Over the past few seasons, the Stony Brook women’s basketball team has developed a core group of players that has turned them into one of the major contenders in the America East.
Former Stony Brook Women’s Basketball coach Beth O’Boyle may be 395 miles away at Virginia Commonwealth University, but part of her is still in Stony Brook.
SBU Athletics released shocking news when they announced Beth O'Boyle has decided to resign from the position of head coach of the Women's Basketball team to take a head coaching job at VCU.
With their lack of serious recruiting power, Stony Brook builds its program on developing recruits over four years at the school. Perhaps their best success in development is of senior guard Dave Coley. Coley, a 6-foot-2-inch guard, was not a highly recruited player out of high school. He was seen as a defensive specialist type player, one to stop the opponent’s offense instead of creating his own. Yet, over his four years here, Coley has become a complete player.
