Director of Athletics Troy Tucker announced the hiring of Carly Gallagher on June 21, 2024 as the new Head Women's Basketball Coach at Northampton. "We are extremely excited to get a passionate, successful, coach like Carly to lead our women's basketball program. I am looking forward to working with Coach Gallagher and her staff on building a championship program."
Coach Gallagher guided the Spartans to a 17-10 record during her first season (2024-25), earning a #5 seed for the postseason and advancing to the Region 19 Final Four with victory over #4 Brookdale in the quarterfinals of the Regional playoffs. Layla Sweatte and Anisha Sepulveda earned All-Region accolades, and Sweatte was named a NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American.
Coach Gallagher takes over the Spartan program following 10 years of coaching experience at the high school level. Gallagher began her coaching career at East Stroudsburg South as a varsity assistant for one year and then accepted her first head coaching job at East Stroudsburg North from 2016-2020. Gallagher then returned back to her alma mater, East Stroudsburg South, as the head coach from 2020-2024.
Gallagher was a standout player for the Cavaliers, earning First Team All League Honors 4 times, Morniing Call First Team 3 times, a 2-time All State selection, 2-time Player of the Year, MVP of the VIA All Star game and finishing as the all-time leading scorer at East Stroudsburg South High School.
Coach Gallagher played college basketball at NCAA Division II Millersville University, where she was a 4-year starter, scoring over 1000 points, earning All-PSAC honors and was named team MVP following her junior and senior seasons.   Gallagher has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and a minor in coaching.
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Overall Record: 17-10 (63%)
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