LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – Staci Gregorio Foss will be joining the UNLV women's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach, Lady Rebel head coach Lindy La Rocque announced today. Gregorio Foss joins the Lady Rebels with nine years of experience as a Division I assistant coach.
 
"We are so excited to welcome Staci back home to Las Vegas! I've known Staci for nearly a decade and have admired her growth and work ethic from afar," said La Rocque. "She has worked at the highest collegiate level, coached in the sweet 16 and mentored All-Americans. Adding all of her experience to our program and staff will help elevate us to the next level of our success. We couldn't be more thrilled to add Staci, her husband Ryan and son Luca to our Lady Rebels family."
 
"I'm deeply grateful to Lindy for welcoming me home," said Gregorio Foss. "As someone who's been a Lady Rebels fan since childhood, joining this remarkable staff and program years later is a dream come true. I've long admired what Lindy has built here — it's truly special — and I can't wait to get to work."
 
Gregorio Foss arrives back home in Las Vegas after spending nine seasons at Kansas State. When she first arrived in the Little Apple, Gregorio Foss spent her first two seasons as the director of video operations, was then promoted to director of student-athlete development/video coordinator for the 21-22 season, earned her second promotion heading into the 22-23 season as the co-coordinator of recruiting operations and skill development coach, before her most recent promotion to assistant coach ahead of the 23-24 season. While with the Wildcats, Gregorio Foss helped K-State to a pair of NCAA Tournaments including a trip to the second round in 2024 and the program's first Sweet 16 appearance in 23 years in 2025. Gregorio Foss coached four K-State All-Americans which includes Ayoka Lee who is the NCAA single-game scoring record holder.
 
Before joining K-State, Gregorio Foss served as an assistant coach and video coordinator for two seasons at UC San Diego. During her time with the Tritons, she aided a program that went 58-5 and captured two California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) regular season titles, a CCAA Tournament crown and a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. Prior to UC San Diego, Gregorio Foss was the head coach of The Preuss School girl's basketball team from 2014-17. In four years, Gregorio Foss tripled the team's win total, coached five all-conference selections and served as a fundraising and travel coordinator. She was also a skills development coach for Hoop Blessings in San Diego, training semi-professional, Division I, II and III athletes through CoachUp.
 
As a player, Gregorio Foss played professionally in Europe for two seasons, first for BC Hellenen in Munich, Germany in 2014-15 and then C.E. Diagonal Mar in Barcelona, Spain in 2016-17. She was the starting point guard for both teams and led C.E. Diagonal Mar in points per game, free throw percentage and assists per game. Collegiately, Gregorio Foss played for San Diego Mesa College where she earned All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) First Team honors in 2014 and was team captain. She received her bachelor's degree in politics and government from Pacific University in 2010, and earned her master's degree in sports coaching from the University of Denver in 2017.
 
Gregorio Foss and her husband, Ryan, have a son named Luca.