December has been a month to remember for the Drexel women’s basketball team over the past two years. After a perfect 6-0 mark in the last month of 2016, the Dragons closed out 2017 with a 7-1 record after a 47-38 victory over Hofstra at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. Sara Woods came up with her first career double double in a defensive-focused game which saw Drexel lead nearly the entire way for a third consecutive game.
The victory improved the Dragons to 10-4 overall and 2-0 in Colonial Athletic Association play. It also was the 265th victory in the head coaching career of Denise Dillon, making her the winningest coach in Drexel women’s basketball history. Dillon, already the program’s all-time leader in Division I victories, surpassed the mark of 264 overall wins set by Lil Haas from 1963-92, which included 120 victories before the Dragons moved to Division I in 1982.
Dillon by the Numbers
Coaching
Drexel University Head Coach (2003-present)
Drexel University Assistant Coach (2001-2003)
Villanova University Assistant Coach (1997-2001)
Coaching Record
Interim Coach
2003-04 10-18 (t-7th)
Head Coach
2004-05 19-10 (3rd)
2005-06 15-14 (7th)
2006-07 10-21 (9th)
2007-08 18-12 (t-3rd)
2008-09 24-9 (1st)
2009-10 17-14 (t-4th)
2010-11 19-13 (t-5th)
2011-12 19-14 (3rd)
2012-13 28-10 (3rd)
2013-14 15-16 (4th)
2014-15 20-11 (2nd)
2015-16 19-14 (2nd)
2016-17 22-11 (3rd)
Career Accolades
2012-13 Postseason WNIT Champions
2008-09 CAA Regular-Season Championship
2008-09 CAA Tournament Championship
2009 NCAA Tournament
2010, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 Postseason WNIT
2012, 13, 16 CAA Tournament Finalist
2008-09 CAA Coach of the Year
2004-05 CAA Co-Coach of the Year
Winningest Coach in Division I history of Drexel women’s basketball
2004 Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame
2012 Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame
2012 Villanova Varsity Club Hall of Fame
Playing Career
Villanova (1993-96)
Big East All-Rookie Team (1993)
All-Big East (1994-96)
All-Big 5 (1994-96)
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