Lauren Hall-Gregory joins the Sacred Heart University women's basketball staff this season after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant coach for Lehigh University.

"We are excited to announce the hiring of Lauren to our coaching staff," stated head coach Ed Swanson. "Lauren comes from a well respected program at Lehigh University. The experience she gained there as a coach and as a player at Hofstra we believe will help to maintain the standard of success both on and off the court we have enjoyed here at Sacred Heart."

Gregory will serve as the program's recruiting coordinator along with coaching the guard positions, scouting and on-court assistance. While a member of the Lehigh staff, Gregory where she also worked with the guard positions as well as overseeing academic progress.

She graduated from Hofstra University in 2003 where she captained the Pride for three years. In her senior year, Hall-Gregory was just one of two players who started in all of the Pride's games. Her collegiate career was filled with leading marks, including being the Pride's assist leader for three consecutive years. Hall-Gregory currently has several marks still on Hofstra's record books including the fourth-highest career assist total with 454 and the 10th-highest career made three-point field goals with 63. Under individual season records, her 161 (2000-01) and 152 (2001-02) assists rank sixth and ninth, respectively. Hall-Gregory received the Colonial Athletic Association's All-Academic award in 2002 and 2003, Hofstra's MVP award in 2001 and the Coaches Selection award in 2003.

After taking two years off from basketball, Hall-Gregory returned to the court as an assistant coach at the College of Saint Mary's in Nebraska. While there, she played a supporting role in helping the Flames to the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2006 NAIA Division II Tournament.