Quaker Valley School District has named a former NCAA Division I women’s basketball player to head its girls’ basketball program.
Jill Brumbaugh, a four-year starter for the University of Connecticut, will coach both the varsity and middle school programs at Quaker Valley.
She takes over for Jim Dudas who resigned at the end of the 2012-13 season.
Dudas served as head coach for the Quakers since 2010 – making the WPIAL playoffs all three seasons. In 2011-12, the team won the WPIAL section championship for the first time in 31 years.
Brumbaugh played under Hall of Fame coach Geno Auiremma and attended UCONN on a full athletic scholarship. She led the team in steals and assists and served as team captain during her senior year, according to the district.
She served as the girls’ basketball coach for Claysburg-Kimmel High School in Blair County from 2010 to 2012, and led the team to two consecutive playoff appearances after a four-year drought.
“Jill’s success as a player and coach makes her an outstanding candidate to lead our girls’ basketball program,” Mike Mastrioanni, director of athletics and student activities, said in a statement. “Her willingness to head both our high school and middle school programs is commendable and our student-athletes will benefit greatly from her leadership.”
A resident of Center Township, Beaver County, Brumbaugh has a master’s degree in education from St. Francis University and a bachelor’s in nutrition with a minor in sports nutrition from the University of Connecticut.
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