Jenna Cosgrove - 23 Who Made a Difference in RI in 2023

Jenna Cosgrove - 23 Who Made a Difference in RI in 2023

She is the most successful Rhode Island State employee, literally. Oh, and she is the best coach in the state at any level.

Jenna Cosgrove is in her seventh season as the head women's basketball coach at Rhode Island College. She owns a 111-41 (.730) career record.

Since the season began, her team is 12-0.

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In the past two seasons combined, Cosgrove is a combined 40-4 to date.

In her first six seasons guiding the Anchorwomen, Cosgrove has three Little East Conference Championships, four LEC Tournament Appearances, has been named the LEC's Coach of the Year three times and been named the Region II Coach of the Year. Additionally, the Anchorwomen have three 20-win seasons, two NCAA Tournament appearances, one NCAA Final Four, two Little East Rookies of the Year and one Player and Defensive Player of the Year. 

In 2023, she led the Anchorwomen to the program's best-ever season as Rhode Island College went 28-4, won the program's third consecutive Little East Regular Season and Tournament titles and reached NCAA Div. III Championship's Final Four for the first time in program history. 

There are no scholarships and no NIL monies. Just winning.

During the team’s run in the NCAA Tournament last season, Cosgrove's team knocked off No. 3 Scranton, No. 12 Chicago, and No. 10 Babson to advance to the National Semifinal. She was named a finalist to receive the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) National Coach of the Year award.