Women's Basketball
Head Coach Pat Glispin
Women's Basketball Office
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA, 01610
Phone: 508-793-7628
Fax 508-793-8819
Email
One of only four New England Division III coaches to reach the 400-win plateau, Coach Glispin will enter her 26th year directing the Cougar basketball program. Glispin, who has posted eleven 20-plus win seasons at Clark, has compiled a 448-224 overall mark, ranking her 19th nationally among active Division III coaches.
In 2000 and 2004, the Cougars won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Under Glispin's direction, Clark made it to the conference tournament championship game five consecutive years from 1996-2000, and won four titles in the last 12 years. A two-time NEWMAC Coach of the Year, Glispin has led the top team in the conference three times. Glispin's teams have earned seven NCAA berths to go with a host of ECAC Tournament bids and have won a record three ECAC New England Division III Championships. In 1989, Glispin was named Converse District 1 Coach of the Year.
Throughout her career, Glispin has produced many prominent players including three national Kodak All-America players (including one two-time selection) and five regional All-America selections, as well as one GTE Academic All-American national selection. Glispin also has coached the ECAC and New England Women's Basketball Player of the Year six times.
A 1975 graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Glispin received a bachelor's in physical education and a master's in psychological education. Glispin is a former University of Massachusetts Division I three-sport star (basketball, softball and field hockey).
Assistant Coach Marge O'Brien '83
 Margie O’Brien ’83 will enter her 18th season with the women’s basketball program. One of the most talented basketball players to graduate from Clark, O’Brien earned numerous accolades, including three-time All-America First Team selection in 1981, 1982 and 1983. A two-year captain, she was the 1983 Division III National Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Honda Broderick Award, given to the top female collegiate athlete in the country. She was the recipient of the M. Hazel Hughes Award, presented to the senior female athlete who has had a significant impact on the Clark athletic program.
A premier post player during her playing days, O’Brien led Clark to back-to-back NCAA Division III Final Four appearances in 1982 and 1983. In her four seasons, Clark sported an 82-35 record and won NCAA Northeast Championship titles in 1982 and 1983. O’Brien is Clark’s top rebounder (1,367) and second all-time leading scorer (2,215 points) and is the only Clark player, male or female, to break the 2,000 point and 1,000 rebound marks. For her accomplishments, O’Brien was featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” section in 1983.
Prior to Clark, O’Brien served as head women’s basketball coach at Anna Maria College in the 1985-86 season. She has assisted the Clark women’s basketball program since 1986.
Assistant Coach Gino Manzi
Longtime Central Massachusetts area high school coach, Gino Manzi enters his first season as an assistant coach in 2009-10. Manzi has been involved in coaching since 1991, first as the junior varsity coach at Southbridge High before moving to the varsity level in 1993. In 11 varsity seasons with the Pioneers, his teams qualified for both the Clark Tournament as well as the Central Massachusetts Tournament every year. His squads won seven Southern Worcester County League titles, and advanced to the Division II District Finals in 2000. The all-time leader in career wins at Southbridge (136), Manzi led the Pioneers to their only undefeated regular season (17-0) in school history in 1999.
From 2004-07, Manzi guided Shepherd Hill High in Charlton, Mass., where he sent several players on to play collegiately, including Chris Carter who matriculated to Division I Providence College.
Prior to his coaching career, Manzi was a standout player in his own right. At Bartlett High, he scored more than 40 points six times and graduated as the all-time leading scorer with 1,328 points. He went on to Nichols College where he set a school-record with 47 points in a game.
A member of the insurance community for more than 20 years, Manzi is employed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife).
A native of Webster, Mass., he resides in Dudley with his wife Melissa and two daughters, Kayla (16) and Talia (12).
For more information about Clark University Women's Basketball, please contact head coach
Pat Glispin at (508) 793-7628 or by email
at pglispin@clarku.edu
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