Jennifer Palmateer Named New Monmouth University Women's Basketball Coach

Monmouth University has named Jennifer Palmateer as its replacement for former head women's basketball coach Stephanie Gaitley.

Palmateer spent 16 years as an assistant basketball coach at Virginia, North Carolina State University and Seton Hall. She served as a recruiting coordinator for Seton Hall last season, where she was responsible for recruiting as well as opponent scouting and game-planning.

The Wolfpack finished the season ranked in the Top-25 six times while Palmateer was there and made nine NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the three Sweet Sixteen three times. 

The South Amboy native also enjoyed a successful career at N.C. State, where she was a co-captain of a team that reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 twice and compiled an 82-37 record during a four-year span.

The official introduction of Palmateer as Monmouth’s seventh head women’s basketball coach will take place in the Hall of Fame Lounge of the Multipurpose Activity Center, beginning at 12 p.m., as the announcement will be made by Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Marilyn McNeil, and President Paul Gaffney. The press conference will also be available FREE on HawkVision on GoMUHawks.com.

On April 1, the university announced that it had accepted Gaitley's request to be released early from her contract.

Gaitley will be taking over as the head women's basketball coach at Fordham University for the 2011-12 season.

Gaitley coached the Hawks to a 23-10 season, second place in the Northeast Conference (NEC), and a berth in the WNIT where the team lost to Syracuse.