UMass Boston

In 1980, Alfrea Harris not only became UMass Boston's firstWomen's Basketball coach but she was also the first female headcoach at UMass Boston for any sport. In her first three campaigns,Harris made an immediate impact on the scene by guiding the Beaconsto three consecutive winning seasons while compiling a 40-18 mark.She would finish her coaching tenure at UMass Boston with 44 winswhich ranks second most in program-history while her 15 win seasonin 1981-82 boasts the highest single-season winning percentage at.714 (15-6) and remains tied for the most single-season wins by anyUMass Boston women's hoops team. To this day, Harris is still theonly woman to ever to coach in the prestigious Boston Shootout.After coaching at UMass Boston, Harris went on to becomeadministratively involved in several local organizations includingthe Boston Parks & Recreation Department as former DeputyCommissioner, the Project Director for Harvard School of PublicHealth's program "Play Across Boston", as well as the ProjectDirector for Northeastern Universities "Sport in Society". She wasthe recipient of Boston Municipal Research Bureau Henry L. ShattuckAward for Public Service as well as an inductee in WCVB Good SportsHall of Fame