# Stephanie Gaitley

Stephanie Gaitley (née Vanderslice; born January 25, 1960) is an American basketball coach and the current head basketball coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball team. She has served as head basketball coach at Fordham University, Monmouth University, and Long Island University (LIU). 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 Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for her efforts. She led LIU to two 20-plus-win seasons, and the first WNIT appearance in school history.
She also served as the head basketball coach at Saint 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 two tournament bids. She was named CAA coach of the year in 1990.
Gaitley was raised in Ocean City, New Jersey.

## 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 was not 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 Statistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Richmond Spiders (Colonial Athletic Association) (1985–1991) 1985–86 Richmond Spiders 7–212–106th 1986–87 Richmond Spiders 13–156–64th 1987–88 Richmond Spiders 21–88–42nd 1988–89 Richmond Spiders 24–910–22nd 1989–90 Richmond Spiders 25–511–11stNCAA First round 1990–91 Richmond Spiders 26–511–1T-1stNCAA First round Richmond: 116–63 (.648)48–24 (.667) Saint Joseph's Hawks (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1991–2001) 1991–92 Saint Joseph's Hawks 17–1211–5T-2nd 1992–93 Saint Joseph's Hawks 21–810–43rd 1993–94 Saint Joseph's Hawks 19–911–53rdNCAA First round 1994–95 Saint Joseph's Hawks 20–911–5T-3rdNCAA First round 1995–96 Saint Joseph's Hawks 16–129–73rd 1996–97 Saint Joseph's Hawks 26–515–11stNCAA Second round 1997–98 Saint Joseph's Hawks 19–1210–62nd EastWNIT second round 1998–99 Saint Joseph's Hawks 23–814–21st EastNCAA Second round 1999–2000 Saint Joseph's Hawks 25–614–21st EastNCAA Second round 2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks 10–79–7T-4th Saint Joseph's: 196–88 (.690)114–44 (.722) LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (Northeast Conference) (2002–2008) 2002–03 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 15–1512–6T-3rd 2003–04 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 11–178–10T-6th 2004–05 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 9–185–139th 2005–06 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 14–1511–7T-4th 2006–07 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 22–915–4T-1stWNIT first round 2007–08 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 24–813–54th LIU Brooklyn: 95–82 (.537)64–45 (.587) Monmouth Hawks (Northeast Conference) (2008–2011) 2008–09 Monmouth Hawks 18–1311–7T-3rd 2009–10 Monmouth Hawks 16–1411–7T-4th 2010–11 Monmouth Hawks 23–1013–52ndWNIT first round Monmouth: 57–37 (.606)35–19 (.648) Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2011–2022) 2011–12 Fordham Rams 12–183–1112th 2012–13 Fordham Rams 26–912–23rdWNIT third round 2013–14 Fordham Rams 25–811–5T-2ndNCAA first round 2014–15 Fordham Rams 21–1211–54thWNIT second round 2015–16 Fordham Rams 14–178–8T-6th 2016–17 Fordham Rams 22–1211–55thWNIT second round 2017–18 Fordham Rams 24–1012–43rdWNIT third round 2018–19 Fordham Rams 25–913–3T-1StNCAA first round 2019–20 Fordham Rams 21–1111–53rdNo postseason due to COVID 2020–21 Fordham Rams 12–68–22ndWNIT first round 2021–22 Fordham Rams 18–118–66thWNIT first round Fordham: 220–123 (.641)108–56 (.659) Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (Northeast Conference) (2023–present) 2023–24 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 14–1711–53rd 2024–25 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 29–316–01stNCAA Fairleigh Dickinson: 43–20 (.683)27–5 (.844) Total:727–413 (.638)  National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion