Cecelia DeMarco tapped as the next head coach for Endicott women's basketball

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 16^th, as the Gulls host UMass Dartmouth at 7:00 pm in MacDonald Gymnasium.