Clare Fitzpatrick

Biography

Clare Fitzpatrick enters her third season as an assistant coach on the UMass women’s basketball staff after joining the program in May of 2023. Fitzpatrick brings 10 years of extensive experience recruiting, creating player development plans, putting together opponent scout reports and defensive game plans, as well as specific skill instruction for post players. The Southbury, Connecticut, comes to Amherst after spending four years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Holy Cross. During the 2024-25 season, Fitzpatrick assisted the Minutewomen to an impressive turnaround season, posting a 17-15 overall record and an 11-7 record in the A-10. The 17 games won was a 12-win increase from the 2023-24 year, with the program increasing its conference win total by nine games. Additionally, Massachusetts earned a first-round bye in the 2025 A-10 Championship as the seventh seed, while accepting an invitation to the WNIT for the fourth time in progrma history. UMass sat No. 151 in the NCAA Women’s Basketball NET rankings; finishing the season at 43rd in the country in rebound margin, 56th in scoring defense, 64th in offensive rebounding, 73rd in opponent field goal percetnage and 75th in forced turnovers. In her first season at UMass, Fitzpatrick coached freshman forward Lilly Taulelei to the program’s first Atlantic 10 All-Rookie selection since 2018-19 as she started 20-of-29 appearances in the regular season while averaging 6.9 points per game on 46-percent from the fi