[5] As a senior, Jimenez helped the Cougars win the Santa Barbara Nike Tournament of Champions Large Schools title at the Thunderdome on her 18th birthday and earned second-team all-Channel League honors.
[2] After graduating from San Francisco State in 2004, Jimenez worked basketball camps at Stanford University,[2] where she soon accepted a coaching intern position with the women's basketball team under head coach Tara VanDerveer and served as their video coordinator among other responsibilities, such as organizing youth clinics and helping with recruiting evaluations.
[1] "Part of what I loved about San Diego State was taking a team that was almost non-existent in the basketball world and making a name for ourselves," Jimenez later explained.
[30] They also clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II tournament, where they lost in the first round to Western Washington.
[38] After suffering four straight losses to start the 2013–14 season, Jimenez earned her first victory with the Coyotes in their fifth game, a 60–52 win over Metro State on November 30.
[41] The following day, Jimenez earned her 100th career win as a head coach when CSUSB defeated Cal State East Bay, 71–64, after overcoming a 19-point deficit.
[47] They opened their campaign in mid November by winning the Disney Tip-Off Classic with victories over the University of Mary and California Baptist.
[48] Later that month, CSUSB won the UC San Diego Thanksgiving Classic by beating Azusa Pacific and Academy of Art, thereby going undefeated in nonconference play.
[49][50] On February 14, 2015, Jimenez led the Coyotes to a 62–60 victory over Stanislaus State on a game-winning three-pointer, which clinched their spot in the CCAA tournament.
[51][52] They earned the fifth seed in the conference tournament, where they beat UC San Diego 69–58 in the opening round before suffering a 69–66 overtime loss to top-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills in the semifinals.
On May 22, 2015, Jimenez was announced as the head women's basketball coach at Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM), which was set to transition to Division II that season as a member of the CCAA.
[36] She had applied for the same position at Division I UC Santa Barbara and was a finalist in the selection process, which she credited with changing her perspective.
"[36] Louis Brewster of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin called her decision "a surprising move" and "a stunning development," especially considering most of the CSUSB players were returning.
[36][56] Jimenez guided the Cougars to their first-ever CCAA win, a 73–61 victory over Sonoma State, in their Homecoming game on December 5, 2015.
[14] CSUSM tied for seventh in the conference standings and would have qualified for the CCAA tournament,[57] though they were ineligible for postseason play as part of their transition from Division II.
[60] The following month, the Cougars beat Cal State Los Angeles 89–87 in the first triple-overtime game in program history.
[62] Jimenez helped the Cougars achieve a historic 75–69 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the first round before suffering a 70–63 loss to undefeated UC San Diego in the semifinals.
[67] On March 7, 2020, they beat UC San Diego again on Senior day, 75–57, to secure a share of the CCAA regular-season title – the first in school history – as well as the No.
[65][2] Prior to the Cougars' return to play in 2021–22, the team was picked by CCAA coaches as the preseason favorite to win the conference title.
[75] On December 2, 2021, Jimenez earned her 200th win as a head coach when she led CSUSM to a 71–65 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills.
[76] A month later, the Cougars set a program record by sinking 13 three-pointers in a 75–54 win over Cal State Los Angeles.
[79] The Cougars were awarded with a bid to the NCAA Division II tournament, where they suffered an 89–86 overtime defeat to Azusa Pacific in the first round.
[84] CSUSM beat Central Washington and Azusa Pacific to reach the West regional final,[85][86] where they suffered a 73–51 loss to league rival Cal State Dominguez Hills.
[90] Jimenez led the Cougars to their third CCAA regular-season title in four seasons, entering the conference tournament as the top seed.
[92][93] In the NCAA Division II tournament, CSUSM won the West regional title with consecutive victories over Point Loma Nazarene, Western Washington, and Montana State Billings.
[94] This punched their ticket to the Elite Eight in St. Joseph, Missouri, where they earned an 85–80 overtime victory over top-seeded Gannon, which The San Diego Union-Tribune described as the biggest win in program history.