A native of Glenolden, she was an All-Catholic basketball player at Cardinal O'Hara High Sch. She was a member of three national championship teams at Immaculata College under coach Cathy Rush and was national college player of the year in 1973 and 1974. She played on the American team which finished second in the World University Games in Moscow in 1973. She began her coaching career at Saint Joseph's University, then was head coach at Rutgers Univ from 1976-94, where her 1981-82 won the AIAW national championship. Became head coach at the Univ of Illinois in 1974. She was on the coaching staff of the United States team which won the gold medal at the 1990 World Championships in Malaysia and the 1990 Good Will Games in Seattle. She coached the United States Women's Team, which won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. She is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.