Head Coach
Tara Macciocco
570.348.6211 x 2623
Tara Macciocco enters her sixth year as Head Women's Basketball Coach at Marywood and her second as Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation. Macciocco serves as Marywood's Compliance and Academic Coordinator and Senior Woman Administrator as part of her Assistant Director role. In June of 2004, Macciocco was named Marywood University's first full-time coach. Macciocco came to Marywood University after a decorated playing career and after serving as Assistant Coach at nearby Wilkes University for three seasons.
Macciocco, a native of Dunmore, has plenty of experience to lead the Pacers in their quest for a PAC Championship. Prior to her stint at Wilkes University, Macciocco served as a graduate assistant at Lock Haven University (Division II) while earning her Master's of Liberal Arts degree with a concentration in Media Studies. While at Lock Haven, Macciocco assisted with day-to-day operations of the women's basketball program and on-court instruction. Macciocco also established the Kids Fan Club while at Lock Haven. Coach Macciocco was also the first-ever Head Coach of the Women's Professional Basketball team in Northeast PA, the Scranton Scream.
As a player, Macciocco earned full basketball scholarships to Penn State University (Division I) and Lock Haven. While at Penn State from 1994-1997, Macciocco was a member of the Lady Lions' 1994 Big Ten Championship Team and made an appearance in the NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" in 1995.
No stranger to the local hoops scene, Macciocco was a standout player at Dunmore High School. As a player at Dunmore, Macciocco scored 2,211 career points and led Dunmore to the 1994 state Class AA title game. Macciocco was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in October of 2004 and was ranked by the Scranton Times-Tribune as one of the area's top 100 athletes of all-time.
Assistant Coach
Lindsay Baker
570.961.4724
Lindsay Baker begins her second season as the Pacers’ assistant women’s basketball coach. The former Keuka College standout joined Marywood’ staff for the 2008-2009 season.
Baker joins the Pacers after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Misericordia where she helped lead the Cougars to consecutive appearances in the conference playoffs and an ECAC tournament berth last season. A standout at Keuka College, Baker scored 1,249 career points for the Storm and was named to the NEAC 1st Team All-Conference squad all four years of her career.
Baker earned her B.A. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Keuka in 2006.