Cathy Inglese

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Cathy Inglese

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|12|16}}

| birth_place = Wallingford, Connecticut

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|7|24|1958|12|16}}

| death_place = Manhasset, New York

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1976–1980{{cite web |url=https://southernctowls.com/hof.aspx?hof=38&path=&kiosk= |title=Cathy Inglese |website=southernctowls.com |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}

| player_team1 = Southern Connecticut

| player_positions = Guard / Forward

| coach_years1 = 1980–1983

| coach_team1 = Glastonbury HS

| coach_years2 = 1983–1986

| coach_team2 = New Hampshire (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1986–1993

| coach_team3 = Vermont

| coach_years4 = 1993–2008

| coach_team4 = Boston College

| coach_years5 = 2009–2014

| coach_team5 = Rhode Island

| coach_years6 = 2017–2019

| coach_team6 = Fairleigh Dickinson (associate)

| coach_years7 = 2019

| coach_team7 = Hofstra (assistant)

|awards=

Big East Coach of the Year (1999)
3{{times}}NAC Coach of the Year (1991–1993)

}}

Catherine Mary Inglese (December 16, 1958 – July 24, 2019) was an American college basketball coach who served as the head coach for women's basketball programs for a total of 27 years, at the University of Vermont, Boston College, and the University of Rhode Island.

Collegiate coaching

In 1983, Inglese became assistant basketball coach at the University of New Hampshire, a position she held for three years.

Inglese served as the head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team at the University of Vermont for seven seasons, starting in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://uvmathletics.com/sports/2010/6/28/WBB_0628103411.aspx |title=Vermont Women's Basketball History & Records |website=uvmathletics.com |accessdate=July 25, 2019}} She put together a string of 57 consecutive regular season wins over two seasons going 29–0 in 1992,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34237839/lady_cats_in_ncaa_tourney/ |title=Lady Cats in NCAA tourney |agency=AP |newspaper=Bennington Banner |location=Bennington, Vermont |page=7 |date=March 16, 1992 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} and 28–0 in 1993.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34237902/inglese_vermont_dont_lose_any_time/ |title=Inglese, Vermont don't lose any time |first=Lori |last=Riley |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=G11 |date=March 17, 1993 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} She posted a 120–74 overall record at Vermont.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34237683/catamount_coaches/ |title=Catamount coaches |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |page=8 |date=April 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

Inglese was the head women's basketball coach for the Boston College Eagles women's basketball team at Boston College from May 1993 until April 2008.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34238058/inglese_resigns_as_coach_at_bc/ |title=Inglese resigns as coach at BC |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=E10 |date=April 11, 2008 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} She posted eight 20-win seasons with the Eagles,{{cite web |url=https://bceagles.com/documents/2019/2/5/WBB_RECORD_BOOK.pdf |title=Boston College Women's Basketball Record Book |date=2018–19 |publisher=Boston College |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=bceagles.com}}{{rp|90}} with seven NCAA tournament appearances, including three trips to the "Sweet 16" (round-of-16).{{rp|42}} In 2004, the Eagles won a school record 27 games, capturing their first-ever Big East championship. Her team defeated number one seed Ohio State in the 2006 NCAA tournament. Inglese resigned her position at Boston College in April 2008, following a second-round exit from the ACC women's basketball tournament{{rp|39}} and a third-round exit from the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).{{rp|42}} Her overall record at Boston College was 273–129 (.604) in 15 seasons.{{rp|90}}

In April 2009, Inglese became head coach of the Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team at the University of Rhode Island.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34239411/uri_tabs_inglese/ |title=URI tabs Inglese |agency=AP |newspaper=Rutland Daily Herald |location=Rutland, Vermont |page=C1 |date=April 15, 2009 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} She coached the team for five seasons, compiling a record of 30–115 (.207).{{cite web |url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/2018-19/files/WBB_records.pdf |title=Rhode Island Women's Basketball |publisher=University of Rhode Island |date=2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=gorhody.com}}{{rp|14}} In March 2014, her contract was not renewed.{{cite web |url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/2013-14/releases/20140328db0vp6 |title=Contract Will Not Be Renewed for Women's Basketball Head Coach Cathy Inglese |website=gorhody.com |date=March 28, 2014 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}

Inglese later worked at Fairleigh Dickinson University for two seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19),{{cite web |url=https://fduknights.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1724 |title=Cathy Inglese |website=fduknights.com |date=2018 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}} then was hired as an assistant coach at Hofstra University in June 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/college-sports/2019/07/18/former-boston-college-womens-basketball-coach-cathy-inglese-suffers-brain-injury-in-fall |title=Former Boston College women's basketball coach Cathy Inglese suffers brain injury in fall |agency=AP |website=Boston.com |date=July 18, 2019 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}

USA Basketball

{{MedalSport|Assistant coach for {{USA}} }}

Inglese served as an assistant coach of the USA women's basketball team at the World University Games (also known as the Universiade) held in Izmir, Turkey, in August 2005, under head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith of Harvard.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34240900/world_university_games_team/ |title=World University Games Team |newspaper=The Anniston Star |location=Anniston, Alabama |page=30 |date=August 6, 2005 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} The US team played their first game against the Czech Republic and won, 88–64, with the 24-point margin in that contest being the closest any team would come to beating the US. The team then defeated South Africa, China, and Poland to advance to the quarterfinals. They then beat Chinese Taipei and Russia, each by more than 50 points, to advance to the title game with Serbia & Montenegro. The US won the championship, 79–63, finishing with a 7–0 record and winning the gold medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/wwug_2005.html |title=TWENTY-SECOND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES |date=2005 |publisher=USA Basketball |website=usabasketball.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429105537/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/wwug_2005.html |archive-date=April 29, 2013 |via=Wayback Machine}}

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Vermont Catamounts

| conference = North Atlantic Conference

| startyear = 1986

| endyear = 1993

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1986–87

| name = Vermont

| overall = 13–14

| conference = 6–8

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1987–88

| name = Vermont

| overall = 8–18

| conference = 4–10

| confstanding = T-5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1988–89

| name = Vermont

| overall = 7–18

| conference = 5–9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1989–90

| name = Vermont

| overall = 13–5

| conference = 6–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1990–91

| name = Vermont

| overall = 22–7

| conference = 8–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1991–92

| name = Vermont

| overall = 29–1

| conference = 14–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA first round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1992–93

| name = Vermont

| overall = 28–1

| conference = 14–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Vermont

| overall = {{Winning percentage|120|74|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|57|35|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Boston College Eagles

| conference = Big East Conference

| startyear = 1993

| endyear = 2005

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1993–94

| name = Boston College

| overall = 13–14

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1994–95

| name = Boston College

| overall = 6–21

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1995–96

| name = Boston College

| overall = 10–17

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = T-4th {{Small|(BE 6)}}

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1996–97

| name = Boston College

| overall = 18–10

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(BE 6)}}

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1997–98

| name = Boston College

| overall = 17–11

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th {{Small|(BE 6)}}

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1998–99

| name = Boston College

| overall = 22–8

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = NCAA second round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999–2000

| name = Boston College

| overall = 26–9

| conference = 12–4

| confstanding = T-3rd

| postseason = NCAA second round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2000–01

| name = Boston College

| overall = 14–15

| conference = 7–9

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2001–02

| name = Boston College

| overall = 23–8

| conference = 12–4

| confstanding = T-3rd

| postseason = NCAA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2002–03

| name = Boston College

| overall = 22–9

| conference = 12–4

| confstanding = T-3rd

| postseason = NCAA Sweet Sixteen

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2003–04

| name = Boston College

| overall = 27–7

| conference = 11–5

| confstanding = T-4th

| postseason = NCAA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2004–05

| name = Boston College

| overall = 20–10

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = T-4th

| postseason = NCAA second round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Boston College Eagles

| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2008

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2005–06

| name = Boston College

| overall = 21–12

| conference = 6–8

| confstanding = T-6th

| postseason = NCAA Sweet Sixteen

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2006–07

| name = Boston College

| overall = 13–16

| conference = 3–11

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2007–08

| name = Boston College

| overall = 21–12

| conference = 7–7

| confstanding = T-5th

| postseason = WNIT Sweet Sixteen

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Boston College

| overall = {{Winning percentage|273|129|record=y}}

| confrecord = 119–85 Big East
16–26 ACC

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Rhode Island Rams

| conference = Atlantic 10 Conference

| startyear = 2009

| endyear = 2014

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2009–10

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 9–20

| conference = 2–12

| confstanding = T-12th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2010–11

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 7–21

| conference = 1–13

| confstanding = T-13th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2011–12

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 1–28

| conference = 0–14

| confstanding = 14th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2012–13

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 6–23

| conference = 1–13

| confstanding = T-15th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2013–14

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 7–23

| conference = 2–14

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = {{Winning percentage|30|115|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|6|66|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{Winning percentage|423|318|record=y}}

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Coaching honors

District I Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)
National coach of the Year Finalist (1991, 1992, 1993)
North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)
Big East Conference Coach of the Year (1999)
New England Division I Coach of the Year (2004)

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/inglese_cathy?view=bio |title=Women's Basketball – Cathy Inglese |website=gorhody.com |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/inglese_cathy00.html |title=Cathy Inglese Profile |website=bceagles.cstv.com |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316121326/http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/inglese_cathy00.html |archive-date=March 16, 2007 |via=Wayback Machine}}

Personal life

Inglese graduated magna cum laude from Southern Connecticut State University in 1980, and later earned a master of education in counseling from the University of New Hampshire in 1987.

She was an inductee of several halls of fame, including at Southern Connecticut State University, the University of Vermont, and Boston College.{{cite web |url=https://bceagles.com/hof.aspx?hof=114 |title=Cathy Inglese |website=bceagles.com |date=2014 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}

Inglese suffered a traumatic brain injury in an apparent fall in a stairwell sustained on July 17, 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-sp-cathy-inglese-brain-injury-0722-20190721-75n6tng3drcz5cn4ryuf4vxi2e-story.html |title=Former BC coach Cathy Inglese, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall, 'holding her own,' sister says |first=Lori |last=Riley |website=Hartford Courant |date=July 21, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2019/07/19/ex-bc-womens-basketball-coach-cathy-inglese-fighting-for-her-life/ |title=Ex-BC women's basketball coach Cathy Inglese 'fighting for her life' |first=Chris |last=Perez |website=New York Post |date=July 19, 2019 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}} She later underwent surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Inglese died from her injuries on July 24, 2019, at age 60.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2019/07/24/cathy-inglese-ex-boston-college-womens-basketball-coach-dies-60/1823988001/ |title=Former Boston College women's basketball coach Cathy Inglese dies at 60 |agency=AP |website=USA Today |date=July 25, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Cathy-Inglese-Wallingford-native-and-veteran-14126332.php |title=Wallingford native and veteran basketball coach Cathy Inglese dies |first=Jim |last=Fuller |website=New Haven Register |date=July 25, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070316121326/http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/inglese_cathy00.html Profile at bceagles.cstv.com] via Wayback Machine
[https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/inglese_cathy?view=bio Profile at gorhody.com]
[https://gohofstra.com/staff.aspx?staff=1212 Profile at gohofstra.com]

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