Chris Gobrecht, Camp Director, Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach, Yale University 

Gobrecht has amassed a 449-369 (.549) record during her 28 seasons, ranking her 31st

among active coaches in career victories. The ninth coach in the 36-year history of Yale

women's basketball, Gobrecht has more career victories than any other active coach in

the Ivy League, men or women. In her tenure at Yale, she has coached an Ivy League

Rookie of the Year (Melissa Colborne, 2006-07) and two first team All-Ivy players

(Colborne, 2007-08 and  Erica Davis, 2006-07).  

Dianne Nolan, Assistant Coach, Yale University 

Dianne Nolan is in her second season at Yale after 28 years as the head coach at Fairfield

University. She accumulated 456 wins at Fairfield and led the Stags to four NCAA

Tournament appearances. Nolan's teams won three Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

(MAAC) Championships, and she earned MAAC Coach of the Year honors five times.  

Queen Smith, Assistant Coach, Yale University 

Queen Smith is in her second season as an assistant coach at Yale. She works primarily with

the Bulldogs' guards and coordinates team travel. The life-long New Haven resident worked

as the activity director for the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) camps at Yale since

1997. She was inducted into the New Haven Tip-Off Club Hall of Fame on Nov. 13, 2007. 

Kathryn Whartenby, Camp Coordinator, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach 

Kathryn Whartenby is in her second year as a strength and conditioning coach at Yale. 

She works with both the men’s and women’s basketball teams.  Prior to Yale, she was

at the University of Florida where she worked with the women’s basketball and soccer

teams. Whartenby also served as coordinator of the Gator Soccer camps.