Alma Mater: University of Florida '03
Seasons as Head Coach: 4th
Career Record: 51-30 (.630)
NCAA Championship Appearances: 1 (2009)
ECAC Metro Championships: 1 (2010)
Postseason Appearances: 2 (1 NCAA; 1 ECAC)
All-Americans: 1
Coach of the Year Honors: NIT/MBWA (1; 2008) D3Hoops.com (1; 2008)
Stefano Trompeo is in his fourth season as Head Coach of the New York University women’s basketball program. Appointed as Interim Head Coach in November 2008, he was named the Violets’ full-time Head Coach in March 2009.
Last season, Trompeo led the Violets to a 12-13 record and a 6-8 mark in the ultra-competitive University Athletic Association (UAA), increasing his career record to 51-30 (.630). The team improved its record in the UAA from the previous year and defeated three teams that went on to reach the NCAA Division III Championship.
The Violets also made history from the free-throw line in ’10-11, shooting 79.9% from the charity stripe in UAA play and breaking the Association record. For the season, NYU converted at a clip of 73.9% from the line, the 39th-best mark in Division III and the third highest in NYU history.
Three Violets received All-UAA recognition in ’10-11, led by sophomore Maggie Ely, a First Team selection. Two others, senior Chelsea Blake and freshman Kelly Loughney, received Honorable Mention accolades.
The Violets also excelled off the court, as sophomore Genny Arnold, junior Cara Bonito and sophomore Makenzie Hirz earned UAA Winter Sport All-Academic honors.
In 2009-10, Trompeo guided NYU to a 16-12 record and a 5-9 mark in the UAA. The campaign ended on a winning note as NYU captured its record seventh Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Tournament Championship, defeating Stevens Institute of Technology 54-51.
Five members of Trompeo’s squad received All-UAA recognition in ‘09-10. Grace Carmen received Second Team honors, while Jen Hum-Traverso, Hailey Kimball, Chrissy Kilmurray, and Emily Foshag earned Honorable Mention recognition. In addition, Foshag and Bonito received UAA Winter Sport All-Academic honors.
In his first season as head coach, Trompeo won more games than any first-year women’s basketball head coach in NYU history. The Violets went 23-5, including a 10-4 mark in the UAA, and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Championship. NYU capped the season ranked #14 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and #16 in the USA Today/ESPN Division III Coaches’ Rankings.
For his efforts, Trompeo earned D3hoops.com East Region and National Invitation Tournament/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (NIT/MBWA) Coach of the Year honors. In addition, he was named Women’s DIII News Coach of the Month for January.
Trompeo also saw his student-athletes earn a long list of accolades in his first season, as Jessica McEntee captured Player of the Year honors from Women’s DIII News, D3hoops.com (East Region), the UAA, and the NIT/MBWA Division III. McEntee was named a First Team All-American by D3hoops.com and Women’s DIII News, and was selected to the State Farm Women’s Division III Coaches’ All-America Team. She joined Carmen and Foshag as All-UAA honorees.
Off the court, six of Trompeo’s players earned UAA Winter Sport All-Academic honors during that initial campaign.
Trompeo’s NYU coaching career began in 2003 as an assistant under legendary head coach Janice Quinn. During his five seasons serving under Quinn, Trompeo helped the Violets go 105-32 (.766) while earning three NCAA Division III Championship appearances and capturing the 2005 ECAC Division III Metro Tournament title.
In 2006-07, Trompeo helped NYU go 27-4, earn a share of the UAA Championship with a 12-2 mark and advance to the third NCAA Final Four in program history. Additionally, the Violets recorded the second most victories in a season in school history.
Previously, Trompeo assisted in leading the Violets to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2003-04 and to a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2005-06.
During his tenure at NYU, Trompeo has been part of a staff that earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 2004 and 2007.
Prior to arriving at NYU, Trompeo served as the Head Junior Varsity Coach and Assistant Varsity Coach at P.K. Yonge High School in Gainesville, FL.
A 2003 graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in sport management, Trompeo was a manager and practice player for Florida’s women’s basketball program. He also served as a counselor at the prestigious Florida Lady Gator Basketball Camp.
Trompeo, who was a member of the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity while at Florida, is a native and resident of Queens, NY.
Trompeo’s Numbers, Year-by-Year
Year W L Pct. UAA Finish/Record
2008-09s 23 5 .821 3rd /10-4
2009-10E 16 12 .571 5th/5-9
2010-11 12 13 .480 5th /6-8
Totals 51 30 .630 21-21 (.500)
s NCAA Division III Tournament Sweet Sixteen
E ECAC Division III Metro Tournament Champion
