Maureen Magarity

Maureen Elizabeth Magarity (born March 4, 1981) is an American women's basketball coach, and current head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team.[1] From 2010 to 2020, she coached for New Hampshire.

Maureen Magarity
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHoly Cross
ConferencePatriot League
Record1–2 (.333)
Biographical details
Born (1981-03-04) March 4, 1981
Poughkeepsie, New York
Playing career
2000–2001Boston College
2001–2004Marist
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005Marist (assistant)
2005–2006Fairfield (assistant)
2006–2010Army (assistant)
2010–2020New Hampshire
2020–presentHoly Cross
Head coaching record
Overall146–157 (.482)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
America East regular season (2017)
Awards
America East Coach of the Year (2017)
Kay Yow Award (2017)

Playing career

Magarity played one season at Boston College before transferring to Marist, close to her native Poughkeepsie home, and where her father Dave served as the men's basketball coach for the Red Foxes.[2] A two-time captain, Magarity led the team in scoring during the 2002–03 season and was named Second Team All–MAAC while leading the team to the 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history, as well.[3]

Coaching career

After graduation, Magarity joined Marist's women's basketball staff for one season, then had a one-year stop as an assistant coach at Fairfield, before joining her father's staff at Army.[4]

On May 10, 2010, Magarity was hired as the sixth head coach in New Hampshire women's basketball history.[5] After a 9–20 season her first year, Magarity guided the Wildcats to a 16–14 record and 4th place finish in the America East and the school's second-ever postseason appearance in the 2012 WBI.[6] During the 2016–17 season, Magarity led UNH to a school record 26 wins and its first-ever America East regular season title, and an appearance in the 2017 WNIT. Magarity was the Kay Yow Coach of the Year, finalist for the WBCA National Coach of the Year, and America East Coach of the Year in 2017. She was also named one of the Thirty Up-And-Coming Women's Basketball Coaches You Should Know by High-Post Hoops in 2018.[7]

On April 14, 2020, Magarity was named the seventh head coach in Holy Cross women's basketball history.[1]

Personal life

Her father Dave is the current head women's basketball coach at Army, and former men's basketball coach at Saint Francis (PA) and Marist. Her brother Dave also played basketball at Marist.[8] Additionally, her aunts Anne and Rosemary respectively played at La Salle and Villanova; her uncle Bill played at Georgia; and Bill's daughter Regan played at Virginia Tech.[9]

Dave and Maureen are the first father-daughter pair to have coached against one another in NCAA Division I basketball history, with the first matchup between them being Holy Cross' visit to Army on January 9, 2021.[9]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Hampshire Wildcats (America East Conference) (2010–2020)
2010–11 New Hampshire 9–206–106th
2011–12 New Hampshire 16–149–74thWBI First Round
2012–13 New Hampshire 12–186–105th
2013–14 New Hampshire 19–1212–43rd
2014–15 New Hampshire 17–129–54th
2015–16 New Hampshire 12–186–107th
2016–17 New Hampshire 26–615–11stWNIT First Round
2017–18 New Hampshire 19–129–75th
2018–19 New Hampshire 6–243–13T–7th
2019–20 New Hampshire 10–197–95th
New Hampshire: 146–155 (.485)82–76 (.519)
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) (2020–present)
2020–2021 Holy Cross 1–21–2
Holy Cross: 1–2 (.333)012 (.333)
Total:147–157 (.484)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Holy Cross Names Maureen Magarity Head Women's Basketball Coach". Holy Cross Athletics. April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. "Like Father, Like Daughter: Maureen Magarity - Head Coach Training Center". www.headcoachtc.com.
  3. "Marist Women's Basketball Alum Maureen Magarity Named Head Coach At New Hampshire - Marist College". Marist College.
  4. "Local Grad Maureen Magarity Promoted". Army.
  5. "New Hampshire Hires Magarity to Lead Women's Basketball Program".
  6. "UNH Staff Biography". www.unhwildcats.com.
  7. "Anderson, 'Cats Celebrate Record 24th Win, Title". University of New Hampshire.
  8. "Dave Magarity College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  9. Voepel, Mechelle (January 9, 2021). "Women's college basketball coaching clash provides ultimate #GirlDad moment". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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