Samantha Crough enters her third year as the head coach of the Regis College women's basketball team in 2023-24.

Crough paced the 2022-23 squad to a 12-6 league record, finishing in a tie for second place in the GNAC South Division and earning a home game in the GNAC Tournament quarterfinals. Pam Gonzalez became the 18th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career on her way to a second straight First Team All-GNAC selection, while Madi Zancan earned GNAC Rookie of the Year honors after a stellar first-year campaign.

In her first season, Crough led the Pride to a 13-9 overall record, including an 11-3 mark within the GNAC. The team received a bye into the quarterfinals of the GNAC Tournament and won a home game to advance to the semifinals. 

During the 2022-23 season, Crough was the Region I voter for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. 

Crough spent four years as an assistant coach under Jacquie Hullah at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. She played a significant role in recruiting prospective student-athletes, preparing for practices and games, scouting opponents, creating social media content, and coordinating team travel.

Before Carnegie Mellon, Crough served as an assistant coach under Pat Manning at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. She helped the development of both guards and forwards, coordinated film breakdown and analysis, and led the junior varsity team as its head coach. Crough was also an assistant coach at Emerson College in 2014-15.

An accomplished player at Endicott College, Crough helped lead the Gulls to three straight Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournaments and scored 1,284 career points. She graduated as the all-time career leader in field goals made and was fifth in points scored and blocked shots. Crough was also named the Endicott Female Athlete of the Year as a senior and was honored on the All-Commonwealth Coast Conference team three times.

Originally from Cohasset, Mass., Crough graduated from Endicott College in 2014 with a degree in psychology, a minor in sociology, and a certificate in coaching. She received her master's degree in sports management with a concentration in leadership from Lasell University in December 2020.