Ty Grace Bio
6/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Ty Grace enters her second season at Seton Hall and first as a member of Anne Donovan's staff following a successful three-year run at Army. Her duties with the Pirates include recruiting, scheduling, scouting and player development.
Grace helped the Black Knights to a 61-30 record while on staff and coached two Patriot League Rookies of the Year and three all-conference players. Grace worked primarily with Army's forwards.
Prior to her stint at West Point, Grace served a two-year stint as the head coach at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J. In her two seasons with the Roadrunners, she forged a 21-29 overall record.
Before her arrival at Ramapo in 2004, Grace coached as an assistant at Fairleigh Dickinson for five years, the first two seasons as a graduate assistant, where she coordinated travel arrangements and worked on individual skill development for post players and guards. The Roosevelt, N.Y., native began her coaching career serving as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Hartford.
A 1999 graduate of the University of New Haven, Grace earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Management. In May 2001, she earned a master's degree in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson.
A four-year letterwinner during her undergraduate days at UNH, Grace ranks as one of only two players in school history to eclipse 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She garnered second team All-New England Collegiate Conference honors as a sophomore, and earned first team All-NECC selections her junior and senior campaigns. She also received second team All-ECAC accolades following her junior year after averaging 11.4 points per game and 11.2 rebounds per contest.
Grace, a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, completed the Black Coaches Association A.C.E. Program in 2006. In 2007, she was one of 25 coaches selected to participate in the NCAA Women Coaches Academy in Denver. Grace and her husband, Keith Cobb, have a five-year old son, Kalen.
