Head Coach - Daphne Thompson
Email: THOMPSDJ@oneonta.edu

            Thompson begins her third season at Oneonta State after leading the Red Dragons to a 20-6 overall record last year. Last winter the squad finished third in the regular season conference standings and advanced to the semifinals of the SUNYAC tournament. The Red Dragons were ranked as high as 5th in the region during the regular season.

In her first year at Oneonta she helped lead her team to a three way tie for first in the final SUNYAC East Standings and an appearance in the semifinals of the conference tournament. Oneonta State hosted the ECAC Upstate New York Tournament where they finished runner-up after losing to Cortland in the final.

Prior to taking the reigns of the Oneonta State program Thompson spent 15 years as the head coach at Hartwick College.  During her tenure at Hartwick she compiled an overall record of 223-161 while making four NCAA tournament appearances, the last of which came in 1999.  Thompson’s squads made three straight NCAA tournament appearances from 1995-1997 while also winning the NYSWCAA tournament in 1997.

In 1999 Thompson was named WBCA District II Coach of the Year, Women's Division III Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, NYSWCAA Coach of the Year, and Empire Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Hawks to an NCAA Tournament appearance and a 17-10 record.  In 2004 she was named Empire 8 Coach of the Year for a third time after leading the Hawks to a 15-12 record.  That year Hartwick reached the Empire 8 Conference Tournament and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament.

Thompson, a native of Morris N.Y., served as head coach of the Central Region open division team at the Empire State Games from 1997-2002.  She led the team to four medals, including a gold, two silvers and a bronze.

Thompson served as a committee member for the NCAA East Regional Basketball selection from 1998-2000.  She also served as the Chair of the NYSWCAA Basketball committee during the 1998-1999 season and Executive Council Sport Chair from 1999-2008.

A 1990 graduate of the University of Delaware, Thompson was a four-year varsity player for the Division I Blue Hens and a team captain as a senior. While at Delaware, Thompson was a forward on teams that won over 60 percent of their games. As a senior, she played in all 30 of the team's contests and shot .603 from the field. She appeared in 107 games in her four seasons. Delaware won two East Coast Conference Championships in her varsity career.

Following graduation, Thompson spent time abroad with the United States East Coast All-Star basketball team. The squad won seven of eight games on a trip to France.

Thompson returned to her alma mater as a graduate assistant in the fall of 1990. She was heavily involved with the Blue Hens daily practice routine and helped with recruiting. Thompson also analyzed videotape of individual players and team performance.

Thompson was a celebrated scholastic performer on the hardcourt at Morris Central School, where she finished her five-year varsity career with more than 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds for the Mustangs.  As a senior, Thompson was named Player of the Year by The Daily Star of Oneonta, N.Y.
Thompson received her bachelor's and master's degrees in physical education from Delaware.  She is also certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).

Moriarty begins his 11th season with the Oneonta State women's basketball team this winter.

A graduate of Brockport State, Moriarty has a basketball background that includes over 30 years of coaching at various levels. His greatest success came when coaching the Oneonta High School girls varsity team. There he led Oneonta to three consecutive Section 4 Class B titles (1997, 1998, 1999), New York State Public High School Athletic Association Titles in 1997 and 1998 and the State Class B Federation Title in 1998. During this stretch Moriarty's team put together a string of 56 consecutive wins including a undefeated season in 1997-1998. He has also coached football, basketball and track at Morris, Unatego and Oneonta High School's.

Kaufman begins his 13th season with the Oneonta State women's basketball team this winter.

A graduate of the University of Maryland, Kaufman had over 35 years of experience coaching football, basketball, lacrosse and track at the high school level before joining the Oneonta State staff during the 1997-1998 season. After graduating from the University of Maryland Kaufman went on to earn his master's degree in Health Education from Brooklyn College.

Kaufman lives in Norwich with his wife Helen. They have three children and four grandchildren.