DE NISE KING
ASSIS TAN T COACH
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enise King is in her first season as an assistant coach for Hofstra entering the 201314 season. King joined the Pride after serving as an assistant coach for Mount St. Mary’s for the previous four seasons. King was the recruiting coordinator at Mount St. Mary’s as well as leading community service projects while serving as an academic mentor. She joins the Hofstra staff after helping the Mount earn the program’s first appearance in the Northeast Conference semifinals since the 2000-
01 season. In 2011-12 King helped the Mount post a 10-8 conference record and 14 wins overall, marking the most overall victories for the program in three years and the team’s first winning record in NEC play since 2006-07. Thanks in part to her work with the guards, Mount St. Mary’s ranked first in the NEC in assists and steals, and sixth in Division I in steals in 2011. In the past two seasons, three Mount players earned either first or second-team NEC postseason honors. A four-year standout player for Rhode Island, King began her coaching career at her alma mater, where she served as an assistant on the Rams staff for four seasons. Her responsibilities included team travel and the program’s film exchange program as well as scouting and recruitment roles.
While on the staff, Rhode Island qualified for four Atlantic 10 Tournament appearances and advanced to the quarterfinals in each of her final two seasons. King coached two 1,000-point scorers at Rhode Island, three allconference selections and one A-10 AllDefensive team player. As a player, the Catonsville, MD, native was one of only 18 players to reach the 1,000-point milestone with the Rams and is 15th on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,023 points. She is also fourth in Rhode Island history with 118 three-pointers as well as fourth in free throw percentage (.772, 224-290), fourth in assists (339) and ninth in 3-point percentage (.312, 118-378). A 2004 graduate of Rhode Island, King earned a degree in business management; graduating cum laude.
T HE PROGRAM
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he Hofstra Women’s Basketball team completed The Program, a leadership and team-building exercise this past October.
The Program was founded in 2008 with the mission of providing high schools, professional and collegiate teams, and corporate organizations with the best leadership and team building development in the country. Under the leadership of CEO and founder Eric Kapitulik, The Program creates personalized leadership development training that challenged every member of team to get “that much better.” Pride student-athletes participated in physically and mentally challenging training sessions alongside The Program team. The Program team first reviewed their ethos and three core principles and then challenged the team’s members to prove their commitment to them. Those three core principles are: we are strong and mentally tough; we don’t make excuses and we don’t let others make excuses for us; and we work hard. Following the physical portion of training, the Program Lead Instructor met with team members and the coaching staff to lead a discussion on current team and leadership challenges.
For more information on The Program, please go to www.TheProgram.org.
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