Carly Thibault-DuDonis

Carly Thibault-DuDonis
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamFairfield
ConferenceMAAC
Record46–17 (.730)
Biographical details
Born (1991-07-31) July 31, 1991 (age 33)
Omaha, Nebraska
Playing career
2009–2013Monmouth
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2014Florida State (DRO)
2014–2016Eastern Michigan (assistant)
2016–2018Mississippi State (assistant)
2018–2022Minnesota (assistant)
2022–presentFairfield
Head coaching record
Overall46–17 (.730)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • MAAC regular season (2023–24)
  • MAAC tournament championship (2024)
Awards
As player:
  • NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2012)
  • All-NEC Third-team (2012)

As coach:

Carly Thibault-DuDonis (born July 31, 1991) is the women's basketball coach for Fairfield University since 2022. As a basketball player at Monmouth University, Thibault was named All-Northeast Conference in 2013 and scored 730 points overall. Her 106 career three points were in the top five for the school during 2024. Thibault began her career with Florida State University as their Director of Recruiting Operations during 2013. Throughout the remainder of the 2010s, she held assistant coaching positions with Eastern Michigan University, Mississippi State University and the University of Minnesota.

At Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis was primarily the associate head coach during the 2020s. In January 2022, she was their temporary coach. With Fairfield, her team were first at the 2024 MAAC women's basketball tournament and in the first round of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. That year, Thibault-DuDonis was given a Coach of the Year award by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. She also was the Kay Yow Award recipient.