Women's Basketball

Mary Ciuk
Mary Ciuk
Ciuk begins her seventh season with Davidson for the 2016-17 campaign. She oversees the academic aspects of the team and helps perimeter player development as well as working on the marketing side of promoting the program. Ciuk also is in charge of all the traveling arrangements.

Ciuk came to Davidson after spending eight seasons as part of the UMass staff, with the last four years holding the title of Associate Head Coach. Ciuk's primary responsibilities at UMass included scouting of opponents and coordinating the recruiting efforts.

Prior to her time at UMass, Ciuk was at Cornell were she helped the Big Red to their first two winning seasons in the Ivy League with 8-6 records in 2001 and 2002. There, she helped cultivate 10 all-league players, two academic All-Ivy picks, one Ivy League Rookie of the Year and four Ivy All-Rookie team selections.

For 11 seasons, Ciuk was an assistant coach at Northwestern, where she helped guide the Wildcats to four NCAA Tournament appearances, the Big Ten championship in 1990 and a 189-122 record. During the summer of 1993, she served as an assistant coach for the Big Ten All-Star team that toured through Australia and New Zealand. As Northwestern's recruiting coordinator, Ciuk assembled five recruiting classes that were ranked in the top-10 nationally. One of those classes included currently Davidson head coach Michele Savage as Ciuk coached her during her playing career at Northwestern.

A 1980 graduate of Southern Connecticut State, Ciuk earned a bachelor of science degree in Physical Education and played four years on the basketball team. The Owls posted a 57-28 mark and qualified for three AIAW national tournaments during Ciuk’s playing career.

Following graduation, Ciuk was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Florida while earning a master’s degree in Athletic Administration.

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