Cindy Hilbrich is entering her second season as the head coach of the women’s basketball program. She is the fifteenth head women’s basketball coach in program history.

This past season she led the Falcons to their second-straight Peach Belt Conference Tournament appearance while leading the team to 11 victories.

Hilbrich came to Montevallo after spending the previous four seasons as assistant coach at University of South Carolina Aiken. Prior to her time at USCA she spent a season as varsity assistant coach and junior varsity head coach at Mount Olive College. She also spent one season as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Hilbrich helped guide the Pacers to an 84-39 record during her four seasons as assistant coach. The Pacers advanced to a pair of NCAA Tournaments in her time with the program including this past season. USCA advanced to the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game this past season and won a school record 27 games.

During her time at USCA, the Pacers were ranked in the top 10 during the 2008-09 and 2010-11 seasons. They competed in the 2009 and 2011 PBC Tournament Championship games, were the 2008 Regular Season PBC Co-Champions and won the 2008 Disney Tip-Off Classic in Orlando. She helped recruit the 2011 PBC Freshman of the Year. She coached USCA’s all-time leading scorer, all-time three-point shooter, all-time blocks leader, second all-time career assists leader, and third all-time career steals leader. She also coached the PBC’s all-time leading 3-point shooter.

In the Fall of 2009 her team compiled a 3.56 GPA which was the highest GPA of any USCA team that semester. That team ended the 2009-10 season with a 3.44 GPA which was 22nd in the nation for all Division II women’s basketball programs.

Hilbrich is a 2002 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where she was a two-sport athlete. She played both basketball and softball. She ended her basketball career ranked ninth in career free-throw percentage, 12th in career steals and 14th in steals per game. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human resource management and went on to earn her Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from UWW in 2006.

Hilbrich is a native of Elgin, Ill.

Brittany Godsey will enter her third season as assistant coach for the University of Montevallo women’s basketball program.

This past season she helped lead the Falcons to their second-straight Peach Belt Conference Tournament appearance.

During the 2010-11 season she spent most of the year as interim head coach after beginning the season as the assistant coach.

She helped lead the Falcons to eight wins as the interim head coach after taking over just six games into the season. She guided the Falcons to their first Peach Belt Conference Tournament appearance where they fell to eventual National Champion Clayton State University.

Godsey came to Montevallo after spending the season prior to her arrival as the assistant coach and compliance coordinator at Belhaven University.

Godsey began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Southern Mississippi. While at USM she coordinated film exchange and breakdown, performed personnel breakdown and evaluation and created opponent scouting videos. She then accepted a position as assistant coach and compliance coordinator at Belhaven University where she aided the head coach in all areas including recruiting.

She played her college basketball at the University of North Alabama from 2005-08. She was the team leader in assists and was a vital part of the turnaround years for the UNA program.
Godsey played high school basketball at Lauderdale County High School in Rogersville, Alabama. There she helped to win two State Championships including being named Most Valuable Player in the state tournament in 2004. She was an all-state selection all four years including being named a finalist for the Alabama 3A Player of the Year in 2004.

She is a 2008 graduate of the University of North Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in English. In December of 2009 she earned her master’s of sports management degree from Southern Mississippi.