Emily Schaefer

Emily Schaefer is the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at College of Marin in Kentfield, CA. She is also a Kinesiology Instructor at College of Marin and at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA.

From 2015 to 2019 Schaefer was the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Notre Dame de Namur University. During that time the program earned its first and only conference tournament appearance in 2016-17. Prior to that, she coached at her alma mater CSU East Bay, helping coach the Pioneers to two consecutive postseason appearances, and the 2015 CCAA Conference Championship game.

She played basketball at Butte College in Oroville, California before transferring to continue her academic and athletic career at California State University, East Bay. Schaefer coached AAU for the Golden Valley Basketball program and at Hank Marsh Junior High School while studying at Chico State. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from CSU East Bay in 2009 and Master’s Degree in Kinesiology from California State University, Chico in 2014.

Coach Schaefer attended high school in Lake County California, at Kelseyville High School. She played 3 years of varsity basketball and 4 years varsity soccer.