Coach O'Brien is entering her fifth season as the Rams Head Women's Basketball Coach and Athletic Department Recruiting Coordinator/Admissions Liaison.  She also serves as the Rams Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Advisor.

O'Brien has a career record of 230-243 in her twenty years of collegiate head coaching experience including three years at Rivier College from 1992-95, ten years at Colby College from 1995-2005 and two seasons as the head women's coach at MIT. 

While at Colby College, O'Brien collected a record of 140-115 and led the White Mules to four Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Women's Basketball Championship Tournaments. In 2001 under Coach O'Brien, Colby won the ECAC Championship and in 1998 her team advanced all the way to the ECAC Finals.  In 1997, Coach O'Brien was named New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Coach of the Year, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) District I Coach of the Year and was nominated for the National Coach of the Year Award by the WBCA.

Coach O'Brien is well respected in women's basketball and has many professional affiliations.  O'Brien has served as president and vice president of NEWBA as well as serving on the NCAA Division III Regional Selection Committee.

Coach O'Brien played her collegiate ball at Salem State University where over the course of her career the Vikings were an impressive 95-19 and captured three MASCAC women's basketball championships.  She was selected team MVP and a Kodak All-American (District I) as well as earning All-New England and ECAC First and Second Team honors.  She was a two time All-MASCAC Selection and was the Salem State Unsung Hero in 1986 when the Vikings were crowned the NCAA Division III National Champions.  O'Brien was inducted into the Salem State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.

Liz Brosseau returns to Framingham State for her 2^nd second season in her collegiate coaching career.  She joined the Rams coaching staff after serving as a coach at Medway High School during 2009-10.  At Medway she served as both the junior varsity head coach and the assistant varsity coach for the girls’ basketball program.

In the off season Brosseau is actively involved with youth basketball, coaching 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th graders at various camps and clinics. She also coaches an AAU team and co-founded the girls Mass AAU program. She coaches the 8^th grade team every spring. 

Brosseau graduated from Springfield College in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management and a minor in business.  She was a four year letter winner for the Springfield Pride’s women’s basketball team. During her four years, the Pride was nationally ranked, made an NCAA Tournament appearance during her freshman season in addition to making multiple NEWMAC tournament appearances. Prior to playing for Springfield College, Brosseau was a four year varsity player for Franklin High School.  

Brosseau currently works as the office manager in the Career Services & Employer Relations Office at Framingham State.

Coach Vlahakis enters her second season as the Rams assistant women’s basketball coach. Vlahakis helped coach the Rams to a first round playoff spot last season as well as coaching the 2011 the MASCAC rookie of the year and a second team all-conference player. 

Prior to her arrival, Coach Vlahakis was an assistant coach at Simmons College from 2007-2010 where she helped coach the Sharks to a 44-29 record and three GNAC playoff appearances. In her three seasons she coached first and second team all-conference players as well as coaching an athlete who is currently playing professionally overseas.

An experienced clinician, Vlahakis has been a head coach for Mass Elite AAU and is actively involved in camps and clinics from the middle school to high school levels.

A Lebanon, New Hampshire native, Vlahakis played for nationally ranked St. Lawrence University where she earned all-tournament recognition and was named the most improved player in 2003.  While at St. Lawrence, Vlahakis was a member of the Saints team that posted a perfect Liberty League season record, earned conference championships, and made NCAA tournament appearances.

Prior to arriving at St. Lawrence, Vlahakis attended the Holderness School where she was a four year starter and four year NEPSAC all-conference player. Vlahakis was the first player, male or female, at the Holderness School to score 1,000 points.

Vlahakis, who holds a CPT from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, earned a B.S. in psychology from St. Lawrence University, and will graduate from Southern New Hampshire University in 2012 with an MBA with a specialization in Athletic Administration.