Catherine Mary Inglese (December 16, 1958 – July 24, 2019) was an American

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coach who served as the head coach for women's basketball programs for a total of 27 years, at the

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, and the

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Collegiate coaching

In 1983, Inglese became assistant basketball coach at the

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, a position she held for three years. Inglese served as the head coach of the

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team at the

for seven seasons, starting in 1986. She put together a string of 57 consecutive regular season wins over two seasons going 29–0 in 1992, and 28–0 in 1993. She posted a 120–74 overall record at Vermont. Inglese was the head women's basketball coach for the

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from May 1993 until April 2008. She posted eight 20-win seasons with the Eagles, with seven NCAA tournament appearances, including three trips to the "Sweet 16" (round-of-16). In 2004, the Eagles won a school record 27 games, capturing their first-ever

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championship. Her team defeated number one seed

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in the 2006 NCAA tournament. Inglese resigned her position at Boston College in April 2008, following a second-round exit from the

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and a third-round exit from the

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(WNIT). Her overall record at Boston College was 273–129 (.604) in 15 seasons. In April 2009, Inglese became head coach of the

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team at the

. She coached the team for five seasons, compiling a record of 30–115 (.207). In March 2014, her contract was not renewed. Inglese later worked at

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for two seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19), then was hired as an assistant coach at

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in June 2019.

USA Basketball

Inglese served as an assistant coach of the USA women's basketball team at the World University Games (also known as the

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) held in Izmir, Turkey, in August 2005, under head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith of

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. 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.

Head coaching record

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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:

Personal life

Inglese graduated ''magna cum laude '' from

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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. Inglese suffered a traumatic brain injury in an apparent fall in a stairwell sustained on July 17, 2019. She later underwent surgery at

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. Inglese died from her injuries on July 24, 2019, at age 60.

References

External links

Profile at bceagles.cstv.com
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