Daynia La-Force Mann Head Coach First Season at NU: 2006-07 Alma Mater: Georgetown '95

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Daynia La-Force Mann recently completed her second season as head coach of the Northeastern women’s basketball program in 2007-08. This season, La-Force Mann guided the Huskies to their most successful season in years, leading Northeastern to a 10-win improvement from 2006-07, the biggest turnaround in the CAA. The Huskies also won five more CAA games than in 2006-07, the second biggest turnaround in conference only games. La-Force Mann had the Huskies playing their best basketball as 2007-08 wound down. She lead Northeastern to seven straight wins, punctuated by a 78-46 rout of George Mason in the first round of the CAA Tournament. The seven game winning streak is tied for the second longest winning streak in program history. Introduced as the fifth head coach in the program’s history on April 14, 2006, La-Force Mann has enjoyed a rapid and successful rise up the NCAA coaching ranks. In a short period of time, the New York native has had a tremendously positive impact at Northeastern, as she has the Huskies poised to become a perennial contender in the CAA. To that end, her 2007 recruiting class was ranked in the top 150 in the nation by the All-Star Girls Report. Her 2008 recruiting class features five All-State performers. Prior to coming to Northeastern, La-Force Mann, 34, spent a highly successful 2005-06 season at the University of New Haven, where she was named the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, as she guided the Chargers to the NYCAC regular season and tournament titles. Her Chargers finished the 2005-06 season with a 17-3 conference record and a 24-7 overall record, and advanced to the Women’s Division II NCAA Tournament. She also coached the NYCAC Player of the Year and helped her team achieve a grade point average over 3.0. Shortly after completing the season, La-Force Mann was tabbed to helm the Huskies’ program. Prior to her arrival at New Haven, La-Force Mann spent three seasons as an assistant coach at St. John’s University from 2002-05. She was promoted to the top assistant post for the 2004-05 season and helped take the Red Storm to a 20-win season and the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, the team’s first postseason appearance in 20 years. La-Force Mann was active as the team’s recruiting coordinator, academic advisor and NCAA compliance liaison. La-Force Mann also spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Long Island University from 1995-2002. She was a member of the staff that turned around a program ranked last in RPI nationally in 1995 and lifted them to the Northeast Conference championship and NCAA Tournament in 2001. Coupled with the program’s success on the court, the team also achieved in the classroom year after year, regularly securing a team grade point average above 3.0. A 1995 graduate of Georgetown University, La-Force Mann received her bachelor of science degree in Psychology. While at Georgetown, La-Force Mann was a standout member of the women’s basketball team, highlighted by the Hoyas’ 1992-93 season in which they won the Big East Conference championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. La-Force Mann is an active member of the National Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the Black Coaches Association. She received her master’s degree in School Psychology from LIU in 2001. La-Force Mann and her husband, Eustace Mann, have two sons, Terance (11) and Martin (9).