Leah Lipschitz joined the Lesley University staff as head women’s basketball coach on June 27, 2011.

A graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston, Lipschitz was an assistant coach at Mount Ida College in Newton, MA for the past two seasons, where she helped lead the Mustangs to the program’s first Great Northeast Athletic Conference playoff berth in program history. At Mount Ida, she focused on guard development but assisted in all areas of the program, including recruiting, practice planning, film breakdown and fund raising.

As a collegiate student-athlete, Lipschitz spent her first two years at Division I Boston University, playing for the Terriers from 2004-2006.  She transferred to Emmanuel and finished her college career with the Saints, playing her final two seasons under New England Basketball Hall of Fame coach Andy Yosinoff.    

At Emmanuel, Lipschitz helped lead the Saints to two GNAC titles and NCAA Tournament berths in both of her seasons, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2006-07, when Emmanuel went 29-2 and lost to eventual national champion DePauw University.

After graduating, she started her coaching career at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, NY, where she served as an assistant varsity and junior varsity coach in 2008. She has worked as a coach and counselor with a variety of basketball camps, including at Boston University and in Special Olympics programs.

She currently works as a school counselor at a private school for children with special needs in Belmont, MA and as a personal trainer in the Greater Boston Area at the Leventhal Sidman JCC.

Lipschitz was born and raised in Queens, NY, where she was a first team All-Queens and All-New York City selection out of Benjamin Cardoza High School. A two-time Jewish All-American, she was named one of the Top 50 players in New York City by Metro High School Sports Magazine.

She received a bachelor’s of arts degree in psychology with a concentration on health counseling from Emmanuel in 2008.