Staff Directory
Hannah Early Vaughn
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Hannah Early Vaughn enters her first season as an assistant coach for the women's basketball program. A former standout player for the Wildcats, Vaughn joins the program after previously serving as an assistant coach at Yale.
Early Vaughn rejoins the program after spending three seasons at Yale as an assistant coach and the team’s recruiting coordinator, helping sign two All-Ivy league honorable mentions and three CSC Academic All-District selections.
She consistently coached the Bulldogs into the Ivy Leagues’ top ranks across several statistical categories by leading the conference in blocks during the 2025–26 season and securing top three ranks in offensive rebounding for both the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. She also engineered impressive year-to-year improvement, seeing multi-percentage point leaps in field goal, three point, and free throw efficiency.
Prior to Yale, Vaughn spent three seasons at Connecticut College as assistant coach. She molded the Camels into one of the NESCAC's best defensive teams, finishing fourth in points allowed per game each year (53.8 in 2022-23, 58.0 in 2021-22)
A five-year player and 2016 graduate from Davidson, Vaughn remains one of the most decorated players in program history, ending her career fourth in program history in scoring (1,406 points). She ranked in the top 15 all-time in nine categories overall, including first in made three-pointers (231) and seventh in total rebounds (650).
As a player, she contributed to consecutive 22-win seasons, which tied for the second-most single-season victories in program history. During the 2011–12 and 2012–13 campaigns, the Wildcats dominated Southern Conference play with a combined 33-7 record, securing back-to-back berths in the WNIT.
In the 2013–14 season when she was selected to the media's All-SoCon Second Team. As a senior, she also received the Rebecca E. Stimson Award, an annual honor recognizing a female athlete for exceptional dedication and contribution to intercollegiate sports.
Early Vaughn rejoins the program after spending three seasons at Yale as an assistant coach and the team’s recruiting coordinator, helping sign two All-Ivy league honorable mentions and three CSC Academic All-District selections.
She consistently coached the Bulldogs into the Ivy Leagues’ top ranks across several statistical categories by leading the conference in blocks during the 2025–26 season and securing top three ranks in offensive rebounding for both the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. She also engineered impressive year-to-year improvement, seeing multi-percentage point leaps in field goal, three point, and free throw efficiency.
Prior to Yale, Vaughn spent three seasons at Connecticut College as assistant coach. She molded the Camels into one of the NESCAC's best defensive teams, finishing fourth in points allowed per game each year (53.8 in 2022-23, 58.0 in 2021-22)
A five-year player and 2016 graduate from Davidson, Vaughn remains one of the most decorated players in program history, ending her career fourth in program history in scoring (1,406 points). She ranked in the top 15 all-time in nine categories overall, including first in made three-pointers (231) and seventh in total rebounds (650).
As a player, she contributed to consecutive 22-win seasons, which tied for the second-most single-season victories in program history. During the 2011–12 and 2012–13 campaigns, the Wildcats dominated Southern Conference play with a combined 33-7 record, securing back-to-back berths in the WNIT.
In the 2013–14 season when she was selected to the media's All-SoCon Second Team. As a senior, she also received the Rebecca E. Stimson Award, an annual honor recognizing a female athlete for exceptional dedication and contribution to intercollegiate sports.
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