Kean University

Mandy King enters her 13th season at the helm of the women's basketball program in 2024-25.

Coach King Highlights

ECAC Tournament Champions – 2013-14

ECAC Tournament Appearance – 2013-14, 2021-22

NJAC Tournament Appearances – 2013-14, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24

NJAC Regular Season Champions - 2021-22

Reached the NJAC title game in 2018-19

Earned her 200^th Career Victory Against NJCU on Nov. 20^th, 2018

One Coach of the Year Selection

Five All-American Selections

One National Rookie of the Year Selection

One Regional Player of the Year Selection

Three Regional Rookie of the Year Selections

20 All-Region Selections

19 All-NJAC Selections

Two NJAC Player of the Year Selection

Five NJAC Rookie of the Year Selections

One Academic All-American

Prior to Kean Highlights

Head Coach at Washington & Lee University in Virginia for Nine Seasons (2004-12)

NCAA Tournament Appearances – 2009-10

ODAC Championships – 2009-10

ODAC Tournament Appearances – 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12

Three All-Region Selections

One National Rookie of the Year Selection

17 All-ODAC Selections

One ODAC Rookie of the Year Selection

Two Scholar Athlete of the Year Selections

In 2023-24, the Cougars made their eighth appearance in the NJAC Tournament. Gigi Gamble took home numerous awards, including D3Hoops Region IV Rookie of the Year, NJAC Rookie of the Year and All-NJAC First Team selection. 

In 2022-23, King guided the Cougars to their seventh appearance in the NJAC Tournament. Shannon McCoy racked up numerous postseason awards, including All-NJAC First Team, All-MET Division III Team and a WBCA All-American Honorable Mention. McCoy finished her career at second All-Time in points (1,923). 

The 2021-22 was a banner year for the Cougars under Coach King. Kean won 17 games in route to capturing the NJAC Regular Season Championship and the top seed in the NJAC Tournament. Coach King earned her first Coach of the Year selection along with Shannon McCoy who was named NJAC Player of the Year. In addition to her Player of the Year award, McCoy earned her fourth straight All-NJAC first team selection, along with Brittany Graff, who was named to the second team. McCoy also became a two-time WBCA All-Amercian with an honorable mention selection, after being selected to the D3hoops and ECAC All-Region teams. The squad also earned a special mention in the WBCA Academic Top 25 release

In 2020-21, King guided the Cougars to their fifth appearance in the NJAC Tournament. Shannon McCoy racked up numerous postseason awards, including All-NJAC First Team, All-MET Division III Team and a WBCA All-American Honorable Mention. 

In 2019-20, King guided the Cougars to 17 wins and their fourth appearance in the NJAC Tournament. Payce Lange capped off a stellar senior season as she was named NJAC Player of the Year, D3hoops.com Atlantic Region Player of the Year and an D3hoops.com All-American. In addition, Lange was an All-NJAC first team selection, an All-ECAC first team selection and an All-MET first team selection. Shannon McCoy joined Lange on the All-NJAC first team and was an All-MET second team honoree for the second straight season. 

In 2018-19, King won her 200th career game and made a magical run to the NJAC Championship game, including knocking off the six-time defending champion Montclair State and outlasting Rowan in overtime. Shannon McCoy was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year and an All-NJAC first team selection, while Payce Lange was named to the honorable mention. McCoy was also named a D3Hoops.com All-Region selection and an All-MET second team honoree.

King helped mold the nation’s leading scorer during the 2015-16 season: freshman guard Marajiah Bacon. With four freshman in the starting lineup most of the year, the Cougars knocked off both the NJAC Tournament and Regular Season Champions from Montclair State University and the second-seeded tournament runners-up from Rowan University during the regular season. Bacon was named the D3Hoops.com National Rookie of the Year and Honorable Mention All-American by the WBCA.

King guided the program to an ECAC Championship in just her second year on the sidelines. The 2013-14 team went 18-12 and also qualified for the NJAC Playoffs. Overall, King has won 89 games in her time with the Cougars. King, who spent nine seasons at Washington and Lee University, became just the fifth head coach in the 38-year history of the program when she was hired in May of 2012.

During her tenure at Washington and Lee, King qualified for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament all nine seasons and posted a 123-116 overall record as the program’s all-time leader in wins.  She mentored seven players who earned a total of 17 ODAC honors and coached one All-American, while guiding the Generals to their first ODAC Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament in 2009-10. 

Academically, King’s programs have been just as successful in the classroom, with her 2010 squad ranking 20^th among all of Division III with a 3.434 grade point average. 

King has been involved in NCAA Division III athletics for nearly her entire career.  A four-year starter at point guard as an undergraduate at University of Southern Maine, King helped lead the team to three Little East Championships and three appearances in the Sweet Sixteen.  As a senior, the Huskies advanced to the National Championship game before falling to Washington (Mo.).  Still ranked among the program leaders, King is ranked second all-time with 563 career assists and is 16^th with 1,056 career points.

King also has familiarity within the New Jersey Athletic Conference after spending two seasons as a graduate assistant at The College of New Jersey.  During her time with the Lions, TCNJ captured the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship and appeared in the NCAA Elite Eight in 2001.

Prior to becoming the head coach at Washington and Lee, King was a two-year assistant at Division II Bloomsburg University, where the Huskies posted a 36-17 record and a pair of berths to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tournament in that span.  The 2001-02 squad finished the season 21-6 overall and was ranked as high as second nationally in Division II. 

King earned her Bachelor of Science degree in sports medicine from Southern Maine in 1998 and her Master of Arts in teaching/health education from TCNJ in 2001.  King was inducted into the Southern Maine Hall of Fame in 2008.

*- Season Shortened due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Updated 6-27-24