Angelika Szumilo enters her fourth season as head coach of the Iona University women's basketball program in 2026-27.
Szumilo guided the Gaels to a 20-12 overall record and 12-8 conference mark in 2025-26, recording the eighth 20-win campaign in program history. Iona advanced to the conference championship semifinals and earned seven non-conference victories, the program's most since the 2013-14 season. The non-conference slate featured an Iona Turkey Tip-Off title and a road victory over eventual Patriot League regular season champion Navy.
The Gaels also excelled on the defensive end, leading the conference and ranking 32nd nationally in three-point percentage defense after limiting opponents to 27.9 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Szumilo recorded her 100th career head coaching victory on Dec. 3 against UMass Lowell in her 187th game as a head coach.
Isabellah Middleton and Zoey Ward earned All-Conference Second Team honors in 2025-26, with Middleton also receiving All-Defensive Team recognition. Iona placed six student-athletes on the All-Academic Team and four on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. The Gaels also received WBCA Academic Top 25 Special Mention recognition after posting a 3.574 team GPA.
In 2024-25, Iona finished with 11 wins. The Gaels won their opening-round matchup in the conference championship over Saint Peter’s to advance to the quarterfinals, while four student-athletes earned All-Academic Team honors.
Szumilo guided Iona 11 wins in her first season in 2023-24. The campaign featured the fifth win over a Big East opponent in program history as the Gaels earned a 12-point road victory at Providence. Sierra DeAngelo earned All-Conference Third Team honors, while six Gaels received All-Academic Team recognition. Iona also received WBCA Academic Top 25 Special Mention recognition after posting a 3.464 team GPA.
Director of Athletics Matthew Glovaski named Szumilo head coach of the Iona women's basketball program on April 17, 2023, following four seasons as head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Szumilo began her head coaching career at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2019 and compiled a 72-45 overall record and 50-20 mark in Northeast Conference play across four seasons. She guided the Knights to back-to-back NEC regular season championships in 2021-22 and 2022-23 and earned NEC Coach of the Year honors in both seasons.
In her first season at FDU, Szumilo helped the Knights improve from an 8-22 record the year before her arrival to a .500 mark in conference play. FDU earned its first NEC Tournament victory since 1992 that season and advanced to a second consecutive NEC semifinal in 2020-21.
The Knights captured consecutive NEC regular season championships over Szumilo's final two seasons. Her final campaign featured a 24-8 overall record and 14-2 conference mark as FDU advanced to the NEC Championship game and earned its second straight WNIT appearance. The Knights led NCAA Division I in three-point percentage defense and ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense. Szumilo finished her tenure as the second-winningest head coach in FDU program history.
Before taking over at Fairleigh Dickinson, Szumilo spent eight seasons at Fordham University from 2011-19, serving as associate head coach. During her tenure in the Bronx, the Rams won two Atlantic 10 Championships, made two NCAA Tournament appearances and earned four WNIT berths. Szumilo also served as Fordham's recruiting coordinator, helping recruit four All-Atlantic 10 First Team selections and an Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year.
Before Fordham, Szumilo spent three seasons at Monmouth University. She served as an assistant coach from 2008-10 before earning a promotion to associate head coach for the 2010-11 season. She helped the Hawks to their first 20-win season since 1983, culminating in a WNIT appearance.
Szumilo began her coaching career at LIU Brooklyn, where she competed in basketball and lacrosse as a student-athlete. On the basketball court, she recorded 136 assists in her first season and helped the Blackbirds capture the 2001 NEC championship. She earned the school's Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor the following season.
A two-year starter at LIU, Szumilo played for former Iona women's basketball head coach Anthony Bozzella. She graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science with a specialization in Adapted Physical Science.
