Wagner College head women’s basketball coach Heather Jacobs has announced has announced the hiring of Tara Flynn as an assistant coach for the Seahawks.
Flynn, who spent the 2016-17 season as an assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology, is a former standout four-year player under Jacobs at Adelphi.
In her one season at Stevens, Flynn helped guide the Ducks to the Empire 8 regular season championship with a 14-2 league mark and to an overall record of 16-10.
In her playing career at Adelphi, the Bayonne, NJ native tallied 493 points over 113 games played and helped lead the Panthers to a combined 84-37 record (69.4 %) and four Northeast 10 (NE-10) Conference appearances. Her playing career at Adelphi was highlighted in her junior season of 2014-15 when the 5-6 guard helped steer the Panthers to the NE-10 title and a berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament.
“We are excited to add Tara to the Wagner women’s basketball family,” said Jacobs. “As a player Tara was a great leader. She truly understands the value of the intangibles, both in recruiting and overall program leadership. Tara was a two-year captain at Adelphi, making her a natural fit. Her immediate understanding of how we want to operate and our philosophies are invaluable. She has a bright future in this profession and we are thrilled she is here with us.”
During her senior in 2015-16, Flynn averaged 6.5 points per game, and set an Adelphi school-record with seven three-pointers made in a contest against American International on February 28. Flynn was a member of the Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll in all eight semesters of her collegiate career en route to earning a B.S. in sport management in 2016.
Prior to her time at Adelphi, she starred at Bayonne High School. Selected as Honorable Mention All-State during her junior and senior years, the guard led the Bees to three straight conference championships. A member of the National Honor Society, Flynn graduated in the top five percent of her class.
For the past four summers, Flynn served as a director of the United Basketball Camp based out of North Hunterdon, N.J. This summer, she added coaching responsibilities, serving as both a Head and Assistant Coach with the United Basketball AAU team.
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