University of Waterloo Athletics

Jessica Roque enters her seventh year with the Warriors. Under her leadership, the Warriors have reached the playoffs in five consecutive seasons for the first time in over 20 years, reaching the OUA Semifinals in 2023. 

Before joining the Warriors in 2020, Roque spent four seasons as the full-time lead assistant coach at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). During her tenure as an assistant, Roque helped propel the Rams to two U SPORTS Final 8 appearances. Roque also led the Rams as the interim head coaching role in the summer of 2018 during an international competition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 
 
On top of Roque's valuable experience gained at the U SPORTS level, she has coached in various roles at the national level. Most recently, Roque led Team Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2026 FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup as Head Coach. She also helped Canada to a silver medal finish at the 2025 FIBA U16 AmeriCup. 
 
Provincially, Roque led the U14 Ontario Girls’ team in the Summer of 2019 and was also the assistant of the U17 Ontario Girls’ team at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. Roque has also been a coach at the Ontario Basketball Association Centre for Performance from 2016-2019. Nationally, 
 
In addition, Roque was also a guest assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings in July of 2019 at their California Classic Tournament. Roque gained more valuable interuniversity experience as an assistant coach in the NCAA for Cleveland State University (CSU) during the 2015-16 season. 
 
Roque also had a very decorated playing career, suiting up for the CSU Vikings for four seasons (2006-2010) and winning the 2008 and 2010 Horizon League Championship as co-captain. In 2010, Roque graduated from CSU with honours and a bachelors of science in health science. She then went on to take two years of Graduate School, graduating with honours and a masters of education in exercise science. 
 
Roque now calls Waterloo home.