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 Brian Donoghue
Head
Women's Basketball Coach (3rd Year)
570-208-5900, ext. 5432
Email: briandonoghue@kings.edu
On August 30, 2005, Brian Donoghue
was introduced as the new head women's basketball coach at King's College.
In the process, he became just the fifth coach in King's women's basketball history
since the program began in 1974-75.
Donoghue came to King's after serving three seasons as the lead
assistant coach at Division II East Stroudsburg University. In his
first two season at King's, he has guided the Lady Monarchs to a
combined 34-22 record and two straight Freedom Conference Tournament
berths, including a second-place finish in 2006-07 when the team
concluded the year with a 21-9 mark.
Donoghue graduated from Drexel University in 1994 with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Architectural Engineering. Upon graduation, he was
employed as a civil engineer where he designed highways for two firms
that were contracted through the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (Penn DOT). While attending Drexel, Donoghue served as an
assistant boy's coach at his alma-mater, Haverford High School, before
moving to the assistant boy's coach at Interboro High School from
1994-95.
 In July of 1995, a 22-year old Donoghue received his first head coaching
opportunity when he took over a struggling program at Penn State
Delaware County. As a part-time head coach without an opportunity to
recruit during his first-year at the two-year college, Donoghue suffered through a 1-14 record
in his first season. He would slowly build up the program, however, and
led the team to four straight Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference
playoff berths from the 1998-99 season through 2001-02.
Donoghue guided his 1998-99 team to an 18-5 record and the CCAC
championship while earning conference "Coach of the Year" honors. The
following year, the team finished 17-6 and was second in the CCAC
Tournament. In his final two years, the team suffered through an
injury-riddled 8-13 mark in 2000-01, before improving to 14-11 with a
CCAC playoff berth in what would eventually be his final season at Penn
State Delaware County.
Donoghue, however, decided to give up a career in engineering to pursue a full-time collegiate coaching job. He
was presented with that opportunity when East Stroudsburg University
hired Donoghue as its lead assistant coach in October of 2002.
While at ESU, Donoghue served as the program's
Recruiting and Defensive Coordinators. His responsibilities also
included perimeter and post-player development, scouting, game-plan
preparation, game scheduling, and monitoring the team's academic
progress.
Donoghue is a 1989 graduate of Haverford High School where he was a
three-sport varsity letterman, competing in basketball, football, and
baseball. He is a member of the WBCA.
Donoghue and his wife Andrea, a certified athletic trainer, reside
in nearby Kingston. The couple are expecting their first child in
March.
 Bill Barrett
Assistant
Women's Basketball Coach (2nd Year)
Entering his third season on the King's
College staff is assistant coach Bill Barrett.
Coach Barrett came to King's after serving as the assistant women's
basketball coach at Keystone College from 2000-2005 where he played
a role in helping the Lady Giants make the transition from a junior
college program to an NCAA Division III member. He also served as
interim head coach for a portion of the 2003 campaign.
In 2004-05, Barrett helped Keystone to a
21-6 record and the
regular season championship of the Division III North Eastern
Athletic Conference.
He also served as a freshman boy's coach at Mid-Valley High School
from 1996-to-1998, before moving to work as the assistant varsity
girl's coach at Mid-Valley from 1998-to-2000, before moving on to
Keystone.
Barrett
was a scholastic standout at Dunmore High School where he was a
three-time all-conference selection and a two-time all-regional
choice.
He then
played two years of collegiate basketball at
Lackawanna College where he won the division most valuable player
award in his second season in 1974.
 Maryellen
Onofre
Assistant
Women's Basketball Coach (1st Year)
Joining the King's
College staff in 2007-08 is assistant coach Maryellen Onofre.
Onofre comes to King's fresh off completing an outstanding
collegiate career at Division II East Stroudsburg University
where she was a four-year starter at guard. She played a major role
in a rebuilding period at ESU that resulted in a pair of
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East championships in 2006
and 2007. As a senior, Onofre led the Warriors to a school record
tying 25 wins.
She concluded her career at ESU seventh on the all-time scoring list
with 1,179 points, while setting school records in single-game
three-pointers (8), single-season three-pointers (63), career
three-pointers (184), single-season three-point percentage (44.4),
and career three-point percentage (37.4).
An outstanding student in her English Secondary Education major,
Onofre is a member of the International English Honor Society -
Sigma Tau Delta and served as President of the Student Athletic
Advisory Council at ESU.
Onofre is a 2003 graduate of Athens Area High School where she was
Pennsylvania second-team all-state selection as a senior. She led
Athens to a pair of District IV titles and three Northern Tier
League championships. She was a three-time Northern Tier League
all-star selection and was a two-time Northern Tier East Most
Valuable Player.
She stands as Athens second all-time leading
scorer with 1,514 points and owns the school single-season scoring
record of 607 points. She was a marine Corps Scholastic Athlete
Award winner and a member of the National Honor Society.
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December 1, 2007
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