Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

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Brenda Reilly NEC Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding women's basketball head coach in the Northeast Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1986–87
Currently held byMary Grimes, Le Moyne

The Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to head coaches in the Northeast Conference (NEC). The award is granted to the head coach voted to be the most successful that season by the league's coaches. The award is named in honor of Brenda Reilly, a teacher, sports administrator and three-sport coach in a career of almost three decades at Central Connecticut State University. [1]

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The award was first given following the 1986–87 season, the first in which the NEC sponsored women's basketball. Kevin Jones of St. Francis Brooklyn was the inaugural recipient. [2] The program with the most awards is Robert Morris, whose father-son duo of Sal and Charlie Buscaglia have garnered all of the Colonials' seven awards, but Robert Morris left the NEC for the Horizon League after the 2019–20 season. Among current NEC members, Saint Francis has the most awards with five. Sacred Heart, also with five awards, left after the 2023–24 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Winners

SeasonCoachSchoolConference
Record		Conference
Standing		Overall
Record		PostseasonSource(s)
1986–87Kevin Jones St. Francis (NY) 9–75th14–15 [2]
1987–88Mickey McGlade Monmouth [2]
1988–89Gela Mikalauskas Wagner [2]
1989–90Bill Sheahan Mount St. Mary's [2]
1990–91Susan DeKalb Monmouth [2]
1991–92Bill Sheahan (2) Mount St. Mary's [2]
1992–93 Sharon Beverly Fairleigh Dickinson 14–4T–1st15–12 [2]
1993–94Bill Sheahan (3) Mount St. Mary's [2]
1994–95Jenny Przekwas Saint Francis (PA) [2]
1995–96Bill Sheahan (4) Mount St. Mary's [2]
1996–97Jenny Przekwas (2) Saint Francis (PA) [2]
1997–98 Irma Garcia St. Francis (NY) 5th11–16 [2]
1998–99Vanessa Blair Mount St. Mary's [2]
1999–2000Patty Delehanty LIU Brooklyn [2]
2000–01 Tricia Sacca-Fabbri Quinnipiac 12–616–13 [2]
2001–02Myndi Hill Saint Francis (PA) [2]
2002–03Myndi Hill (2) Saint Francis (PA) [2]
2003–04Ed Swanson Sacred Heart [2]
2004–05Sal Buscaglia Robert Morris [2]
2005–06 Tricia Fabbri (2) Quinnipiac 15–322–8 [2]
2006–07Stephanie Gaitley LIU Brooklyn [2]
2007–08Ed Swanson (2) Sacred Heart [2]
2008–09Ed Swanson (3) Sacred Heart 22–4 [2]
2009–10Sal Buscaglia (2) Robert Morris [2]
2010–11 Susan Robinson Fruchtl Saint Francis (PA) [2]
2011–12Ed Swanson (4) Sacred Heart 15–31st25–8NEC Champions
NCAA first round 		[3]
2012–13Tricia Fabbri (3) Quinnipiac 18–01st30–3NEC Champions
NCAA first round 		[4]
2013–14Sal Buscaglia (3) Robert Morris 14–41st21–12NEC Champions
NCAA first round 		[5]
2014–15 Beryl Piper Central Connecticut 14–4T–1st19–12NEC Semifinals [6]
2015–16 Jessica Mannetti Sacred Heart 16–21st20–13NEC Finals
WNIT first round 		[7]
2016–17 Charlie Buscaglia Robert Morris 14–41st21–10NEC Champions
NCAA first round 		[8]
2017–18 Charlie Buscaglia (2) Robert Morris 16–21st25–8NEC Finals
WNIT first round
2018–19 Charlie Buscaglia (3) Robert Morris 16–21st22–10NEC Champions
NCAA first round
2019–20 Charlie Buscaglia (4) Robert Morris 17–11st23–7NEC Champions [9]
2020–21Maria Marchesano Mount St. Mary's 14–41st17–6NEC Champions
NCAA first round 		[10]
2021–22Angelika Szumilo Fairleigh Dickinson 15–31st19–12NEC Semifinals
WNIT first round 		[11]
2022–23 Angelika Szumilo (2) Fairleigh Dickinson 14–21st24–8NEC Finals
WNIT first round 		[12]
2023–24Mary Grimes Le Moyne 14–22nd18–12NEC Finals
WNIT first round 		[13]

    Winners by school

    SchoolWinnersYears
    Robert Morris [lower-alpha 1] 72005, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
    Mount St. Mary's [lower-alpha 2] 61990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2021
    Saint Francis (PA) 51995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2011
    Sacred Heart [lower-alpha 3] 52004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016
    Fairleigh Dickinson 31993, 2022, 2023
    Quinnipiac [lower-alpha 4] 32001, 2006, 2013
    St. Francis Brooklyn [lower-alpha 5] 21987, 1998
    LIU [lower-alpha 6] 22000, 2007
    Monmouth [lower-alpha 4] 21988, 1991
    Central Connecticut 12015
    Le Moyne 12024
    Wagner 11989
    Bryant [lower-alpha 7] 0—
    Chicago State 0—
    Mercyhurst 0—
    Merrimack [lower-alpha 3] 0—
    1. ↑ Robert Morris left the NEC for the Horizon League in 2020.
    2. ↑ Mount St. Mary's left the NEC for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2022.
    3. 1 2 Merrimack and Sacred Heart left the NEC for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2024.
    4. 1 2 Monmouth and Quinnipiac left the NEC for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2013. Monmouth is now a member of the Coastal Athletic Association, while Quinnipiac remains in the MAAC.
    5. ↑ St. Francis Brooklyn shut down its athletic program after the 2022–23 season.
    6. ↑ From 1981 to 2019, Long Island University was represented in the Northeast Conference by its Brooklyn campus, known for athletic purposes as "Long Island" through the 2012–13 season and "LIU Brooklyn" from 2013–14 forward. After the 2018–19 season, LIU merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses into a single program, now competing as the LIU Sharks, that inherited the NCAA Division I and Northeast Conference memberships of the Brooklyn campus.
    7. ↑ Bryant left the NEC for the America East Conference in 2022.

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    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "NEC Women's Basketball Record Book 1986-2010" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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    4. ↑ "2014-15 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". QuinnipiacBobcats.com. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
    5. ↑ "2013-14 NEC Women's Basketball Award Winners" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
    6. ↑ "2014-15 NEC women's basketball season awards" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
    7. ↑ "#NECWBB Regular Season Champion Sacred Heart Secures Three Major Awards; Second-place Bryant Lands Most All-League Honors". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
    8. ↑ "Regular Season Champion Robert Morris Snags Two Major Honors; All-NEC Teams Announced". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    9. ↑ "2019-20 NEC Women's Basketball Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). northeastconference.org. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
    10. ↑ "Mounties Bresee and Marchesano Top #NECWBB Major Awards List; All-NEC Teams Unveiled" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
    11. ↑ "FDU and Saint Francis U Highlight #NECWBB Major Award Winners" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
    12. ↑ "Triple Threat: SHU's Ny'Ceara Pryor Makes #NECWBB History With Landmark Awards Sweep" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
    13. ↑ "Twice as NY-ce! Sacred Heart's Ny'Ceara Pryor Repeats as NEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
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