Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The Washington Mystics announced Thursday that Julie Plank has been named the team's head coach. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not released.

Plank spent last season as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx and spent the previous eight years as an assistant with the Indiana Fever in addition to being the team's director of scouting.

Plank has amassed over 20 years of coaching experience, including 10 years as an assistant at Stanford University (1986-1995) and was the lead assistant coach at Vanderbilt University (1997-99) and oversaw the school's recruiting and scouting.

She replaces interim head coach Jessie Kenlaw, who took over after the Mystics fired Wayne "Tree" Rollins after an 8-14 start last season.