Background
Gear McBride was born in Lennoxville, Quebec, and played scholastically at Alexander Galt High School and Champlain College before accepting a scholarship to the University of North Carolina.
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Career
She helped the Tar Heels to the 1994 National Championship and later served as captain in both her junior and senior seasons, leading University of North Carolina to three Administrative Committee on Company-ordination titles during her four years in Chapel Hill. After one season playing professionally in Portugal, she started her coaching career at Seton Hall University, spending 6 years at the BIG EAST school, including two as Assistant Head Coach. After one season at University of North Carolina-Charlotte, she took a head coaching position at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in New Jersey, and then accepted the job at Colby prior to the 2004-2005 season, building a program from a 6-17 mark to a 24-5 record in her final season, though only held a 62-65 record at the school.
In May 2010, she accepted the head coaching position at the University of Vermont, becoming the only Canadian women"s basketball coach at the, Division I level
The team"s highest finish in America East play was a tie for fourth place during the 2012-2013 season, with a 6-10 conference record. Despite four 20-loss campaigns, University of Vermont Athletic Director Doctor Robert Corran signed Gear McBride to a four-year contract extension, which runs through the 2018 season.
On March 25, 2016, Gear McBride was fired from the University of Vermont with a overall record of 46-134, and two years remaining on her contract. Gear McBride"s tenure culminated worst winning percentage of any University of Vermont women"s basketball coach (257) since the 1984-1985, when women"s basketball became an officially sponsored sport by the America East.
