Former BC women’s basketball coach Cathy Inglese dies at 60

Former Boston College women’s basketball coach Cathy Inglese died Wednesday, a week after sustaining a brain injury in a fall. She was 60.

Inglese’s family announced the death in a statement posted by sister Nancy Inglese on Facebook.

Inglese coached at Boston College from 1993-2008 and was hired as an assistant coach at Hofstra last month.

Inglese coached the Eagles to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, reaching the Sweet 16 three times. She led the Eagles to their lone Big East Tournament championship in 2004 when they became the only school to win the title by winning games on four straight days.

Before getting the job at BC, she was the head coach at Vermont, where she led the Catamounts to consecutive undefeated regular seasons in 1992 and 1993. She also was a head coach at Rhode Island after BC before working at Farleigh Dickinson for two years.