Campbell a 1996 graduate of Duke University, replaces Melissa Dymek, who left the staff in June after four seasons to take an assistant coach position at Akron University. Campbell joins a Delaware staff that includes Martin, Associate Head Coach Jeanine Radice and Assistant Coach Tiara Malcom.
“We are excited to add Chris to our coaching staff here at the University of Delaware,” said Martin, who has led the Blue Hens to 222 wins, an average of 18.5 wins per season, two NCAA tournament appearances and four Women's NIT tournament appearances during her 12-year tenure. “He has been associated with winning basketball throughout his career and brings a wealth of experience as a coach and recruiter.”
Born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and raised in Potomac, Md., Campbell, 34, was the top assistant at Marymount University the past three seasons under 25-year head coach Bill Finney and served as the team's recruiting coordinator. He helped lead the Saints to a three-year record of 61-25 and NCAA Division III tournament appearances in 2006 and 2008. The team won the Capital Athletic Conference title in 2006 and advanced to the title game in both 2007 and 2008.
Marymount, based in Arlington, Va., went 20-9 and advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2006, posted an 18-10 mark in 2007 and had a 23-6 slate this past season when the team returned to the NCAA tournament.
While at Marymount, Campbell helped coach four All-CAC players, including three-time all-conference selection Stephanie Witko and 2006 CAC Player of the Year Randi Jones. In addition to his duties with the basketball team, he also served as head men's golf coach for two seasons, leading the squad to a fourth place finish at the CAC championships this past spring.
Campbell graduated from Churchill High School in Potomac, where he was a member of the golf team, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in biology from Duke in 1996. He spent seven years on the staff of Young Life and later worked for four years in the Montgomery County (Md.) Public School System.
He began his coaching career as a boy's soccer assistant at Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., in 1997 and between 1997-2004 coached six different sports at Wilson and Churchill high schools. As an assistant coach, he led the girl's basketball team at Churchill to consecutive state titles in 2001 and 2002, helped lead the golf team to two state runner-up finishes, and also coached field hockey and boy's basketball. In addition, he founded the Metro Stars AAU Girl's Basketball Program in 2003.
Campbell began his college coaching career at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., where he served as an assistant women's basketball coach in 2004-05 under head coach Maggie Lonergan. He helped lead the Cardinals to a share of the CAC regular season title and a berth in the league tournament semifinals.
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