In her first season in the Northeast Conference, DeVane led the Hawks to a 14-13 overall record and a 10-8 finish in the league.  With all-conference performers, Michelle Cappadona and Amanda Rosato in the mix, DeVane’s squad just missed the NEC Tournament.  But the Hawks, reloaded after losing five seniors to graduation, are ready and aimed towards joining the conference’s elite this season.

The Monmouth women’s team, under DeVane, looks to make a run at the NEC Championship and grabbing its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1986.

The Philadelphia, Pa. native, arrived in West Long Branch after a successful coaching stint at Delaware State University. She served as the skipper at her alma mater from 1995-2000. During the five-year stint she registered a 63-70 record. Following the 1995-96 campaign, in which DSU registered a 14-12 record, DeVane was tabbed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s Coach of the Year. During that season, the Hornets posted their best conference mark in 10 seasons and put together a school-record nine-game winning streak. In her final season at Delaware State, DeVane led the Hornets to an 11-17 mark and a seventh place finish in the MEAC.

During her tenure at DSU, DeVane also served as the University’s senior woman administrator.

Prior to her stint at Delaware State, DeVane served as head coach at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1992. At Cheyney, she took over a fledgling program that posted a dismal 2-25 record prior to arrival. In her initial season, she improved the Wolves’ record by eight games (10-17) and in her third season she led Cheyney to its first ever 20-win season (20-8), its best record in over seven years.  DeVane also coached the women’s volleyball team while at Cheyney.

As a player, DeVane earned four letters as a member of the Delaware State basketball team. She served as the Hornets’ team captain all four seasons. During her final season she was a NAGWS All-America candidate and she still ranks among the school’s all-time leading rebounders. DeVane led the Hornets in rebounding in 1979-80 (11.4 rpg), 1981-82 (11.2 rpg) and 1982-83 (7.3 rpg). In her junior and senior seasons, she ranked in the the top 10 among the nation’s rebounding leaders. During her playing career, DeVane pulled down at least 20 rebounds in a game on four occasions, including a school-record 28 during her freshman campaign. In 1997, DeVane was inducted into the Delaware State University Athletics Hall of Fame.

DeVane is a 1983 graduate of Delaware State, earning a bachelor’s degree in recreation. She earned a master’s degree in therapeutic recreation from Penn State University in 1987.
DeVane is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association and the Black Coaches’ Association. Prior to her accepting the position at Monmouth, she served as president of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association.

A veteran of the basketball camp circuit, DeVane has worked at some of the nation’s premier camps, including the John Chaney/Sonny Hill Basketball Camp, Syracuse University Basketball Camp and the Florida Atlantic University Basketball Camp, as well as succesfully hosting her own Monmouth University camps.