Coaching Staff

Kevin Monagle: Head Coach

Kevin Monagle starts his second year as head coach of the CCRI women’s basketball team. In 2008-09, Monagle’s first season as head coach, the Lady Knights posted a 23-8 record, winning their sixth consecutive Region XXI and Northeast District titles. The team also made their sixth consecutive trip to the NJCAA division II National Tournament in East Peoria, Ill.
Monagle has 16 years of coaching experience at the NJCAA, post-graduate and high school levels. Before joining the Lady Knights, Monagle served as the assistant coach for the CCRI Knights men’s basketball team for two seasons under Rick Harris, guiding the

Knights to two Region XXI Championships and one Northeast District Championship which led them to an appearance at the NJCAA Division II National Championship.
Prior to his tenure at CCRI, Monagle spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I. and six seasons as the varsity boys’ basketball coach at East Providence High School. Under his leadership, East Providence had two 18-plus win seasons, went to the state quarter-finals twice, semi-finals once and lost in the finals in 2003. He was Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association Division 1AA Coach of the Year in 2001.
Monagle is a mathematics teacher at East Providence High School. In addition to his duties as teacher and coach, Monagle is a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves. Born and raised in Wilmington, Del., he holds a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and a master’s degree in Education from Old Dominion University.
Monagle lives in Rumford, R.I with his wife, Marthe-Anne, and their four children.

 

John Klitzner:  Assistant Coach
John Klitzner comes to CCRI with many years of coaching experience at the intercollegiate level. Most recently he was the women’s basketball coach at UMass-Dartmouth from 2003-2008 and he previously coached the Salve Regina University women’s basketball team from 1992-2000.
Klitzner served as associate athletic director at Salve from 1998-2000 and as the university’s assistant athletic director from 1992-1997. At the high school level, he served as head coach for Rhode Island Interscholastic League girls’ teams North Kingstown and Saint Xavier’s. He also coached women’s basketball at the World Scholar Athlete Games and the Rhode Island Scholar Athlete Games.
Klitzner received a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College. He lives in Warwick.

 

Laura Mahoney: Assistant Coach

Prior to joining the CCRI women’s basketball coaching staff, Laura Mahoney served as assistant coach at New England College (NEC) in Henniker, N.H., where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in sport and recreation management. At NEC, she assisted with recruiting, team practices, monitoring student academics, fundraising and community service events. She also served as a games management worker and a counselor at the Junior Gym Grims Basketball Camp. As a student, she was captain of the women’s basketball team in her junior and senior years, and earned MVP honors for three years in 2004, 2005 and 2006. During her senior year, she was named the college’s female Athlete of the Year and also earned the Women’s Softball Coaches Award.

 

Sue Pacheco: Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach Sue Pacheco, an instructor and a member of the Sports Medicine Program at CCRI, is responsible for the team’s strength and conditioning in addition to her duties as athletic trainer for the college. A graduate of Plymouth State University with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training, she is now working toward a master’s degree in exercise science and health promotion. She is a certified specialist in performance enhancement and nutrition.

 

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