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{{Short description|American basketball coach (1958–2019)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name          = Cathy Inglese
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1958|12|16}}
| birth_place   = [[Wallingford, Connecticut]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2019|7|24|1958|12|16}} 
| death_place   = [[Manhasset, New York]]
| alma_mater    = 
| player_years1      = 1976–1980<ref>{{cite web |url=https://southernctowls.com/hof.aspx?hof=38&path=&kiosk= |title=Cathy Inglese |website=southernctowls.com |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref>
| player_team1       = [[Southern Connecticut Fighting Owls|Southern Connecticut]]
| player_positions   = Guard / Forward
| coach_years1       = 1980–1983
| coach_team1        = [[Glastonbury High School|Glastonbury HS]]
| coach_years2       = 1983–1986
| coach_team2        = [[New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball|New Hampshire]] (assistant)
| coach_years3       = 1986–1993
| coach_team3        = [[Vermont Catamounts women's basketball|Vermont]]
| coach_years4       = 1993–2008
| coach_team4        = [[Boston College Eagles women's basketball|Boston College]]
| coach_years5       = 2009–2014
| coach_team5        = [[Rhode Island Rams women's basketball|Rhode Island]]
| coach_years6       = 2017–2019
| coach_team6        = [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball|Fairleigh Dickinson]] (associate)
| coach_years7       = 2019
| coach_team7        = [[Hofstra Pride women's basketball|Hofstra]] (assistant)
|awards=
* [[Big East Conference|Big East]] Coach of the Year (1999)
* 3{{times}}[[North Atlantic Conference|NAC]] Coach of the Year (1991–1993)
}}

'''Catherine Mary Inglese''' (December 16, 1958 – July 24, 2019) was an American [[college basketball]] coach who served as the head coach for women's basketball programs for a total of 27 years,<ref name=FDU/> at the [[University of Vermont]], [[Boston College]], and the [[University of Rhode Island]].<ref name=Globe1/>

==Collegiate coaching==
In 1983, Inglese became assistant basketball coach at the [[University of New Hampshire]], a position she held for three years.<ref name=BChof/>

Inglese served as the head coach of the [[Vermont Catamounts women's basketball]] team at the [[University of Vermont]] for seven seasons, starting in 1986.<ref name=BFP2010/><ref name=VERMONT>{{cite web |url=http://uvmathletics.com/sports/2010/6/28/WBB_0628103411.aspx |title=Vermont Women's Basketball History & Records |website=uvmathletics.com |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref> She put together a string of 57 consecutive regular season wins over two seasons going 29–0 in 1992,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34237839/lady_cats_in_ncaa_tourney/ |title=Lady Cats in NCAA tourney |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Bennington Banner]] |location=[[Bennington, Vermont]] |page=7 |date=March 16, 1992 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and 28–0 in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34237902/inglese_vermont_dont_lose_any_time/ |title=Inglese, Vermont don't lose any time |first=Lori |last=Riley |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |location=[[Hartford, Connecticut]] |page=G11 |date=March 17, 1993 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> She posted a 120–74 overall record at Vermont.<ref name=BFP2010>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34237683/catamount_coaches/ |title=Catamount coaches |newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]] |page=8 |date=April 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

Inglese was the head women's basketball coach for the [[Boston College Eagles women's basketball]] team at [[Boston College]] from May 1993 until April 2008.<ref name=BChof/><ref name=Globe2008>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34238058/inglese_resigns_as_coach_at_bc/ |title=Inglese resigns as coach at BC |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=E10 |date=April 11, 2008 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> She posted eight 20-win seasons with the Eagles,<ref name=Eagles>{{cite web |url=https://bceagles.com/documents/2019/2/5/WBB_RECORD_BOOK.pdf |title=Boston College Women's Basketball Record Book |date=2018–19 |publisher=Boston College |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=bceagles.com}}</ref>{{rp|90}} with seven [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] appearances, including three trips to the "Sweet 16" (round-of-16).<ref name=Eagles/>{{rp|42}} In 2004, the Eagles won a school record 27 games, capturing their first-ever [[Big East Conference|Big East]] championship.<ref name=BChof/> Her team defeated number one seed [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]] in the [[2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|2006 NCAA tournament]].<ref name=BChof/> Inglese resigned her position at Boston College in April 2008,<ref name=Globe2008/> following a second-round exit from the [[ACC women's basketball tournament]]<ref name=Eagles/>{{rp|39}} and a third-round exit from the [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]] (WNIT).<ref name=Eagles/>{{rp|42}} Her overall record at Boston College was 273–129 (.604) in 15 seasons.<ref name=Eagles/>{{rp|90}}

In April 2009, Inglese became head coach of the [[Rhode Island Rams women's basketball]] team at the [[University of Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34239411/uri_tabs_inglese/ |title=URI tabs Inglese |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Rutland Herald|Rutland Daily Herald]] |location=[[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, Vermont]] |page=C1 |date=April 15, 2009 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> She coached the team for five seasons, compiling a record of 30–115 (.207).<ref name=RHODY>{{cite web |url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/2018-19/files/WBB_records.pdf |title=Rhode Island Women's Basketball |publisher=University of Rhode Island |date=2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=gorhody.com}}</ref>{{rp|14}} In March 2014, her contract was not renewed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/2013-14/releases/20140328db0vp6 |title=Contract Will Not Be Renewed for Women's Basketball Head Coach Cathy Inglese |website=gorhody.com |date=March 28, 2014 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

Inglese later worked at [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]] for two seasons (2017–18 and 2018–19),<ref name=FDU>{{cite web |url=https://fduknights.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1724 |title=Cathy Inglese |website=fduknights.com |date=2018 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref> then was hired as an assistant coach at [[Hofstra University]] in June 2019.<ref name=Globe1>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/college-sports/2019/07/18/former-boston-college-womens-basketball-coach-cathy-inglese-suffers-brain-injury-in-fall |title=Former Boston College women's basketball coach Cathy Inglese suffers brain injury in fall |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |website=[[Boston.com]] |date=July 18, 2019 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

==USA Basketball==
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalSport|Assistant coach for {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Summer Universiade|Ízmir 2005]] |Team}}
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Inglese served as an assistant coach of the [[United States women's World University Games basketball team|USA women's basketball team]] at the World University Games (also known as the [[Universiade]]) held in [[Izmir, Turkey]], in August 2005, under head coach [[Kathy Delaney-Smith]] of [[Harvard Crimson women's basketball|Harvard]].<ref name="WUG 2005"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34240900/world_university_games_team/ |title=World University Games Team |newspaper=[[The Anniston Star]] |location=Anniston, Alabama |page=30 |date=August 6, 2005 |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> The US team played their first game against the Czech Republic and won, 88–64, with the 24-point margin in that contest being the closest any team would come to beating the US.<ref name="WUG 2005"/> The team then defeated South Africa, China, and Poland to advance to the quarterfinals.<ref name="WUG 2005"/> They then beat Chinese Taipei and Russia, each by more than 50 points, to advance to the title game with Serbia & Montenegro.<ref name="WUG 2005"/> The US won the championship, 79–63, finishing with a 7–0 record and winning the gold medal.<ref name="WUG 2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/wwug_2005.html |title=TWENTY-SECOND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES |date=2005 |publisher=USA Basketball |website=usabasketball.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429105537/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/wwug_2005.html |archive-date=April 29, 2013 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Vermont Catamounts women's basketball|Vermont Catamounts]]
 | conference = [[America East Conference|North Atlantic Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1986
 | endyear    = 1993
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1986–87
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 13–14
 | conference   = 6–8
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1987–88
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 8–18
 | conference   = 4–10
 | confstanding = T-5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1988–89
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 7–18
 | conference   = 5–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1989–90
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 13–5
 | conference   = 6–6
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1990–91
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 22–7
 | conference   = 8–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1991–92
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 29–1
 | conference   = 14–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1992 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1992–93
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 28–1
 | conference   = 14–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Vermont
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|120|74|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|57|35|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Boston College Eagles women's basketball|Boston College Eagles]]
 | conference = [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1993
 | endyear    = 2005
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1993–94
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 13–14
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1994–95
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 6–21
 | conference   = 3–15
 | confstanding = 10th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1995–96
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 10–17
 | conference   = 7–11
 | confstanding = T-4th {{Small|(BE 6)}}
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1996–97
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 18–10
 | conference   = 13–5
 | confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(BE 6)}}
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1997–98
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 17–11
 | conference   = 11–7
 | confstanding = 4th {{Small|(BE 6)}}
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1998–99
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 22–8
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = [[1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1999–2000
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 26–9
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T-3rd
 | postseason   = [[2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2000–01
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 14–15
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2001–02
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 23–8
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T-3rd
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2002–03
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 22–9
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T-3rd
 | postseason   = [[2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2003–04
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 27–7
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = T-4th
 | postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2004–05
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 20–10
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = T-4th
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Boston College Eagles women's basketball|Boston College Eagles]]
 | conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2005
 | endyear    = 2008
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2005–06
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 21–12
 | conference   = 6–8
 | confstanding = T-6th
 | postseason   = [[2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2006–07
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 13–16
 | conference   = 3–11
 | confstanding = 10th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2007–08
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 21–12
 | conference   = 7–7
 | confstanding = T-5th
 | postseason   = [[2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Boston College
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|273|129|record=y}}
 | confrecord = 119–85 Big East<br />&nbsp;16–26 ACC
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Rhode Island Rams women's basketball|Rhode Island Rams]]
 | conference = [[Atlantic 10 Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2009
 | endyear    = 2014
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = Rhode Island
 | overall      = 9–20
 | conference   = 2–12
 | confstanding = T-12th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2010–11
 | name         = Rhode Island
 | overall      = 7–21
 | conference   = 1–13
 | confstanding = T-13th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2011–12
 | name         = Rhode Island
 | overall      = 1–28
 | conference   = 0–14
 | confstanding = 14th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2012–13]]
 | name         = Rhode Island
 | overall      = 6–23
 | conference   = 1–13
 | confstanding = T-15th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]]
 | name         = Rhode Island
 | overall      = 7–23
 | conference   = 2–14
 | confstanding = 11th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Rhode Island
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|30|115|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|6|66|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|423|318|record=y}}
}}
Source:<ref name=VERMONT/><ref name=Eagles/><ref name=RHODY/>

==Coaching honors==
* District I Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)
* National coach of the Year Finalist (1991, 1992, 1993)
* North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)
* Big East Conference Coach of the Year (1999)
* New England Division I Coach of the Year (2004)

Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/inglese_cathy?view=bio |title=Women's Basketball – Cathy Inglese |website=gorhody.com |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/inglese_cathy00.html |title=Cathy Inglese Profile |website=bceagles.cstv.com |accessdate=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316121326/http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/inglese_cathy00.html |archive-date=March 16, 2007 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Inglese graduated ''magna cum laude '' from [[Southern Connecticut State University]] in 1980, and later earned a master of education in counseling from the University of New Hampshire in 1987.<ref name=BChof/>

She was an inductee of several halls of fame, including at Southern Connecticut State University, the University of Vermont, and Boston College.<ref name=FDU/><ref name=BChof>{{cite web |url=https://bceagles.com/hof.aspx?hof=114 |title=Cathy Inglese |website=bceagles.com |date=2014 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

Inglese suffered a traumatic brain injury in an apparent fall in a stairwell sustained on July 17, 2019.<ref name=Holding>{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-sp-cathy-inglese-brain-injury-0722-20190721-75n6tng3drcz5cn4ryuf4vxi2e-story.html |title=Former BC coach Cathy Inglese, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall, 'holding her own,' sister says |first=Lori |last=Riley |website=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=July 21, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2019/07/19/ex-bc-womens-basketball-coach-cathy-inglese-fighting-for-her-life/ |title=Ex-BC women's basketball coach Cathy Inglese 'fighting for her life' |first=Chris |last=Perez |website=[[New York Post]] |date=July 19, 2019 |accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref> She later underwent surgery at [[North Shore University Hospital]] in [[Manhasset, New York]].<ref name=Holding/> Inglese died from her injuries on July 24, 2019, at age 60.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2019/07/24/cathy-inglese-ex-boston-college-womens-basketball-coach-dies-60/1823988001/ |title=Former Boston College women's basketball coach Cathy Inglese dies at 60 |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |website=[[USA Today]] |date=July 25, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Cathy-Inglese-Wallingford-native-and-veteran-14126332.php |title=Wallingford native and veteran basketball coach Cathy Inglese dies |first=Jim |last=Fuller |website=[[New Haven Register]] |date=July 25, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/sports/ncaabasketball/cathy-inglese-dead.html |title=Cathy Inglese, Winning Coach in Women's Basketball, Dies at 60 |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |website=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=limited |date=July 25, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2019}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070316121326/http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/inglese_cathy00.html Profile at bceagles.cstv.com] via [[Wayback Machine]]
*[https://www.gorhody.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/inglese_cathy?view=bio Profile at gorhody.com]
*[https://gohofstra.com/staff.aspx?staff=1212 Profile at gohofstra.com]

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