Stonehill College

Kelly Hart served the women’s basketballprogram for 14 years, the final five as head coach, playing a bigrole in a program that won nearly 300 games during that time.

Hart joined former head coach and current Vice President forIntercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Paula Sullivan’scoaching staff after graduating from Boston College in 1986. In herten years as on assistant coach for Sullivan, Stonehill won fourNortheast-10 Championships and earned two trips to the NCAADivision II Elite Eight. Stonehill won a school-record 30 games in1994-95, advancing to the National Semifinal Round.

After helping lead Stonehill to a 212-64 (.768) record over hernine years as assistant coach, Hart took on the unenviable task ofreplacing the only head coach the program had ever known whenSullivan retired from coaching in 1996. Hart stepped in and ledStonehill to an 83-50 (.629) record over her five seasons as headcoach. Stonehill won the 1997 NE-10 Tournament Championship and sheguided the program to three more NCAA Tournament bids, reaching theregional finals in 1997 as well. Hart coached six All-Conferenceselections, two NE-10 Players of the Year, a two-time NE-10Defensive Player of the Year and one Rookie of the Year in her timeas head coach.