Colleen Moriarty joined the NJIT women’s basketball coaching staff as an Assistant Coach in the summer of 2022, following a six-year stint at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.
With Moriarty’s assistance, Saint Anselm appeared in the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament five times (out of her six seasons on the sidelines), including two appearances in the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship (2019-20; 2018-19). The 2018-19 season culminated with the programs first-ever NCAA Division II East Region title and trip to the Elite Eight.
Moriarty helped develop all-time leading scorer Peyton Steinman (‘22), who finished with 1,781 career points and earned 2022 NE10 Player of the Year accolades and Shannon Ryan (‘20), a 2020 Division II All-American and NE10 Player of the Year, who scored 1,769 career points.
Prior to joining the Saint Anselm women’s basketball coaching staff, Moriarty was an Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at UMass Boston for two seasons (2014-15; 2015-16).
She helped develop and mentor post players at UMass Boston, including Kirsten Morrison ('15) and Olivia Murphy ('16), who were All-East Region and All Little East Conference selections while scoring over 1,000 points in their careers.
Moriarty started her coaching career as an Assistant Coach for the Bay State Monarchs 16U, AAU program and Assistant Girls Basketball Coach at Canton High School Girls varsity program in 2013-14.
A 2013 graduate of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a Bachelor of Science in Business, Marketing, Moriarty will complete her Master of Science in Sport Management from Southern New Hampshire University in August 2022.
A four-year member of the women's basketball team at UMass Dartmouth, Moriarty finished her career with 1,219 points. She was named 2013 LEC Player of the Year (first in program history), selected to the New England Women's Basketball Association All-Northeast Region, D3hoops.com All-Northeast Region and ECAC First Team All-Star.
A three-year team captain, Moriarty led the Corsairs in her senior campaign to its first 20-win season in program history, averaging 19.0ppg, 8.3rpg and 2.0bpg and was inducted into the 2021 UMass Dartmouth Corsair Hall of Fame on October 9.
Moriarty played for the Brockton Lady Thunder, a semi-professional basketball team in Massachusetts in 2013-14.
Updated July 25, 2022
