MaryLynne Schaefer enters her first season as the Lady Lions' Director of Program Development in 2019-20. She comes to Penn State after serving one year on Kieger’s staff at Marquette as the Director of Player Development. She also worked under Kieger as a graduate assistant for the Golden Eagles during the 2014-15 season.
In between her stints at Marquette, Schaefer spent three seasons as an assistant coach at North Florida where she worked with the Osprey guards. Schaefer helped guide back-to-back All-Conference Freshman Team members Adrienne Jackson and Tiffany Tolbert. She also managed equipment, video and scouting, recruiting and was responsible for the team managers and practice squad while at North Florida.
While a GA at Marquette in 2014-15, Schaefer assisted in game and practice preparation and scouting various non-conference and Big East opponents. She also coordinated and coached Marquette’s male practice squad, while supervising the team’s managers.
Prior to Marquette, Schaefer worked at Miami for three seasons. Schaefer was a graduate student worker in her first season with the Hurricanes before becoming the team’s video coordinator in July 2012.
The school record holder for career three-pointers, Schaefer was a three-year starter at Hartford from 2005-09 and was part of three America East Regular Season Championships and two American East Tournament Championship teams. She helped the Hawks to two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Second Round showing in both the 2006 and 2008 Tournament. Additionally, she played in three WNITs, one preseason and two postseason. She finished her career with 222 treys, a school-record mark that was tied during the 2014-15 season by Amber Bepko.
Schaefer played overseas in Germany for two seasons following her collegiate career at Hartford. She helped her team to a league championship in her first season and a runner-up finish in her second season. Schaefer led all three divisions in Germany in three-point field goals made in both of her years. She also led the Second Division in steals in 2011.
Schaefer graduated from Hartford in May 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in interactive information technology. She completed her master’s degree in sport leadership from Marquette in December of 2017.
