Cecelia DeMarco tapped as the next head coach for Endicott women's basketball
September 27, 2010
Beverly, Mass.
– Director of Athletics Brian Wylie and the
rest of the Endicott Athletic Department are excited to announce
the hiring of Cecelia DeMarco as the new head coach for the Gulls
women’s basketball program. DeMarco becomes the seventh
head coach in program history and takes over a team that went 19-8
(11-2 TCCC) and reached the conference semifinals last
season.
“I am delighted that Coach
DeMarco has agreed to become the new head women’s basketball
coach here at Endicott,” said Director of Athletics Brian
Wylie. “She brings not only a wealth of experience and
leadership to the department, but is a proven builder of basketball
programs. I can’t think of any other person or teacher
of the game, that I would rather have leading our women’s
basketball program.”
DeMarco, a Boston native who
started her coaching career in 1973 as the head coach of the Bishop
Fenwick women’s basketball team, comes to Endicott with over
35 years of coaching, teaching, and administrative experience
across a variety of levels.
A large portion of
DeMarco’s coaching success has been at the NCAA Division I
level with a nine-year head coaching stint at the University of New
Hampshire where she led the Wildcats to winning records in seven of
those nine seasons. DeMarco’s squads amassed two
conference championships and qualified for post-season and regional
conference championships for nine consecutive seasons. She was
selected as the Converse District Coach of theYear in 1983 and in
1987, UNH promoted her to Associate Athletic Director.
After a two year period as
Athletic Director at Bridgewater State College, DeMarco moved on to
Yale University where she began another successful run as head
coach of the Bulldogs women’s basketball team in
1990. In fact, her leadership catapulted the program from a
last place standing to a third place finish in the competitive Ivy
League. By the end of her tenure at Yale in 1999, DeMarco
became the all-time coaching wins leader in Yale women’s
basketball history.
DeMarco returned to coaching in
2007 and took the helm of the NCAA Division III MIT Engineers where
she led the team to a 12-win season, their highest total in over 10
seasons. The team qualified for the NEWMAC playoffs for the
second time in program history.
Most recently from 2009-2010,
DeMarco served as an assistant coach for the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst women’s basketball team and held a
variety of responsibilities.
DeMarco graduated from
Bridgewater State College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Health and Physical Education. She later earned her Master
Degree in Physical Education from Washington State University in
1977.
She has been named to the UNH
Athletic Hall of Fame, the Bridgewater State Hall of Fame and been
given the Bridgewater State Outstanding Alumni Award.
“I am thrilled to be
joining the Endicott Athletic Department,” said
DeMarco. “The enthusiasm for athletics is evident from
the players to the President and that enthusiasm is
contagious. I look forward to working under Brian and thank
him and the Endicott community for this opportunity.”
DeMarco will make her Endicott
women’s basketball head coaching debut on November
16th, as the Gulls host UMass Dartmouth at 7:00 pm in
MacDonald Gymnasium.