511 points, the most by a Chippewa in their freshman campaign, breaking a mark that had gone untouched since Sue Nissen's 1987-88 season. Morson also marked the second-best single-game performance by a freshman wth 32 points at Dayton (Dec. 15, 2024). Darrington was a steady riser in the rotation, hitting her stride for the conference season as she posted six of seven double-doubles (fifth among NCAA I freshmen), all three 20-point games and a 21-rebound performance against Ball State (Feb. 26, 2025) all after the calendar flipped to 2025.
Allen joined the Central Michigan Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff in May 2023 for the first season of Coach Haynie’s second tenure in Mt. Pleasant, as she was an assistant for the program from 2014-17. Allen will work closely with the Chippewas’ post players while being tasked as the team’s liaison to strength & conditioning and athletic training.
Allen logged a four-year professional career for Baxi Ferrol in Spain prior to her hire with the Chippewas. Throughout her career overseas she averaged double-digit points and five-plus rebounds per game while shooting well over 50 percent from the field. Her well-decorated 2022-23 campaign saw a career-high 12.6 points per contest on 51.5 percent shooting, culminating in being named the All-Spanish LF Challenge Player, Center and Import Player of the Year on top of the 2023 regular season championship.
Allen, a four-year contributor on the court at Michigan State, became the Spartans’ 23rd 1,000-point scorer on March 3, 2019 at Minnesota. Over her final two seasons in East Lansing she started 57 games over 65 appearances including all 33 contests of her senior campaign. For her career, the Bedford, Ind.-native averaged 8.6 points on 50.4 percent shooting from the floor, 4.5 rebounds and 20.3 minutes per game; as a senior her line was 12.5 ppg on 49.8 percent shooting and 6.5 rpg over an average of 27.3 mpg.
The North Lawrence High School graduate, Allen earned a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology from Michigan State in 2019.
Career Timeline
Central Michigan; Assistant Coach, May 2023-
WBB Annual Golf Outing
Friday, September 12
WBB Practice
Friday, July 04
MAC WBB Tournament Press Conference
Wednesday, March 12
Video Podcast: Amy Folan Connection-Women's Basketball March Madness and the Growth of the Game
Wednesday, March 12
