
The Coach: Cathy Rush
Coach Cathy Rush was the head women’s basketball coach at Immaculata from 1970-1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive AIAW national titles from 1972-1974. Overall, she guided the Mighty Macs to 6 consecutive final four appearances in her seven seasons with the college, attaining a 149-15 record.
Rush was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 7, 2008. She was inducted into the women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

The Teams
On Sunday, March 19, 1972, 11 remarkable young women and their coach from immaculata college achieved the impossible, winning the first-ever national women’s college basketball championship, and against all odds, capturing the title again in 1973 and 1974. The legendary Mighty Macs demonstrated a dominance rarely seen in any sport, either women’s or men’s, becoming true heroes of intercollegiate athletics. In 2014, the Mighty Macs were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

'72
Immaculata College vs. West Chester

'73
Immaculata College vs. Queens College

'74
Immaculata College vs. Mississippi College

The Mighty Macs honor role includes Head Coach Cathy Rush and players Janet Ruch Boltz, Denise Conway Crawford, Janet Young Eline, Theresa Shank Grentz, Nancy Johnston, Barbara Deuble Kelly, Tina Krah, Patricia Mulhern Loughran, Judy Marra Martelli, Maureen Mooney, Sue Forsyth O’Grady, Patricia Opila, Rene Muth Portland, Betty Ann Hoffman Quinn, Mary Scharff, Marianne Crawford Stanley, Maureen Stuhlman and Marie Liguori Williams.
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