Carol Simon returns this year for her 23rd season at the helm of the Brandeis University Judges women's basketball team. Her success in the women's basketball program has garnered her the designation as one of the most respected Division III coaches in New England and earned her University Athletic Association Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 1991-92 and 2004-05.

From her inaugural head coaching season back in 1987, Simon has led Brandeis to three New England Women's Eight tournament titles, three New Eight regular season crowns and three berths in the ECAC Division III New England tournament, including back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005, and four straight appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament (2006-2009). 

In the 2008-2009 season, Simon led the Judges to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament.  Hosting the first round of the tournament was the first time in program history.  Brandeis capped the season ranked #11 in the USA Today/ESPN Division III Coaches rankings and #13 in D3Hoops.com.

In her 22 year tenure, Simon has recorded 321 wins, including a 124-36 record over the past six seasons for a 78% winning rate. She notched her 300th career victory in 2008 against league rival NYU in a 63-60 triumph to end the regular season. As the winningest coach in Brandeis history, she has coached eight 1,000-point scorers, including three-time All-American Caitlin Malcolm '07, who became the first Brandeis women's basketball graduate to sign a professional contract when she joined Killester in the Irish League in September 2007, and two-time All-American Jaime Capra '08, the 2008 UAA Co-Player of the Year.

Simon has repeatedly proven her successes as a talented recruiter, program-builder, game strategist and inspirational leader. She was named the New Eight coach of the year in both the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons, as well as part of the UAA coaching staff of the year in 1991-92 and 2004-05. Simon, also, has been inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.  Her dedication to the program is seen through her intense personal, competitive drive to make the Brandeis Women's Basketball team one of the most dominant in the country.

A native of Middlebury, Connecticut, Simon is a 1985 graduate of Colby College where she majored in Administrative Science. She was a member of Colby's ECAC Division III women's basketball championship teams in 1984 and 1985. A three-sport athlete, she captained the team her senior year, while also serving as captain of the soccer and softball teams. Perhaps a highlight to her personal athletic career, Simon represented the United States in the 1981 World Maccabiah Games. In 2003, Simon earned her Master's degree in Management from Brandeis's Heller School.

In addition to partaking in numerous activities throughout the Brandeis athletic department, Simon serves as the co-director of the All Stars Basketball Position Camp.

Scott Foulis is in his third season with the Judges. He previously spent three seasons at Springfield College, where he helped guide the Pride to two New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championships and an average of 20 wins per season. SC owned a 61-25 record in his tenure, including reaching the Elite Eight of the 2005 NCAA tournament.

Before Springfield, Foulis spent one season as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Division I Bucknell University in 2002-03. He also earned Division I experience at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he was an assistant from 1995 to 1998, returning in the 2001-02 season. While at UMass, the Minutewomen won one Atlantic-10 championships and made two trips to the NCAA tournament in 1996 and 1998. He also coached two players who were selected in the 2003 WNBA draft – Molly Creamer of Bucknell and Jennifer Butler of UMass.

Foulis has head coaching experience, as well, having coached at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2001-02. He also served as an assistant at the University of Rhode Island and Plattsburgh State University, where he was recruiting coordinator.

Foulis earned a degree in sports management from UMass in 1997 and his Masters in athletic administration from Springfield in 2007. He and his wife Jill have three children, Chelsea, 6, and Evan, 3, and newest addition Colin, six months.