Brianna Forde named new girls hoop coach at New Mission

New Mission reached into the annals of Boston City League lore in hiring Brianna Forde to take over the girls basketball program. She succeeds Greg Berry, who will move over to become assistant boys basketball coach to Cory McCarthy.
Forde was one of the more decorated girls basketball players in city history. A four-year starter for John Rice, the 5-foot-9 guard averaged a double-double in leading the Bulldogs to four Boston City League championships and the Division 3 state title in 1999.
Forde went on to play for Barbara Stevens at Bentley. Upon graduation, she became UMass-Boston’s assistant woman’s basketball coach and Health Education and Wellness Specialist at UMass Boston. From 2000 to 2006, she served as a physical instructor for the Boston Celtics athletic camp, recruiting participants, designing sport related workshops and workout stations, managed the camp inventory, refereed and coached co-ed college bound athletes.