Fairleigh Dickinson University Women's Basketball

Experience Head Women's Basketball Coach, FDU (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2023-Present Head Women's Basketball Coach, Fordham (NCAA Division I - A-10) - 2011-2022 Head Women's Basketball Coach, Monmouth (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2008-2011 Head Women's Basketball Coach, LIU-Brooklyn (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2002-2008 Head Women's Basketball Coach, Saint Joseph's (NCAA Division I - A-10) - 1991-2001 Head Women's Basketball Coach, Richmond (NCAA Division I - CAA) - 1985-1991   Personal Born and raised in Ocean City, N.J. Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Villanova (1983) Master of Arts, Secondary Education, Villanova (1983) Gaitley and her husband Frank have three adult sons: Dutch, D.C. and Jordan “Coop” Gaitley   Honors Career record of 757-419 (.644) 5th Winningest Coach in NCAA Division I (among active head coaches) 14th Winningest Coach All-Time in NCAA Division I history 2nd most Mid-Major wins of any Division I women's basketball coach all-time 22 postseason bids 11 WNIT appearances Eleven NCAA tournament appearances 1982 CoSIDA Academic All-American Four-time Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Coach of the Year Villanova Athletic Hall of Fame enshrinee (1993) Inductee into the Philadelphia Big Five Hall of Fame (1990) Member of the South Jersey and Ocean City High School Halls of Fame Coach as part of the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival, earning a silver medal Four-year student-athlete at Villanova 3x Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year (2006-07 at LIU-Brooklyn, 2024-25, 2025-26 at FDU)   At FDU Led FDU to back-to-back NEC titles in 2024-25 and 2025-26. FDU reached back-to-back NCAA tournaments under Gaitley's leadership. Led FDU to a 29-4 record in 2024-25 Took FDU to just their second NEC title, and first since 1991-92. Led the Knights to their first ever NCAA Tournament berth in 2025. Coached and developed players that earned: MBWA All-Met First Team MBWA All-Met Third Team 4x NEC All-Defensive Team 3x NEC All-Rookie Team All-NEC Third Team 3x All-NEC Second Team NEC Most Improved Player 2x NEC Defensive Player of the Year NEC Rookie of the Year 4x All-NEC First Team Announced as the eighth head coach in program history on April 21, 2023 Gaitley's sister Coco Vanderslice played on FDU's women's basketball team from 1982-85 Uniquely, Gaitley and her two sisters, Coco and Courtney played in the same game during the 1981-82 season, with Coco on FDU's side and Stephanie and Courtney playing for Villanova. The game marked the first time in NCAA history that three sisters participated in the same game Fordham Highlights Two-time A-10 Champion with the Rams (2014, 2019) 220 wins at Fordham, including 108 in-conference Two NCAA tournament appearances, six WNIT berths (2020 tournament cancelled due to COVID-19, would have been seven) Gaitley's teams posted seven 20-win seasons, seven 10-plus conference win campaigns and combined for 20 postseason victories MBWA Coach of the Year in 2013, 2018 and 2019 BCANY Coach of the Year in 2019 Student-athletes under her tutelage earned 4x WBCA All-America Honorable Mention 2x A-10 Player of the Year 1x A-10 Defensive Player of the Year Nine First Team All-A-10 honors Five Second Team All-A-10 honors Four Third Team All-A-10 honors 4x A-10 All-Rookie Team 4x A-10 All-Defensive Team Seven A-10 Tournament Most Valuable Players 7x A-10 All-Tournament Team 29x A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll 30 A-10 Players of the Week 17 A-10 Rookies of the Week One MBWA Player of the Year One MBWA Rookie of the Year Five MBWA First Team honorees Three MBWA Second Team honorees One MBWA Third Team honoree Gaitey's teams shined defensively in the national rankings, finishing as high as ninth in scoring defense in 2019, allowing just 54.4 points per game Monmouth Highlights Advanced to the 2011 NEC Championship Final Selected to participate in WNIT

Experience Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, FDU (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2023-Present Development Assistant, Athletics, Boston College (NCAA Division I - ACC) - 2022-2023 Development Assistant, Annual and Leadership Giving, Boston College - 2022 Lead PK-4 Teacher, Teach for America/KIPP SHINE Prep Elementary School - 2019-2021 Women's Basketball Manager, Fordham (NCAA Division I - A-10) - 2017-2019 First Year Formation Advisor/Mentor, Fordham - 2018-2019   Personal Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (concentration in marketing), Fordham (2019) Master of Science, Sports Administration, Boston College (2023)   At FDU Helped FDU lead to the 2025 NEC Championship and NCAA Tournament. Named to the 2025 WBCA 30 Under 30 List After working alongside Stephanie Gaitley at Fordham as an undergraduate manager, the duo reunites as Rozier joined Gaitley's first-ever FDU staff in the summer of 2023 Boston College Highlights Athletics Oversaw the management and oversight of the Flynn's Fund athletics and university development budgets and day-to-day operations First point of contact for the Flynn Fund Interim liaison for women's basketball, men's ice hockey and club sports Helped teams raise six-figure totals as part of the 2023 Support Your Sport campaign Participated in preparation and day of operations for stewardship events such as Baseball Night and Jerry York Night Institutional Co-chaired Engagement Committee for the Diversity Inclusion Belonging Advisory Committee (DIBAC) to promote, educate and elevate various elements of DEI to University Advancement Helped to raise over $1.4 million from more than 4,000 for Support Your Sport and more than $1.6 million from thousands of donors for Boston College's Giving Day Other Experience Teach for America/KIPP Shine Prep Elementary School Served as a member of a highly-selective national service corps of recent college graduates across several academic disciplines who commit two years to teach in under-resourced public schools, instilling the love of learning in children they teach as well as provide the students with significant academic gains that place the students on track towards college Had to pivot digitally during the COVID-19 pandemic Fordham Awarded the Patrick Kenneally Award for outstanding contributions to Fordham through community service, campus-based clubs, facilitation of both athletic and non-athletic events and Rozier's work with the Rams' athletic department Part of the 2019 A-10 championship team Assisted with camps, clinics, offseason workouts and tryouts during the offseason

Experience Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, FDU (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2023-Present Head Women's Basketball Coach, Monroe [Bronx] (NJCAA - Region XV) - 2019-2023 Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, CCNY (NCAA Division III - CUNYAC) - 2018-2019 Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Mitchell (NCAA Division III - NECC) - 2017-2018 Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Albertus Magnus (NCAA Division III - GNAC) - 2016-2017   At FDU Helped the Knights set a program record in wins (29) in 2025. Played a role in leading the Knights to the 2025 NEC Championship and NCAA Tournament. Tabbed to join new head coach Stephanie Gaitley's staff on May 10, 2023 Monroe Highlights Posted 63 wins as the head coach of the Express Two-time Region XV Coach of the Year (2022, 2023) Developed nine All-Conference players Two Region XV Players of the Year Posted one NJCAA All-American Thompson's teams were nationally-ranked in each of his final two seasons Back-to-back national tournament appearances, including once as the #5 seed Selected as a member of the Top Connect Leadership Program Class of 2020, one of just 11 NJCAA women's basketball coaches chosen to participate CCNY Highlights Responsible for preparing and assisting in all practice, completion of scouting reports and film breakdown Identified top recruits, building recruiting database and coordinating visits Coached a 1,000-point scorer Reached the CUNYAC semifinal Assisted in the development of two all-conference players Mitchell Highlights Prepared practice plans and film breakdown Coordinated recruiting operations Placed fourth in the regular season Developed three all-league honorees Albertus Magnus Highlights Coordinated practices and recruiting Coached a student-athlete with 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds Advanced to GNAC quarterfinal Successfully recruited five players for the 2017-18 season Other experience Founder, Connecticut Sound Youth Basketball Club (2016-18) Founded the AAU program consisting of six girls' teams and two boys' squads Handled all budgeting for the entire program and managed marketing and public relations Ran summer camps and clinics for girls in grades 5th-12th with more than 75 players attending each session Won Connecticut championship Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, Bunnell High School (2015-16) Oversaw all aspects of an interscholastic girls basketball team Developed two all-conference players Girls Basketball Program Director, Sports Center of Connecticut (2016-18) Run camps and clinics for grades 5th-12th Hosted AUU tournaments with more than 30 teams participants across the northeast Hosted youth outreach and community fundraiser events Head U-17 Women's Basketball Coach, JCC Maccabi Games [Detroit, Mich.] (2014) Recruited a team of 10 women to participate in international competition Finished as a silver medalist Varsity Girls Basketball Assistant Coach, Staples High School (2013-15) Coached the No. 1 freshman team in the FCIAC