Bio

St. Joseph’s College (L.I.) head women’s basketball coach Kelley Watts announced the addition of Rebecca Levy to her coaching staff prior to the 2015-16 season.

Levy arrives in Patchogue with extensive coaching and teaching experience, having most recently served as a physical education teacher and JV girls basketball and soccer coach at Amityville School District during the 2014-15 school year.

In addition, Levy has served as assistant girls varsity basketball and girls JV lacrosse coach at Friends Academy in Locust Valley since 2011, where she helped guide her side to two Long Island championship and one Small School championship. The Merrick, NY native also has worked as a basketball coach, trainer and administrative assistant at Fundamental Sports Training in Westbury, NY, coaching, training and preparing high school players for college recruitment since 2012.

Earlier in 2015, Levy took up post as Director of Mental Health/Anti-Bullying Campaign and Assistant Director of AAU travel basketball with Aim High Youth Organization’s Silver Bullets Basketball program—a position which she maintains. Her primary responsibilities include the scheduling of the entire AAU program, coaching, and directing players that may be experiencing traumatic social interactions.

Levy has spent time in several school districts in various positions, including as a substitute teacher at Friends Academy (2013-14) and Half Hollow Hills School District (2013-14); a physical education student teacher at North Shore Central School District (2012); and a physical education intern at Uniondale School District (2012), Lindenhurst School District (2011) and Copiague School District (2010).

Levy, who still resides in Merrick, graduated Suma Cum Laude from Hofstra University in 2012 with a B.S. in Physical Education and began work on her Master’s in Health Education from Hofstra in the spring of 2014.