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Dr. Rose Marie Battaglia

Categories: Class of 2018
  • Overall record of 702-240-2 in 38 years of coaching
  • .745 winning percentage as a head coach
  • Coached Paramus Catholic High School to two consecutive state championships
  • 10 Garden State Athletic Conference Championships, 4 Region XIX Championships, and 4 NJCAA Final Four appearances with Bergen Community College
  • 3x Garden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times and 2x NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year
  • Stayfree National Coach of the Year (1979)
  • WBCA Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (1998)
  • New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (2000)
  • Inducted into numerous Halls of Fame, including the NJCAA Hall of Fame (1999) and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame (1996)
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