The Connecticut Post has reported former Guilford coach Jim Rooney will be named the new coach at Lauralton Hall.

Guilford has named Bob Welsh as its girls’ basketball coach, replacing Megan Borelli who resigned last month.

Welsh, 57, was an assistant in the Guilford boys’ program last season. He also coached softball and served as an assistant boys’ basketball coach at RHAM in the 1980s. Welsh is a Guilford resident and is a para-professional at Walsh Intermediate School in Branford.

The Indians finished 11-11 last season and reached the Southern Connecticut Conference and Class L state tournament.

“I’m excited as can be,” Welsh said. “I’m a longtime Guilford resident. I’m looking forward to working with the girls and getting Guilford basketball back on its feet.”

Megan Borelli will not return as Guilford girls’ basketball coach next season.

“She met with the girls and told them she was resigning for personal and professional reasons,” Guilford athletic director Chip Dorwin said Thursday.
Borelli said she made the decision not to return, but would not comment on the reasons behind her choice.

Borelli recently finished her third year as coach of the Indians. She also spent one season as an assistant under Karen Byrne. The Indians went 26-38 under Borelli and reached both the Southern Connecticut Conference and Class L state tournaments the last two seasons.

Hamden senior Cara Deroy scored her 1,000th career point today in the Green Dragons’ 65-57 win over Guilford in the Vanguard Classic.

Deroy finished the game with 25 points and five assists.

Annie Goodrich had 19 points to lead Guilford.