Entering her second season as a Miami assistant coach is former RedHawk standout Colleen Day. Day, a three-time team captain who led Miami to a Mid-American Conference championship in 2004, succeeded Jessica Smith, who departed in 2006 after five seasons to become the head coach at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

A four-year starter for the Red and White from 2000-04, Day is one of only two players in program history to hold the title of team captain three times during her career. The 6-foot forward started 106 of the 114 career games in which she played, while averaging 11.1 points and 7.0 rebounds for her career. Day's top season came as a senior in 2003-04, when she averaged 15.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while leading Miami to its first regular-season MAC Championship since 1990 and its first WNIT bid. She was a first-team all-MAC selection that season and came in second in MAC Player of the Year voting.

Day still ranks among Miami's all-time career leaders in eight major categories, including points (7th/1,269), rebounds (4th/794), free throw percentage (4th/80.5) and double-doubles (4th/16).

More than just an accomplished athlete at Miami, Day also became the first RedHawk women's basketball player to earn Academic All-America status when she was named second-team CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America during her senior season. Day earned her bachelor's degree in English secondary education in 2004.

Following her collegiate career, Day competed internationally for one season in Germany and worked as a substitute teacher after returning to the states.

Day returned to Oxford in the fall of 2005 as an intern with Miami's Strength and Conditioning program, where she has worked closely with a number of Miami's athletic programs over the past year, including the men's and women's basketball programs.

A native of Independence, Ohio, Day attended Holy Name High School, where she helped the Green Wave to a four-year record of 83-15 and was a second-team all-Ohio selection as a senior.