Kelly Baskow enters her 12th season at the helm for the Sea Gulls in 2022-23. Under Baskow, Salisbury women's basketball has enjoyed eight winning seasons and its deepest-ever run into the NCAA Tournament in 2015.

Honors/Accomplishments as Head Coach

• Undefeated 2020-21 season
• Two NCAA Tournament appearances (2015, 2022)
• 2015 National Quarterfinalists (deepest NCAA run in program history)
  • Program-record 28 wins (finished 28-3)
  • Finished season ranked No. 9 nationally (D3hoops.com)
• 2015 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) champions
• 2015 WBCA and D3hoops.com Region Coach of the Year
• 2015 CAC Coach of the Year
• One WBCA First-Team All-American
  • Kaylee Otlowski, 2021
• Two WBCA All-America Honorable Mentions
  • Anna Hackett, 2015
  • Kaylee Otlowski, 2022
• Five All-Region Selections
• Two Conference Players of the Year
  • Anna Hackett, 2014-15
  • Julia McLaughlin, 2015-16
• Two Conference Rookies of the Year
  • Anna Hackett, 2011-12
  • Julia McLaughlin, 2012-13
• 15 All-Conference Selections (8 First-Team)
• Two 20-win season (2014-15, 2021-22)
• Eight winning seasons

Notable Games as Head Coach

• Nov. 20, 2011 – Salisbury defeats Oneonta State 72-57 for Coach Baskow’s first win as the Sea Gulls’ head coach
• Feb. 28, 2015 – Top-seeded Salisbury defeats No. 2 Mary Washington 74-68 (2OT) to clinch the program’s first CAC Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament berth since 2001-02
• Mar. 13, 2015 – Salisbury defeats Amherst 63-58 in the NCAA Sectional Semifinals (Sweet 16), advancing to the NCAA Sectional Finals (Elite Eight) for the first time in program history
• Feb. 4, 2017 – Coach Baskow wins her 100th game as Sea Gull head coach as Salisbury bests York College (Pa.) 63-55
• Feb. 22, 2021 – Salisbury completes its first undefeated season since 1955-56 with a 57-39 win over Marymount (Va.)
• Feb. 25, 2022 – Salisbury defeats Pratt 79-47 in C2C Tournament quarterfinals to clinch second 20-win season of Baskow era (seventh overall)

Coaching Career Prior to Salisbury

Baskow was named the 14th head coach in Salisbury history on July 1, 2011, after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Gettysburg College. The program posted a 57-23 record (.713) during that span. The team's best performance came during the 2009-10 campaign, as Gettysburg collected 24 victories and advanced to the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen.

Playing Career

Baskow was a four-year letterwinner at the University of Scranton from 2002-06. She scored over 500 points with nearly 400 rebounds, nearly 200 assists and over 150 steals over 122 games for the Royals. Scranton made four straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2005 and 2006. Baskow was also a three-time member of the Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll and spent two seasons as a member of Scranton’s women’s lacrosse team.

Personal Life
Baskow, a native of Willow Grove, Pa., graduated from the University of Scranton with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology 2006 and earned her Master’s degree in Sports and Recreation Administration from Temple University in 2008.

Coach Baskow News
04/08/15  Hackett, Lewandowski earn top honors for ECAC South All-Star Team
03/19/15  Lewandowski named WBCA Division III Regional Coach of the Year
03/16/15  Hackett, Lewandowski tab top honors in D3hoops.com All-Region awards
03/02/15  All-CAC announced; Hackett, Lewandowski claim top honors
11/14/12  Lewandowski to join Coach Wood at Varsity Club Coaches Luncheon
11/20/11  Lewandowski earns first win as Sea Gulls take down Oneonta, 72-57
07/01/11  Kelly Lewandowski tabbed as new women's basketball head coach at SU

Coach Baskow's record at Salisbury

Last updated: 2/24/23