WEEKEND CHIT-CHAT WITH ... Colleen Brennan

It’s a no-win situation, the way Colleen Brennan sees it. When she lived in Charleston, S.C., the locals thought Brennan’s voice was Chicago through and through. Now that the Wheaton native is back in Chicagoland as the new St. Charles North girls basketball coach, people accuse Brennan of talking like a southerner. Brennan, who was an assistant girls basketball coach at Lake Park before a seven-year run as an assistant at the prestigious Porter-Gaud prep school in Charleston, sat down with Chronicle sports editor Jay Schwab to discuss her affinity for Charleston, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and her new gig with the North Stars. The follow is an edited transcript: