Margaret Carey enters her first year with the Fordham Women's Basketball team.

"I love Margaret's energy and her passion for the game," notes Andruzzi. "Her experience as a head coach, assistant coach and player make her a valuable addition to our coaching staff and an asset to the growth of our student-athletes."

Carey comes to Rose Hill after coaching a year at her alma mater, Mount St. Mary's University, where she served as recruiting coordinator for the Mountaineers for the 2008-09 season. During her stint at the Mount, she helped the team continue its string of 20-straight NEC Tournament appearances and to their best season recorded since the 2000-01 season. Prior to her time on the Mountaineers coaching staff, Carey was the head coach at Catholic University where she amassed 44-35 record from 2005-08. That successful run included leading the Cardinals to the Capital Athletics Conference semi-finals in her first year as a head coach.

Carey's coaching career began as an assistant at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey. Over the span of 2001-05, she helped the Ospreys to a 67-43 record while guiding the squad to a New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament title and appearances at the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2004-05 and to the ECAC Championships during the 2002-03 season.

While graduating from Mount St. Mary's with a B.A. in Rhetoric and Communications, Carey was a three-year letterwinner from 1997-00 and put up 156 points, 64 rebounds, 23 steals and 91 assists in her career with the Mount. As a walk-on and eventual full-scholarship athlete, Carey helped the Mountaineers to two 20-win seasons, including a Northeast Conference regular season title in 1998-99.