Theresa Grentz compiled a 671-309 record in 33 years as a head coach at St. Joseph’s, Rutgers and Illinois, and she spent what she considered — for a time — her last dozen with the Illini from 1995 to 2007. After a year as an assistant coach at Lafayette, Grentz will be back on the sideline as a head coach for the 2015-16 season. Staff writer SCOTT RICHEY caught up with the 63-year-old Hall of Famer on Wednesday, two days after she was formally announced as the Leopards’ new head coach:
When you left Illinois, did you think you’d ever be a head coach again?