Former UDC, Coppin State head coach hired at Northeastern

BRITT KING

BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Head coach Daynia La-Force and the Northeastern women's basketball team has announced the hiring of Britt King as a new assistant coach. King's duties will include recruiting, scouting and post development.

“I am very excited to be working with one of the brilliant minds in our game," La-Force said. "I welcome her back to a game she is so passionate about and a game she has exceled in both as a player and a coach. Our women's basketball team will benefit from what Coach King can bring to every aspect of the program.”

King comes to Huntington Ave after spending more than 25 years as a fixture on the women's basketball scene, both as a player and as a coach. Her most recent coaching experience came from 2006-09, when she was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Appalachian State. During her time with the Mountaineers, King helped to recruit four Southern Conference All-Freshman performers.

Prior to her stint at Appalachian State, King worked as an assistant coach at American University from 2004-06, where she also graduated with an MBA in in 1989. While working at American, King was tasked with coordinating all practices and workout schedules and also had a hand in recruiting.

King also possesses a plehtora of head coaching experience, most recently at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania from 2002-04. For four seasons from 1998-02 King guided Fresno State as the program's head coach. While with the Bulldogs, King recruited and developed five All-WAC conference performers, along with the 2001 WAC Co-Freshman of the Year, Aritta Lane. Her 2001 recruiting class was nationally ranked.

Before her time in Fresno King spent a season as the head coach at Coppin State, where she recruited future MEAC Player of the Year, Keisha Brooks. Her first head coaching gig came from 1992-97, when she guided the Division II University of District of Columbia Firebirds. King took the upstart program to national prominence, pushing UDC to a national ranking and an appearance in the NCAA tournament. King compiled a 64-57 record in her career at UDC, including a 20-6 mark in 1994-95.

King got into the coaching game after a highly successful playing career. King spent four years as a star of the Providence College Friars from 1982-86. She was inducted into the Providence Hall of Fame in 2008. King left the Friars as the program's all time leading rebounder with 1,205 boards, and averaged 13 points and ten rebounds a game during her career. During her time in Providence she earned All-Big East First Team honors (1985-86), All-Big East Second Team laurels (1984-85), Big East All-Tournament honors (1986) and was a KODAK District I All-American in 1985. King also earned Providence College Female Athlete of the Year in 1986.

Following her sterling collegiate career, King played overseas for two seasons with the El Masnou Club in Barcelona, Spain. King was selected as one of the squad's two Americans.

The Northeastern women's basketball team finished 8-22 last season, winning four of five to close the regular season before a 70-60 defeat at the hands of George Mason in the first round of the Virginia 529 Collegiate Savings Plan CAA Championship. The Huskies return three of their top four scorers from last year's squad for the 2012-13 campaign.

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