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Three weeks after hiring Santa Clara’s Caren Horstmeyer to replace Marianne Stanley as head coach, the Cal women’s basketball program has named two assistant coaches for the 2000-2001 season. 

Sue Phillips-Chargin, who coached San Francisco’s Archbishop Mitty High to the NorCal finals in 1999-2000, enters the Cal program with eight years of prep coaching experience and an impeccable 224-31 lifetime record.  

The other new hire, Shaunice Warr, coached under Horstmeyer at Santa Clara, and was selected for her intensity and recruiting skills. 

“I am excited to hire two outstanding individuals to help build the Cal program,” Horstmeyer said on Thursday. “Sue brings a winning mentality to the team. She’s a good communicator and an extremely hard worker. Her ties to high school basketball in California will be an asset to our recruiting efforts. 

“Shaunice knows the system I run, having worked with me for three years at Santa Clara. She’s extremely competitive, and is an excellent recruiter. The two of them also are solid teachers of the game.” 

The Cal head coach still plans to hire one more assistant, and expects to make the decision in the coming weeks.