Dolly Yuan enters her seventh year as the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Chicago in the 2025-26 academic year.
During the 2023-24 season the Maroons posted a record of 16-9. The team finished with three All-UAA selections and one named to the D3hoops.com All- Region team. At their highest, UChicago was ranked at No.11, while mostly receiving votes throughout the entirety of the season.
UChicago posted a 23-5 record during the 2022-23 season - the fourth-highest win total in program history. The Maroons advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament and hosted postseason games for the first time since 2012. Senior guard Grace Hynes earned a bevy of awards, including WBCA Honorable Mention All-America, WBCA Division III All-Star Team, D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region and First Team All-UAA. Head Coach Maria Williamson and her assistants were named the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year, and three Maroons earned All-UAA status.
The 2021-22 Maroons posted a 14-10 overall record. Senior forward Klaire Steffens was a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American while also receiving D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region status and First Team All-UAA honors. Junior guard Grace Hynes was a Second Team All-UAA selection as well. The Maroons ranked third in the conference with 60.7 points allowed per game while forcing a league-high 18.8 turnovers per game.
As a college basketball player, Yuan was a three-year starter at point guard for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She averaged 7.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in her career, while earning Second Team All-Conference honors. She ranks third in career free throw percentage (.757) and tied for sixth in career assists (282) in MIT history. Yuan graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering.
Yuan is also a quantitative trader for IMC Financial Markets in Chicago.
