Pitt-Greensburg women's basketball coach resigns

Pitt-Greensburg is looking for a new women’s basketball coach after Hayley Schaetzle resigned Tuesday.

Schaetzle stepped down to join her husband Thurman, who is an assistant coach at Canisius College, and is moving with him in Buffalo.

She was named the 2019-20 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Bobcats to a semifinal appearance in the AMCC Tournament.

“It has been a blessing to serve our young women in blue and gold these past three years,” Schaetzle said in a news release. “I look forward to watching Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball reach newfound heights in the coming seasons.”

Schaetzle coached UPG to a 8-17 overall and 7-11 conference record in 2018-19. She then led the Bobcats to their first winning season since 2014-15 a year ago, going 17-10 overall and 14-6 in conference play. UPG was seeded fourth in the AMCC Tournament and earned a quarterfinal victory over Penn State Behrend, the team’s first playoff win in four years.

“We would like to thank Hayley for her time here at Pitt-Greensburg,” UPG director of athletics Jeromy Yetter said. “She will be missed, and we certainly appreciate everything she has done with our women’s basketball program, as our senior woman administrator, and supporter of our entire campus. We wish her and Thurm the best as they move on to the next chapter in their lives.”

The team earned the AMCC’s Team Peak Performer Award by posting the highest cumulative team GPA throughout the conference. In her first season as head coach, Schaetzle immediately made an impact off the court as Pitt-Greensburg earned a spot on the 2017-18 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll.