WILDCAT BASKETBALL Maureen Magarity Head Coach • First Season Marist ‘03 Maureen Magarity (Marist ‘03) begins her first season as head women’s basketball coach at the University of New Hampshire. Magarity, who becomes the youngest coach of a Division I team - men’s or women’s - in the country, is the sixth head coach in the 35-year history of the program and comes to UNH after a four-year stint at the United States Military Academy, where she served as the associate head coach from 2009-10. In Magarity’s four years at West Point, the Black Knights compiled an overall record of 72-48, including a program-best 24-win campaign during the 2006-07 season. In her first three years on the job, Army averaged 20 wins a season, the best three-year span in program history. Magarity started at West Point in 2006-07 as an assistant coach and was elevated to the title of associate head coach in August of 2009. Tagged as the team’s recruiting coordinator, Magarity assisted in all aspects of the program, including the organization of official, unofficial, home and school visits with prospects. She also assisted with the coordination of practice, budget management, scouting opponents and monitoring academics. However, her main focus was player development for both the wing and post players. In her time on the bench, she has coached two players to All-Patriot League honors and helped one student-athlete earn the program’s first Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award this past season. In addition to her tenure at Army, Magarity’s collegiate coaching experience includes stints as an assistant coach at Fairfield University (2005-06) and Marist College (200405). Prior to a one-year stint at Fairfield University, Magar-
ity served as an assistant coach at Marist College, helping lead the Red Foxes to a program-best 22-7 record, on their way to winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship. Magarity earned a B.A. in Communications and Public Relations with a minor in Psychology from Marist College in 2003. In addition, she also earned an M.P.A. in Public Administration while at Marist in 2005. As a player, Magarity served as team captain during her junior and senior seasons, helping the Red Foxes to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004. She garnered two All-MAAC Second Team selections, and was a 2004 MAAC All-Tournament Team choice. Magarity earned two MAAC Scholar-Athlete awards (2002, 2004) and received the James Pizzani Award for dedication and loyalty as a senior. Before transferring to Marist, she played one season at Boston College. While at BC, the Eagles reached the semifinals of the preseason WNIT, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2000. Magarity married her husband Brendan Copes in the summer of 2009. Magarity currently resides in Dover, N.H.
magarity Year-by-Year
(as an assistant) Marist 2004-05 23-7 Fairfield 2005-06 11-18 Army 2006-07 24-6 Army 2007-08 18-12 Army 2008-09 19-12 Army 2009-10 11-18 Total 6 seasons 106-73 (.592)
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