50 Seasons: About Coach Andy Yosinoff

The winningest coach in NCAA Division III women’s basketball history. A builder of character, community, and champions. And a force for unity and progress at the intersection of athletics and culture.

For five decades, Coach Andy Yosinoff has epitomized excellence, integrity, and life‑changing mentorship in women’s basketball. He led the USA women's team to the gold medal in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Under his leadership, Emmanuel College has become a bastion of sustained success, personal growth, and opportunity. His success and longevity in the sport are matched by only a select few.

He's entering his 50th season with 951 career wins - 7th all-time across all divisions of NCAA women's basketball - 22 NCAA tournament appearances and 19 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championships.

Yet Coach Yosinoff's impact transcends the numbers. Throughout the game of basketball and beyond, he is a symbol of what’s possible when people of diverse faiths and socioeconomic backgrounds come together in a spirit of teamwork, mutual respect, and singleness of purpose.

#1

All-time winningest Division III women's basketball coach in NCAA history

50

Years of coaching at Emmanuel: making him the longest tenured NCAA basketball coach

950+

NCAA wins: one of just 10 women's NCAA head coaches to reach this mark

21

NCAA tournament appearances, including 19 GNAC titles and a run to the Final Four

History and Impact

Only one other active coach has more wins across NCAA Division I, II and III (Geno Auriemma). But Coach Yosinoff's legacy is as much about his role as an educator and mentor as it is coach.

More on His Impact at Emmanuel

In 1977, Coach Yosinoff interviewed at Emmanuel for a tennis coaching job, and was handed the women's basketball team instead. The rest is history.

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The coaching record is only part of the story. Coach Yosinoff taught physical education in the Boston Public Schools for 34 years and served as Emmanuel's Director of Athletics for 17 years. During his time as a coach, nearly 400 women have played for him.
“I never got married and I don’t have any kids, so…this is basically my life. That’s why parents send their kids to me; they know I’ll adopt their daughters as if they were my own.”

By the Numbers

3rd

in NCAA history in wins at a single institution

47

winning seasons

7th

all-time rank in NCAA women's basketball (all divisions)

The 2001 Final Four Team: 25 Years Later

The 2000-01 Saints were Boston's first program to reach a Final Four at any level, across every division of NCAA competition. As the #1 seed in the Northeast Region, Yosinoff and the Saints went 28-4 and defeated 26-1 New York University (NYU) 74-70 in overtime in their Elite Eight matchup. Emmanuel fell to Washington University in St. Louis, 78-62 in Danbury, Connecticut.

For their season and unprecedented Final Four appearance, the 2000-01 Saints were named ECAC Division III Team of the Year, and Coach Yosinoff was named GNAC Coach of the Year.

In 2010, Yosinoff and the team entered the GNAC Hall of Fame together.

A Lasting Legacy

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Honors and Achievements

Jewish Sports Heritage Association Hall of Fame

2026

Coach Yosinoff was inducted to the 8th annual hall of fame class of the Jewish Sports Heritage Association in April 2026.

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Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Eligibility

2023, 2024, 2025

Coach Yosinoff has been on the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame ballot for three consecutive years.

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GNAC Coach of the Year

2001, 2004, 2014, 2022, 2026

Coach Yosinoff has been awarded GNAC Coach of the Year five times in his career, following the Emmanuel Saints most recent GNAC championship win in the 2025-26 season.

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D3hoops.com Division III Northeast Region Coach of the Year

2012

Coach Yosinoff was awarded Division III Northeast Region Coach of the Year commemorating a perfect 13-0 GNAC record in the 2011-12 season, followed by an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Red Auerbach National Coach of the Year

2012

The Jewish Coaches Association presented Coach Yosinoff with the award in 2012, which marks college basketball's best Jewish coach of the year.

GNAC Hall of Fame, Inagural Class

2010

Coach Yosinoff was inducted alongside his 2000-01 team as part of the inaugural class of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) hall of fame.

Head Coach, USA Women's Open team, Maccabiah Games

2005

Coach Yosinoff was selected to be the USA Maccabiah Open Head Women's Basketball Coach in 2005. He coached the USA National Team to its first-ever gold medal in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

New England Basketball Hall of Fame

2003

In October 2003, Coach Yosinoff was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in Kingston, Rhode Island, as part of its second class of inductees.

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