Updated 8/19/25
Devin Jefferson is in her eighth year as the Stockton head women’s basketball coach. The role is her first as a head coach and first at the NCAA Division III level after stints at Division I and Division II. Jefferson has won 68 games on the Osprey bench, with the year’s total improving each year from 2018-24.
Last year, Stockton won 11 games under Jefferson’s tutelage, reaching double digits for the fifth consecutive full season. Jefferson led Stockton to 15 victories in 2023-24, the program’s most since 2017-18 and most in her tenure so far. The Ospreys also produced their highest finish in league play since 2017-18 by placing fourth in the conference standings. Stockton tallied 12 wins and finished second in the NJAC in scoring defense and rebound margin in 2022-23. The campaign continued the progression after an 11-win season in 2021-22. The 2020-21 season was limited to just six games due to COVID.
In 2019-20, Jefferson steered Stockton to 10 wins, reflecting a two-victory improvement over her initial campaign. In her first season at the helm, Jefferson guided a young Osprey team to eight wins in 2018-19, including five during NJAC play. With just one senior on the roster, the Ospreys gradually improved and finished strong by winning four of their last seven contests.
Jefferson arrived at Stockton with 10 years of college coaching experience. Prior to taking over the Ospreys, she spent five years as the associate head coach at Division I Fairleigh Dickinson University. Jefferson served as the Recruiting Coordinator at Fairleigh Dickinson under head coach Pete Cinella and was heavily involved with scouting, player development, compliance and community service programs.
During her five years, Jefferson helped the Knights record 47 victories, including 15 in 2017-18 for the program’s highest win total since 1992-93. Jefferson worked primarily with the post players at FDU and was instrumental in several of them receiving Northeast Conference honors nd continuing their careers professionally.
Prior to joining the FDU staff, Jefferson was an assistant coach at the University of Vermont for three years from 2010-13. She coached players who earned two America East All-Conference and two America East All-Rookie honors and helped the Catamounts reached the semifinals of the America East tournament in 2013. Jefferson’s college coaching career began at Division II Bloomfield College, where she was an assistant coach from 2008-10.
An Orange, New Jersey native, Jefferson’s collegiate playing career began at Mitchell College (CT), where she was an NJCAA All-America Honorable Mention and NJCAA All-New England selection. She transferred to Seton Hall University and played three seasons for the Pirates in the Big East. Jefferson earned Big East All-Academic Team honors twice and received the team’s Most Improved Player award and Richie Regan Leadership Award. Following her athletic career with the Pirates, Jefferson played semi-professional basketball with the NY Gazelles (Bronx, NY).
Jefferson earned her bachelor’s and master degrees from Seton Hall. She was accepted to the Leadership Newark Fellowship Program in 2008, a network of emerging and established leaders who are committed to focusing on public policy issues in the city of Newark. She also was accepted in the prestigious NCAA Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) program in 2016, and the Alliance for Women’s Coaches (now called WeCOACH) and the Women’s Coaches Academy in 2014.
