University of Connecticut Athletics
D'Innocenzo, Terrelonge Named Associate Head Coach
10/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Oct. 9, 2009
STORRS, Conn. - Softball coach Andrea D'Innocenzo and Women's Track and Field Coach Clive Terrelonge have been promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach at the University of Connecticut for their respective programs.
D'Innocenzo is in her seventh year as a coach with the University after playing for four years under Head Coach Karen Mullins. She was a two-time All-American and BIG EAST Conference player of the year for the University of Connecticut softball team, and joined the UConn coaching staff in 2004.
Playing for the Huskies from 1992-1995, D'Innocenzo helped lead the team to three BIG EAST conference titles. In 1993, UConn went on to win the NCAA Division I Regional Championship and participated in the Women's College World Series. D'Innocenzo was named to the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team that year, after having also been named to the first team in the BIG EAST, Northeast Region, New England Intercollegiate Softball Coaches Association and ECAC. She also earned third team All-America honors that year and again in 1995. D'Innocenzo was named the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year in 1992 and went on to be a three-time member of the BIG EAST first team as well as the Northeast Region first team. As a senior, D'Innocenzo was honored as the BIG EAST Player of the Year.
While at the university as a coach, D'Innocenzo has recorded a 141-142 record and helped the team to back-to-back-to-back appearances in the BIG EAST tournament for the first time since the 2001 season. During her tenure, the Huskies have appeared in three BIG EAST Championships with two quarterfinal appearances and a semifinal appearance in 2008.
Terrelonge is going into his sixth season as a coach of the women's track and field team. He has completed five successful years as the Huskies' sprints/hurdles coach, has led many of his athletes to successful careers at Connecticut. His knowledge and experience as a former international athlete helped the Huskies to take a big step in the BIG EAST Conference. Coaching several athletes to All-BIG EAST and All-ECAC status, Terrelonge most notably helped to excel the career of current volunteer coach April Garner to record-breaking speeds in the 55-meter and the 100 hurdles, both for which she was a BIG EAST runner-up. Garner also set new school records in the 55 hurdles and 60 during the indoor season and set a personal best in the 200 under Terrelonge's leadership.
Current athletes competing on the national scene under his tutelage include NCAA qualifiers Tamara Highsmith and Jessi Foreman. As a freshman in 2006, Foreman set new school records in the 55 and 60-meter dash and won BIG EAST and New England Championships in the 60m indoor and 100m outdoor. As a sophomore, Foreman set the new school record in the 100 meter dash and again, won the BIG EAST Championship title. Off the track, Foreman was an NCAA Academic All-American. In 2006, Terrelonge coached ten athletes to All-BIG EAST status and fourteen were crowned New England Champions for indoor and outdoor. He finished the season with four athletes competing at the USA Jr. Championships with Mandela Graves-Fulgham as a finalist in the 400m.
Last season, Terrelonge won the Northeastern Assistant Coach of the Year award as presented by the USTFCCCA.
