Army West Point Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan announced Tuesday that the Academy has agreed to a new five-year contract for head women’s basketball coach Dave Magarity. Terms of the agreement were not announced, but the new deal will keep Magarity on the Army sideline through the 2020-21 season.
Magarity recently completed his 10th season as head coach at Army and guided the Black Knights to their second Patriot League championship in the last three seasons in 2015-16. Under Magarity’s direction, Army set a program standard with 29 victories, as part of a 29-3 overall record, that included a 17-1 mark in the Patriot League. Army’s 29 overall wins and 17 conference wins are both tied for the most in a single season in league history.
“This is a great day for Army women’s basketball and the future,” Corrigan said. “Dave has done a tremendous job of developing this program into a perennial contender in the Patriot League. The women’s team has achieved unprecedented success over the past four seasons especially, including setting Patriot League records with 99 wins and a .780 winning percentage over that time. With everything Dave has done at West Point and with the players coming back and the success of this staff’s recruiting, we believe the future is bright.”
The winningest coach in team history with an overall mark of 198-108, Magarity coached Army to new heights in recent seasons, including amassing a 99-28 overall record during the last four years. The Black Knights’ 99 wins and .780 winning percentage from 2012-13 to 2015-16 are the best during a four-year period in Patriot League history, including both men’s and women’s basketball.
Army has totaled four consecutive 20-win seasons and has been to four straight national postseason tournaments, including two trips to the NCAA Tournament and two more to the WNIT.
Magarity was named Division I Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association following the season to mark the second time in his 10 seasons at West Point he has garnered the honor.
Magarity, who also served as associate head coach under Maggie Dixon in 2005-06, has been a part of all three of Army’s Patriot League championships (2006, 2014, 2016).
“Coming off the season we had, I could not be more excited to continue to work with this team,” Magarity said. “It means a lot to me, and this program, to have the continued support of Mr. Corrigan and the administration as we look to continue to build on all we have accomplished. We graduate a very talented senior class this May, but I feel we have a strong corps of returning players that will allow us to contend for Patriot League championships. The credit goes to our terrific coaching staff and the job they do not only preparing our players, but also for the work they do in recruiting and developing the future of our team to help us reach all of our goals.”
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