Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Mary Wooley enters her first year on the Villanova staff in 2020-21. She arrives on the Main Line after spending the previous three years at the University of South Carolina as the program’s Director of Recruiting Operations/Administration. Wooley will oversee the Wildcats national recruiting efforts, in addition to assisting with on court coaching duties.
 
Wooley arrives on the Main Line after spending the previous three years at the University of South Carolina as the program’s Director of Recruiting Operations/Administration. During her time in Columbia, Wooley helped the Gamecocks to two SEC tournament championships, one SEC regular season crown, two Sweet 16 appearances in 2018 and 2019 and a trip to the Elite Eight in 2018. She was also instrumental in South Carolina signing the number one recruiting class in the country in 2019. In her three years at South Carolina, the Gamecocks tallied an 84-18 record (.824), including a 32-1 mark during the 2019-20 season. This rates as the best winning percentage in program history.    
 
Prior to her stint at South Carolina, Wooley spent the 2016-17 season as an assistant at Loyola University (Md.), following four seasons at the University of Hawaii where she was the Associate Head Coach for three years. During her time in the Rainbow State, she helped Hawaii earn four consecutive postseason berths, including a trip to the 2016 NCAA Tournament after winning the Big West Conference Tournament championship. Her first full-time coaching position came at Southern Cal where she was from 2009-12. During her tenure at USC, the Trojans tallied a 61-37 overall record.
 
Her career in college athletics began at Temple University from 2003-09 when she served a graduate externship with the women’s basketball program, before taking over as Director of Operations.
 
Wooley was a four-year letterwinner at South Carolina Aiken where she led her team to its first-ever Peach Belt Conference championship and a berth in the 2002 NCAA Tournament. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Experimental Science in 2002. Wooley also owns a Master’s of Education in Counseling Psychology from Temple.