<p>WEST POINT, N.Y. — Missy Traversi was hired as the women’s basketball coach at Army on Monday, joining the academy after five years of coaching Adelphi on Long Island.</p>
<p>She succeeds Dave Magarity, who retired after this season in which the Black Knights went 9-11. Her appointment was announced by athletic director Mike Buddie.</p>
<p>“I believe my brand of coaching is tailored to the core values of the type of female athlete that is built for West Point,” Traversi said in a statement. “I will recruit and develop fiercely competitive individuals with high integrity who value team above self.”</p>
<p>Traversi has 13 years of coaching experience across all three NCAA divisions. She coached for five years in high school. </p>
<p>Her Adelphi teams were 83-37 (.692) overall. They won two Northeast-10 division titles, an NE10 Tournament championship in 2017 and two NCAA Division II Tournament berths. </p>
<p>Traversi also spent two seasons as the coach at Wheelock College in Boston and was an assistant for one year at Harvard.</p>
<p>A native of Attleboro, Massachusetts, she starred as a player at the University of Maine from 2001-05 and played professionally in Europe before going into coaching. </p>
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