Marianne Galfano begins her third season in 2009-10 as an assistant with the Blue Devils and brings a vast array of knowledge and experiences to the UW-Stout program.

A graduate of Cleveland State University where she played basketball and volleyball, Galfano has worked as a coach at varying levels, both head coach and assistant, as an instructor in graphic arts and photography, as a personal trainer and as an athletic director. She most recently was the head girls basketball coach at DW Daniel High School in South Carolina and was the track and field throws coach when the team won the South Carolina state championship. She was an assistant women's basketball coach and assistant women's golf coach at North Central College in Naperville, Ill, and was the athletic director at St. Joseph Academy in Cleveland, Ohio. Galfano has also completed coursework in fine arts and a masters degree in adult education.