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Dean played four seasons of basketball and three seasons of field hockey as an undergraduate and later became one of the leading scholastic coaches in Virginia history. She coached briefly in Albemarle County and in 1964 moved to Northern Virginia's James Madison High School, where her 16 basketball teams compiled a combined 156-62 (.716) record and won five district titles. From 1964-75 her junior varsity softball teams had a 99-11 (.900) record, and in 1976 she began an outstanding 15-year tenure as the school's varsity softball coach. Those teams compiled a 285-29 (.908) record and won 13 district, six regional and five state titles. Included were consecutive state crowns in 1987, 1988 and 1989, a period during which her teams won a women's softball-record 71 straight games.
The Hampton, Va., native received numerous district and regional coaching awards and was the 1989 Washington Post coach of the year, the 1990 Virginia High School League and national coaches association regional coach of the year, and the 1989 Vienna Times Citizen of the Year, acknowledging her contributions to youth beyond the softball fields at James Madison High School.
She is a member of the Virginia High School League and James Madison High School halls of fame, and the James Madison High School softball field is named in her honor. She was a unanimous selection as a charter member to James Madison High School's hall of fame.