| Current position | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Fairleigh Dickinson | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | NEC | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1960 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) | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "21-WBB Record Book (PDF) - Colonial Athletic Association (CAA Sports)" (PDF). caasports.com. p. 63. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ^ "21-WBB Record Book (PDF) - Colonial Athletic Association (CAA Sports)" (PDF). caasports.com. p. 77. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ^ 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..."