The Bryant University women’s basketball team and head coach Mary Burke are pleased to announce the addition of Britt King, as associate head coach, to the Bulldog women’s hoops staff for the upcoming 2014-15 season.
King comes to Smithfield with over 18 years of coaching experience, including 11 at the Division I level. Most recently, she spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeastern University (2012-14).
"We are very fortunate to be able to bring someone into our program with so much experience, both as a head coach and as an assistant at the Division I level," said Burke. "Her familiarity as a former teammate [of mine] and her vast knowledge of the game will be great assets to our program."
While with the Huskies, King served as the program’s defensive coordinator, helping improve the team’s defense, as well as guiding the Huskies to their most wins in the CAA era (17), most conference wins (10), and highest-ever finish in the CAA (fifth) in 2012-13.
Prior to her time at Northeastern, King served as an assistant on the women’s basketball staffs at Appalachian State (2006-09) and American (2004-06).
King also has a number of years of head coaching experience under her belt, spending time as the front runner at Lock Haven University (2002-04), Fresno State (1998-02), Coppin State (1997-98), and the University of the District of Columbia (1992-97). While in Fresno, King recruited and helped produce five All-WAC student-athletes, including the 2001 WAC Co-Freshman of the Year, Aritta Lane.
In addition to her wealth of collegiate coaching experience, King also served as the Tournament Coordinator for The National Title IX Conference (2010-12) and was an assistant coach for the Silver Medal winning USA Basketball Team at the 1999 World University Games.
As a player at Providence College and former teammate of Coach Burke, King spent four years as a standout for the Friar from 1982-86, and was inducted into the Providence College Hall of Fame in 2008.
King closed her PC career as the program’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,205 boards and is one of just three players in program history to record 1,000-career points and 1,000-career rebounds. During her time in Providence, she earned All-Big East First Team honors in 1985-86, All-Big East Second Team recognition in 1984-85, Big East All-Tournament honors (1986) and was a 1985 KODAK District I All-American. King also helped lead her team to the NCAA Tournament in the 1984-85 season.
King, a 1986 graduate from Providence College as a marketing major, earned her MBA, with a concentration in finance, from American University in 1989.
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