Kelsey Funderburgh

Former Director of Women's Basketball Operations Kelsey Funderburgh returns to the Mount as an Assistant Coach for the 2020-21 season. Funderburgh comes back to Emmitsburg after a one-year stint as the Director of Basketball Operations for the women's basketball team at Monmouth University. The Hawks qualified for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship, where they pulled off an upset over Iona.

Before her journey to West Long Branch, Funderburgh worked on Marchesano's staff for two seasons. Her duties as DOBO included assisting in scheduling practices, community events, game film and travel arrangements, to name a few. While here, she earned a Master's degree in sports management.

From her first season to her second, the Mount improved by six wins and reached the semifinals of the Northeast Conference (NEC) tournament.

Her transition to assistant coach is a first for Funderburgh in a college setting. One benefit is her prior experience in Emmitsburg, which brings direct knowledge of the current team's juniors and seniors, who were underclassmen during Funderburgh's DOBO tenure.

Marchesano's familiarity with Funderburgh goes back to Walsh University, where Maria was coach and Kelsey was a guard for the Cavaliers. In three seasons at North Canton, Funderburgh was a prolific scorer, finishing with 1,304 points. She also ranked in the top 50 of Division II for three-pointers per game each year. During the duo's time at Walsh, they guided the women's basketball team to a 50-35 record and two semifinal appearances in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) tournament.

A two-time All-GLIAC player for Walsh, Funderburgh graduated with an exercise science degree in 2016.