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Bridgett Casey
Head Coach
bcasey@bridgew.edu
508-531-2894

Coach Casey is entering her 11th season at Bridgewater State. Since arriving at Bridgewater in 1997 she has compiled an overall record of 132-124 (.516) as she is the program's all-time winningest coach.  In 2005-2006, she guided the Bears to a 20-8 (.714) record and a berth in the ECAC Division III New England Tournament.  The 20 victories marked the program's highest win total since the 1986-87 season (22-3), and the ECAC Tournament bid was BSC's first NCAA or ECAC Tournament appearance since the 1987-88 season.  Over the last three years, the Bears have compiled a record of 50-29 including a 25-11 regular season mark against MASCAC teams. 

Coach Casey strategies for success include developing the well rounded student-athlete.  Each year, Coach Casey seeks new recruits throughout the New England area to join a team of dedicated individuals.  Pre and post season workouts, study hall and fund raising activities make the basketball program a year round program.

Prior to BSC, Bridgett gained valuable coaching experience working as an assistant under two top women's coaches in the Northeast.  Bridgett was an assistant coach at Brown University (1996-97) with head coach Jean Marie Burr, and as an assistant coach at her alma mater Bryant College (1993-96) under head coach Mary Burke.

Coach Casey skills as a coach began developing as a player.  Bridgett was a four-year starter of the Bryant women's Basketball team.  As a point-guard, she scored over 1,000 points in her career, served as team captain and was selected to the Northeast-10 All-Conference team.  At Bryant, Bridgett double majored in both Accounting and History.

In addition to coaching the women's basketball team here at Bridgewater State, Coach Casey also heads up the varsity softball program at Oliver Ames High School in North Easton, and runs basketball clinics and youth tournaments throughout the year.   She and her family currently reside in Mansfield.




Kendra Drake
Assistant Coach
kendra_lund@yahoo.com
508-531-2894

Coach Drake is in her second season on the BSC women's basketball coaching staff after serving as the head freshman coach and assistant varsity coach for two seasons at her alma mater, Taunton High School. Kendra is also presently the assistant varsity softball coach at Taunton, a position she has held since 2005.

A 2003 graduate of UMass-Lowell, she played four seasons for the River Hawks women's basketball team from 1999 to 2003.  Her freshman season, UMass won the New England Collegiate Conference Tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament.  During her senior year of 2002-2003, the River Hawks finished with a 23-8 mark and advanced to the Northeast-10 Tournament championship game.  In 103 games during her four-year career at UMass, Kendra averaged 6.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 71.4% from the free throw line and 30.8% from three-point distance.  

Outside of coaching basketball, Coach Drake has worked at a number of camps and clinics in the New England area.  She volunteered at the UMass-Lowell Basketball Clinic from 1999 to 2003, coached at the UMass-Lowell Girls Basketball Camp in 2003 and 2004, and was the camp director of the Girl's Basketball Camp in Pelham, New Hampshire.  Kendra also volunteered her time to organize track and field events for the Special Olympics from 2000 to 2003, and was a volunteer preschool teacher at the Children's Village at the Mills in Lowell in 2001 and 2002.

A native of Taunton, Massachusetts, Kendra presently resides in Middleboro, Massachusetts with her husband Brian.




Tom Rossi
Assistant Coach
trossi@caton.com
508-531-2894

Coach Rossi enters his second season at BSC after working as an assistant women's basketball coach at Salve Regina University from 2000 to 2003. In that time, Salve compiled a 61-22 record, including going 49-9 in his last two years, winning the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championship twice, and making back-to-back appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Tom graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland with a degree in Engineering.  He also earned his Master's degree from the United State Naval War College.  Tom spent over 20 years in the Navy leading men and women on five different ships, including command of a destroyer.  After leaving the Navy, he spent five years as a Vice President at Anteon Corporation in Middletown, Rhode Island.

Currently working in Kingston, Massachusetts as the General Manager of Caton Connector Corporation, Tom resides in his hometown of Portsmouth, Rhode Island with his wife, Joan, and their four children.