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Villanova University.
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Stephanie Gaitley
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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 24 wins, and the top overall seed in the Nippon Electric Corporation tournament.
She was named the 2006-2007 Nippon Electric Corporation coach of the year for her efforts.
Gaitley was raised in Ocean City, New Jersey. She also served as the head basketball coach at Saint Joseph"s University in Philadelphia.
She also coached at the University of Richmond from 1985 to 1991. She compiled a 116-63 record, and led the Spiders to two Civil Aeronautics Administration championships, as well as 2 tournament bids.
She was named Civil Aeronautics Administration coach of the year in 1989.
Gaitley was named an assistant coach of the team representing the United States of America in 2000 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. They then beat South of Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game. Japan started out strongly, and had an 18-point lead in the first half.
The United States of America then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half.
The United States of America built a ten-point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go. Schumacher had 24 points to help the United States of America team beat Japan 83–80.
The final game was against Malaysia, but it wasn"t close, with the United States of America winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal.
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She led LIU to two 20 win seasons, and the first WNIT appearance in school history. She led the Hawks to five 20 win seasons, and two Atlantic 10 championships, as well as five National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearances. The United States of America team started strong with a 32-point win over the host team, the Republic of China National Team. Kelly Schumacher grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to bring the lead back to five points and the team held on for the win.
