Laura Habacker was named the Dean College Women's Basketball Head Coach in August 2021.
Habacker joined the Bulldogs after spending the previous four years as the Director of Athletics and Wellness at North Andover High School. She was the Director of Athletics at Anna Maria College from 2014 to 2016.
Prior to Anna Maria, Habacker was the women's basketball head coach from 2002 to 2014 and an Assistant Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator from 2006 to 2014 at Elms College. She also served as Elms' interim Director of Athletics during the 2011-2012 academic year. Habacker was named the 2012 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Coach of the Year following Elms' 2011-12 basketball season. The Blazers won the program's first-ever NECC championship and earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to her tenure at Elms College, Habacker was the women's basketball and volleyball head coach for five years at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
Habacker was a three-sport student-athlete at Clark University where she received a bachelor's degree in Biology. She played volleyball, basketball and softball for the Cougars.
