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.
