Stephanie Gaitley

Stephanie Gaitley (née Vanderslice; born January 25, 1960)^[1] is an American basketball coach and the current head basketball coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball team. She has served as head basketball coach at Fordham University, Monmouth University, and Long Island University (LIU). During her six seasons at LIU, she posted a 95–82 record. In 2007, she guided LIU to a school record 22 wins, and the top overall seed in the NEC tournament. She was named the 2006–07 Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for her efforts.^[2] She led LIU to two 20-plus-win seasons, and the first WNIT appearance in school history.

Stephanie Gaitley

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference	NEC
Biographical details
Born	(1960-01-25) January 25, 1960 (age 64) Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Villanova University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1991	Richmond
1991–2001	Saint Joseph's
2002–2008	Long Island
2008–2011	Monmouth
2011–2022	Fordham
2022–2023	Ocean City HS (NJ)
2023–present	Fairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall	633–364 (.635)
Medal record Assistant Coach for Women's Basketball  United States (ass't coach) William Jones Cup 2000 Taipei, Taiwan Team Competition

She also served as the head basketball coach at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She led the Hawks to five 20-win seasons, and two Atlantic 10 championships, as well as five NCAA tournament appearances. She also coached at the University of Richmond from 1985 to 1991. She compiled a 116–63 record, and led the Spiders to two CAA championships, as well as two tournament bids.^[3] She was named CAA coach of the year in 1990.^[4]

Gaitley was raised in Ocean City, New Jersey.^[5]

USA Basketball

Gaitley was named an assistant coach of the team representing the USA in 2000 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team started strong with a 32-point win over the host team, the Republic of China National Team. They then beat South Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game. Japan started out strongly, and had an 18-point lead in the first half. The USA then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half. The USA built a ten-point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go. Kelly Schumacher grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to bring the lead back to five points and the team held on for the win. Schumacher had 24 points to help the USA team beat Japan 83–80. The final game was against Malaysia, but it was not close, with the USA winning 79–24 to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal.^[6]

Head coaching career

Sources:

• CAA record book^[7]
• A10 Media Guide^[8]
• Northeast Conference Record book^[9]
• 2002–03 NEC Standings^[10]
• A10 Standings^[11]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Richmond Spiders (Colonial Athletic Association) (1985–1991)
1985–86	Richmond Spiders	7–21	2–10	6th
1986–87	Richmond Spiders	13–15	6–6	4th
1987–88	Richmond Spiders	21–8	8–4	2nd
1988–89	Richmond Spiders	24–9	10–2	2nd
1989–90	Richmond Spiders	25–5	11–1	1st	NCAA First round
1990–91	Richmond Spiders	26–5	11–1	T-1st	NCAA First round
Richmond:		116–63 (.648)	48–24 (.667)
Saint Joseph's Hawks (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1991–2001)
1991–92	Saint Joseph's Hawks	17–12	11–5	T-2nd
1992–93	Saint Joseph's Hawks	21–8	10–4	3rd
1993–94	Saint Joseph's Hawks	19–9	11–5	3rd	NCAA First round
1994–95	Saint Joseph's Hawks	20–9	11–5	T-3rd	NCAA First round
1995–96	Saint Joseph's Hawks	16–12	9–7	3rd
1996–97	Saint Joseph's Hawks	26–5	15–1	1st	NCAA Second round
1997–98	Saint Joseph's Hawks	19–12	10–6	2nd East	WNIT second round
1998–99	Saint Joseph's Hawks	23–8	14–2	1st East	NCAA Second round
1999–2000	Saint Joseph's Hawks	25–6	14–2	1st East	NCAA Second round
2000–01	Saint Joseph's Hawks	10–7	9–7	T-4th
Saint Joseph's:		196–88 (.690)	114–44 (.722)
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (Northeast Conference) (2002–2008)
2002–03	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	15–15	12–6	T-3rd
2003–04	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	11–17	8–10	T-6th
2004–05	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	9–18	5–13	9th
2005–06	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	14–15	11–7	T-4th
2006–07	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	22–9	15–4	T-1st	WNIT first round
2007–08	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	24–8	13–5	4th
LIU Brooklyn:		95–82 (.537)	64–45 (.587)
Monmouth Hawks (Northeast Conference) (2008–2011)
2008–09	Monmouth Hawks	18–13	11–7	T-3rd
2009–10	Monmouth Hawks	16–14	11–7	T-4th
2010–11	Monmouth Hawks	23–10	13–5	2nd	WNIT first round
Monmouth:		57–37 (.606)	35–19 (.648)
Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2011–2022)
2011–12	Fordham Rams	12–18	3–11	12th
2012–13	Fordham Rams	26–9	12–2	3rd	WNIT third round
2013–14	Fordham Rams	25–8	11–5	T-2nd	NCAA first round
2014–15	Fordham Rams	21–12	11–5	4th	WNIT second round
2015–16	Fordham Rams	14–17	8–8	T-6th
2016–17	Fordham Rams	22–12	11–5	5th	WNIT second round
2017–18	Fordham Rams	24–10	12–4	3rd	WNIT third round
2018–19	Fordham Rams	25–9	13–3	T-1St	NCAA first round
2019–20	Fordham Rams	21–11	11–5	3rd	No postseason due to COVID
2020–21	Fordham Rams	12–6	8–2	2nd	WNIT first round
2021–22	Fordham Rams	18–11	8–6	6th	WNIT first round
Fordham:		220–123 (.641)	108–56 (.659)
Total:		684–393 (.635)	356–185 (.658)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of college women's basketball coaches with 600 wins

References

1. "Women's Basketball". NCAA. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
2. "2006-07 NEC Season Review" (PDF). northeastconference.org. p. 1. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
3. "21-WBB Record Book (PDF) - Colonial Athletic Association (CAA Sports)" (PDF). caasports.com. p. 63. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
4. "21-WBB Record Book (PDF) - Colonial Athletic Association (CAA Sports)" (PDF). caasports.com. p. 77. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
5. Staff. "GAITLEY COMES HOME TO COACH ST. JOE'S", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 1991. Accessed March 28, 2011. "She grew up in Ocean City, N.J., played for a 1981 AIAW Final Four team at Villanova and served as an assistant coach at St. Joe's for three years..."
6. "2000 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
7. "CAA Record book" (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association.
8. "2017-18 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Media Guide". Issuu. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
9. "Northeast Conference Record book" (PDF). Northeast Conference.
10. "Northeast Conference - Standings/Schedules". nec_ftp.sidearmsports.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
11. "- Atlantic 10 Conference Official Athletic Site". atlantic10.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

External links

• Stephanie Gaitley profile