The Stanford women’s basketball team has a new assistant coach, as the program announced yesterday that Trina Patterson will be joining the Cardinal staff.

Patterson was most recently the head coach at the University of Albany, SUNY, where she served from 2002-10. Her first head-coaching job was with the College of William & Mary (1991-99), and she also spent two years at the helm of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (1999-2000).

As a head coach for a combined 17 seasons, Patterson had 18 players earn conference honors in the America East Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association. With Albany, she was named America East Coach of the Year in 2007-08 after her Great Danes got a school-record 10 conference wins. Albany went on to reach the semifinals in the America East Tournament that season.

Patterson and the Cardinal will begin their first season together this November.