Cathy Inglese

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, 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 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team at Boston College 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). 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University for two seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19), then was hired as an assistant coach at Hofstra University 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 Universiade) held in İzmir, Turkey, in August 2005, under head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith of Harvard. 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.

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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.

Inglese suffered a traumatic brain injury in an apparent fall in a stairwell sustained on July 17, 2019. She later underwent surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York.