Maria Conlon Still Winning...

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Thought I would share a nice article in today's Hartford Courant with those at a distance.

Former UConn point guard Maria Conlon rediscovered her passion for coaching with top-ranked Notre Dame-Fairfield

Maria Conlon’s still got game. She’s 37 years old and the mother of an 8-year-old daughter. She works a full-time job and owns a CrossFit gym. She’s playing with two screws and a …

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Fun article.

Nice quote

And she’s always talking to her former UConn teammates — Diana Taurasi, Ashley Battle, Jessica Moore, Morgan Valley and Sue Bird chimes in occasionally — via group chat. Valley is in her first year coaching at the University of Hartford, so Conlon went to see one of her games last week.

“[Taurasi] gave me crap [when I took the job],” she said, laughing, “ ‘Why do you want to coach high school? Are you crazy?’ Now they are [excited]. ‘Oh, you’re No. 1.’”



But coaching a team named Notre Dame should give her more crap.