Babson College head women’s basketball coach Judy Blinstrub announced the hiring of Julie Prichett as the program’s new full-time assistant coach on Friday.
An experienced coach and administrator, Prichett brings more than two decades of experience to Babson, including 15 seasons as a collegiate head coach. She has spent the last three seasons leading the program at Pine Manor College, where she also was promoted to Director of Athletics in June 2020, following a four-year stint at Division II Saint Anselm College (2013-17) and eight years at Regis College (2005-13).
“We are excited to welcome Julie to our women’s basketball staff,” said Blinstrub. “She has a wealth of experience as a head coach and her knowledge and passion for the game make her a great addition. I know she’ll make a positive impact on our student-athletes and I’m looking forward to working with her.”
Prichett made an immediate impact at Saint Anselm, breaking a string of nine straight losing seasons by going 15-12 in 2013-14. She led the Hawks to an 18-win campaign and the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 1999 in 2015-16, and followed it up with 19 victories and a Northeast-10 Conference Tournament semifinal appearance for the first time in 17 years in 2016-17.
Overall, Prichett went 61-49 at Saint Anselm and led her team to the conference tournament three times in four seasons.
Prichett enjoyed great success at Regis recording three seasons of 20 or more wins and leading her teams to at least 16 victories in each of her final six seasons at the helm. She amassed a 128-87 record, earned two conference coach of the year honors and matched the Pride’s single-season mark for wins (23) on the way to winning at New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Tournament crown and reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13.
In addition to her head coaching experience, Prichett has served as an assistant coach at UMass Lowell (2017-18), the University of Rhode Island (2002-03) and Elmira College (2000-02). She also worked as a basketball and video operations intern for the New York Liberty of the WBNA in 2002.
“I am extremely excited for the opportunity to coach at Babson College and to work with Coach Blinstrub,” said Prichett. “The tradition she has built and the success her teams have achieved over her career is truly remarkable. To have the chance to be part of her program and learn from her is something I am really looking forward to.”
Prichett, who was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, was a four-year standout at the University of Southern Maine from 1996-2000. She ranks fourth in program history in assists, fifth in scoring and seventh in steals and earned WBCA and D3hoops.com All-America honorable mention honors as a senior as the Huskies reached the Division III national championship game for the second time in three years.
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