Jackie Branca joined the UMass Dartmouth coaching staff preceding the 2019-20 season, and enters her third year with the Corsairs in 2021-22. Prior to landing at UMassD, Branca spent the 2018-19 season as a member of the Williams women's basketball staff. 

In 2016, Branca began her collegiate coaching career at Bridgewater State, where she was a member of the staff for two seasons. Before coaching at BSU, Branca served as an assistant coach at Needham High School. During that time, she also served in a variety of volunteer and coaching roles at the youth and high school levels. 

Branca is a 2010 graduate of Assumption College. As a four-year member of the women’s basketball team, the Greyhounds appeared in the Northeast-10 playoffs every year, and advanced to the NCAA regional semifinals in 2008. 

Branca holds her Bachelor of Arts in English & Communications from Assumption College, and earned her Masters in Teaching from Simmons College in 2014.