Maura McHugh (born June 20, 1953) is a former

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coach who has coached at the

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level, in the WNBA and ABL. She was a four-year starter at

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in the early 1970s. She was one of the first women's basketball players in the nation to receive a scholarship. She began as a graduate assistant coach at

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before being promoted to assistant coach for two seasons. Her first head coaching position was at the

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where she coached for seven seasons. She followed up her time at Oklahoma with six years at

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. She also coached the now defunct Long Beach Stingrays of the ABL for one year in 1997–98 and followed that up with a stint as both assistant coach and head coach for the

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of the WNBA. Most recently, she served as head coach of the women's basketball program at

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from 2003 to 2007.

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References

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