Wagner College Athletics

Alycia Gervais was appointed as an assistant coach of the Wagner women's basketball program in June 2021.

She comes to Wagner College following a three-year stint as the head coach of the Dean College Bulldogs in Franklin, MA. She took over the program that was transiting from a junior college to an NCAA Division III program as a member of the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC).
 
Under Gervais’ guidance, the Bulldogs made two consecutive trips to the NECC Tournament while combining for 39 wins. In their first season in the NECC in 2017-18, Dean tied for the regular-season title with a 12-2 record in league contests.
 
Gervais was instrumental in the development of several student-athletes during her time at Dean. She coached Makayla Rudder and Iindia Pina, who both went on to eclipse the 1,000-point threshold while earning First Team All-NECC honors and USCAA All-America accolades in 2018-19. Alexah Rudder paced the NECC in blocks as well.
 
Before accepting the position at Dean, Gervais spent two seasons as the head coach at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA. Under her leadership, the Gators went to back-to-back American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) championship games with the 2017-18 finals contested on Pine Manor’s home court.
 
Erica Jones led the Gators offense and Shaquanda Middleton, who both netted their 1,000 career points in 2017-18, as both players excelled in Coach Gervais' up-tempo style of play as the team averaged more than 70.0 points per contest.
 
Before her stint with Pine Manor, she was the assistant coach at the University of Virginia College at Wise. Gervais was instrumental in laying the foundation for what turned out to be a team that went 21-11 and advancing to the Mountain East Conference semifinals in 2016-17.
 
Gervais began her collegiate coaching career at Adelphi University in 2012 under former Wagner head women’s coach, Heather Jacobs. While with the Panthers, Gervais helped lead the program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in more than a decade in 2013-14 as well as etching their name on the USA Today Sports Division II National Top-25 Poll.
 
Gervais was a standout four-year letterwinner at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH. Among her athletic accolades include being selected as a two-time All-Region selection by D3Hoops.com, a two-time NECC Conference Player of the Year (2011, 2012), and a four-time all-conference honoree, who led the Eagles to the program’s first-ever NECC Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament berth in 2011.
 
In addition to being a standout on the hardwood, Gervais spent four seasons as a member of the Eagles’ cross-country team, serving as captain for two years and played a season of softball (2011) and soccer (2012).
 
A former highly-decorated four-year letter winner at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H., Gervais is a two-time all-region selection by D3Hoops.com, a two-time NECC Conference Player of the Year (2011, 2012) and four-time all-conference honoree who led the Eagles to the program’s first-ever NECC Tournament Championship and subsequent NCAA Tournament berth (2011). 
 
In addition to her basketball exploits, Gervais spent four seasons as a member of the Eagles’ cross-country team, serving as captain for two years. She also played a season of softball (2011) and soccer (2012). Away from the playing field, Gervais was a four-year member of the Daniel Webster’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was a two-time recipient of the College’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year award (2011, 2012).
 
In December 2020, Gervais was named to the Noontime Sports All-Decade Team as well as the New Hampshire Division III Women’s Basketball All-Decade team. 
 
Gervais graduated from Daniel Webster with a degree in Sport Management and earned her Master’s degree in Sport Management from Adelphi in 2014.