Nick Palazzolo, Men’s Basketball Beat Writer
/ April 21, 2025
When a school has a legend as head coach of their program, they are allowed to go out on their own terms. They have had career success that warrants that level of respect. The school or team never wants...
Nick Palazzolo, Men’s Basketball Beat Writer
/ April 7, 2025
When then-interim head coach Jill Pizzotti concluded her postgame press conference after the penultimate home game on Feb. 23, she told the media on her way out to make sure we’re back for next Sunday's...
Doug Bruno started out as a hockey player at the former Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary South on the South Side of Chicago. He enjoyed the fast pace of hockey, but he fell in love with a game he...
Jill M. Pizzotti has been named the second DePaul women’s basketball head coach since 1988.
The longtime Blue Demon and Lombard, Ill. native first joined DePaul’s staff in 2011, quickly rising to...
Doug Bruno, DePaul women’s basketball head coach for 39 years, announced Friday that he is stepping down, according to a university press release.
Bruno has been with DePaul for decades. He first...
For DePaul legend Allie Quigley (2004-08) and the university’s athletic department, having women’s basketball head coach Doug Bruno present at the 2024 DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony made the...
Peyton Hopp, Asst. Sports Editor
/ December 19, 2024
The DePaul women’s basketball team has had a lot of adjusting to do this season. They are juggling a fairly new team, a hard schedule and their head coach, Doug Bruno, is out due to an undisclosed medical...
For the first time since 1988, the DePaul women’s basketball team will prepare for the upcoming season without head coach Doug Bruno.
On Oct. 7, the university confirmed Bruno experienced an undisclosed...
With a decorated office filled with NCAA trophies catching perfect sunlight from the window, cut-down basketball nets, degrees mounted on the wall and photos of family members on shelves, Doug Bruno continues...
DePaul fell short 83-77 to St. John’s in a double overtime thriller at Wintrust Arena Thursday, Jan. 25, in the Maggie Dixon Classic.
Three Blue Demons finished with double-digit points led by guard...
DePaul women’s basketball has battled through an early Big East schedule that has seen nail-biter after nail-biter, going 1-4 in that span, including recent losses to top-25 opponents in Creighton January...
Doug Bruno enters his 38th year at DePaul in uncharted territory. His Blue Demons were eighth in the Big East last season for the first time since the 2011-12 season, but even then, that team made the...
