Melissa Dymek begins her fifth season as
an assistant coach on head coach Tina Martin's staff for the 2008-09 season.
She has played a big part in Delaware's success, helping the Blue Hens post a four-year record of 80-44 (.645), advance to the NCAA Tournament in 2007, and qualify for the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 2005 and 2006. Delaware has won 71 percent of its conference games (51-21) during the stretch.
Dymek played four seasons at the University
of Richmond and earned her degree in May of 2004. A native of Hazleton, PA, she earned her
degree in political science after closing out her
career for the Spiders under head coaches Bob Foley (2000-02) and Joanne
Boyle (2002-04).
She played in 50 career games as a backup
guard at Atlantic 10 Conference power Richmond as the team posted a cumulative
record of 74-49 and advanced to the Women's National Invitational Tournament
in both 2003 and 2004. The 2003-04 squad advanced to the WNIT semifinals.
She played in 19 games as a senior and averaged 1.2 points and 0.3 rebounds
per game.
A former All-State selection at Hazleton High
School where she was a National Honor Society student, Dymek has been
active as a counselor at various basketball camps, is a member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, was involved in Habitat for Humanity,
Helping Hands, and Adopt a Grandparent programs, and served as a mentor
for elementary school students.
Before coming to Delaware, Dymek served an
internship with Blue Chip Basketball in Philadelphia where she had responsibilities
organizing and serving as site director for various AAU tournaments in
the summer of 2003.
Assistant Coach Melissa Dymek