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Stephanie Gaitley (née Vanderslice; born January 25, 1960) is the head women's basketball coach at Fordham University. She had previously served as a head coach at Monmouth University and Long Island University. 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 NEC coach of the year for her efforts. She led LIU to two 20+ win seasons, and the first WNIT appearance in school history.
Gaitley was raised in Ocean City, New Jersey.
She also served as the head basketball coach at St. 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 2 tournament bids. She was named CAA coach of the year in 1989.
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 wasn't close, with the USA winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal.
Head coaching career
Sources:
CAA record book
A10 Media Guide
Northeast Conference Record book
2002-03 NEC Standings
A10 Standings
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Spiders (Colonial Athletic Association) | |||||||||
| 1985–86 | Stephanie Gaitley | 7–21 | 2–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1986–87 | Stephanie Gaitley | 13–15 | 6–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1987–88 | Stephanie Gaitley | 21–8 | 8–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 1988–89 | Stephanie Gaitley | 24–9 | 10–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1989–90 | Stephanie Gaitley | 25–5 | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA First round | ||||
| 1990–91 | Stephanie Gaitley | 26–5 | 11–1 | T-1st | NCAA First round | ||||
| Richmond: | 116–63 (.648) | 48–24 (.667) | |||||||
| Saint Joseph's Hawks (Atlantic 10 Conference) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | Stephanie Gaitley | 17–12 | 11–5 | T-2nd | |||||
| 1992–93 | Stephanie Gaitley | 21–8 | 10–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 1993–94 | Stephanie Gaitley | 19–9 | 11–5 | 3rd | NCAA First round | ||||
| 1994–95 | Stephanie Gaitley | 20–9 | 11–5 | T-3rd | NCAA First round | ||||
| 1995–96 | Stephanie Gaitley | 16–12 | 9–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 1996–97 | Stephanie Gaitley | 26–5 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Second round | ||||
| 1997–98 | Stephanie Gaitley | 19–12 | 10–6 | 2nd East | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 1998–99 | Stephanie Gaitley | 23–8 | 14–2 | 1st East | NCAA Second round | ||||
| 1999–00 | Stephanie Gaitley | 25–6 | 14–2 | 1st East | NCAA Second round | ||||
| 2000–01 | Stephanie Gaitley | 10–7 | 9–7 | T-4th | |||||
| Saint Joseph's: | 196–88 (.690) | 114–44 (.722) | |||||||
| LIU Brooklyn Blackbird (Northeast Conference) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Stephanie Gaitley | 15–15 | 12–6 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2003–04 | Stephanie Gaitley | 11–17 | 8–10 | T-6th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Stephanie Gaitley | 9–18 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Stephanie Gaitley | 14–15 | 11–7 | T-4th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Stephanie Gaitley | 22–9 | 15–4 | T-1st | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2007–08 | Stephanie Gaitley | 24–8 | 13–5 | 4th | |||||
| LIU Brooklyn: | 95–82 (.537) | 64–45 (.587) | |||||||
| Monmouth Hawks (Northeast Conference) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Stephanie Gaitley | 18–13 | 11–7 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2009–10 | Stephanie Gaitley | 16–14 | 11–7 | T-4th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Stephanie Gaitley | 23–10 | 13–5 | 2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| Monmouth: | 57–37 (.606) | 35–19 (.648) | |||||||
| Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Stephanie Gaitley | 12–18 | 3–11 | 12th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Stephanie Gaitley | 26–9 | 12–2 | 3rd | WNIT Third Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Stephanie Gaitley | 25–8 | 11–5 | T-2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Stephanie Gaitley | 21–12 | 11–5 | 4th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Stephanie Gaitley | 14–17 | 8–8 | T-6th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Stephanie Gaitley | 22–12 | 11–5 | 5th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Stephanie Gaitley | 24–10 | 12–4 | 3rd | WNIT Third Round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Stephanie Gaitley | 25–9 | 13–3 | T-1St | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Fordham: | 169–95 (.640) | 81–43 (.653) | |||||||
| Total: | 633–365 (.634) | ||||||||
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