Megan Gebbia Explained

Megan Gebbia
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Wake Forest
Current Conference:ACC
Birth Date:7 March 1973
Birth Place:Frederick, Maryland
Player Years1:1990–1994
Player Team1:Towson
Coach Years1:1995–1996
Coach Team1:American (assistant)
Coach Years2:1996–2002
Coach Team2:UMBC (assistant)
Coach Years3:2002–2003
Coach Team3:Wright State (assistant)
Coach Years4:2003–2013
Coach Team4:Marist (Assoc. HC)
Coach Years5:2013–2022
Coach Team5:American
Coach Years6:2022–present
Coach Team6:Wake Forest

Megan Gebbia (;[1] born March 7, 1973) is currently the head coach of the Wake Forest University women's basketball team, replacing Jen Hoover on May 26, 2022.

Career

She had previously served in a similar capacity at American University for nine seasons from 2013 to 2022.[2] A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018, she was the program's all-time wins leader with a 160–106 record who also led the Eagles to three NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament bids in 2015, 2018 and 2022.[1] She was succeeded by Tiffany Coll twelve days later on June 7.[3]

Prior to American, she spent 10 years at Marist College, including the last seven as associate head coach.[4] She had joined the Red Foxes women's basketball coaching staff on June 4, 2003.[5] She was an assistant coach with American in 1995–96, followed by six years at UMBC from 1996 to 2002 and Wright State in 2002–03.[6]

A 1990 graduate of Middletown High School,[2] she earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Towson State University in 1994.[5]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1990–91 | style="text-align:left;" | Towson|27||-||-||33.6||21.4||92.9||2.1||1.1||0.8||0.1||-||3.4 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1991–92| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|27||-||-||28.3||20.0||70.0||1.3||1.1||0.6||0.1||-||2.6 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1992–93| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|28||-||-||37.8||25.0||85.7||3.2||2.5||1.8||0.4||-||8.5|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1993–94| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|24||-||-||42.9||38.7||80.0||5.5||4.3||2.0||0.5||-||12.1|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|106||-||-||37.6||31.9||82.1||3.0||2.2||1.3||0.3||-||6.5 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://aueagles.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/megan-gebbia/654 Megan Gebbia (profile) – American University Athletics.
  2. https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/collegiate/middletown-high-alum-megan-gebbia-named-wake-forest-womens-basketball-coach/article_1d081dae-42dd-5cab-a28a-7c8c14bceea3.html "Middletown High alum Megan Gebbia named Wake Forest women's basketball coach," The Frederick (MD) News-Post, Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
  3. https://patriotleague.org/news/2022/6/7/tiffany-coll-named-14th-head-womens-basketball-coach-at-american.aspx "Tiffany Coll Named 14th Head Women's Basketball Coach at American," Patriot League, Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
  4. https://goredfoxes.com/news/2013/8/12/209073962.aspx "Megan Gebbia Named Women's Basketball Head Coach at American," Marist College Athletics, Monday, August 12, 2013.
  5. https://goredfoxes.com/news/2003/6/4/205284612.aspx "Women's Basketball Names Megan Gebbia Assistant Coach," Marist College Athletics, Wednesday, June 4, 2003.
  6. https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-xpm-2013-08-13-bs-sp-digest-0813-20130813-story.html "Wizards reportedly near deal with forward Al Harrington," The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, August 13, 2013.
  7. Web site: Megan Gebbia College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.