Dennis Masi joined the Fairfield University women’s basketball coaching staff in May 2007.  Masi will work with the Stags post and perimeter players, handle the team’s community service efforts, play a role in recruiting, assist with practice and game planning, and play a role in the everyday operations of the program.

With over a decades worth of coaching experience, Masi will provide a veteran presence on the Stags bench. He spent the 2006-07 season at UMass-Lowell, where he was responsible for recruiting and travel.  He spent the prior season as a member of Joe Frager’s staff at Southern Connecticut State University.  In working with the Owls post players, Masi helped the squad to a final ranking of 14, going 29-4, and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.

Masi also has head coaching experience on his resume, spending six seasons at the helm of the women’s basketball team at Southern New Hampshire University.  In that capacity he was responsible for coordinating and directing all aspects of the Penmen, a Division II member of the Northeast-10 Conference.

A team player, Masi showed illustrated that during his first collegiate coaching position, at the University of New Haven.  Hired to be an assistant coach with the men’s team, he coached both squads, when the women’s program had an immediate need for an additional assistant.  He coached for both teams, coordinating practices for both and game planning for both, as well as serving as the recruiting coordinator for the women’s program. He helped recruit five all-Conference women’s players, three of whom scored over 1,400 points, as well as a men’s conference Rookie of the Year.

Masi resides in his hometown of Milford.