Cathy Inglese, a longtime women’s college basketball coach who was hired last month as an assistant at Hofstra, died Wednesday at the age of 60. She suffered a traumatic brain injury due to a fall last week.

Her family confirmed her death with a post on Facebook.

“It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing of our sister and daughter Cathy Inglese, due to complications from a traumatic brain injury. We will miss Cathy sooo very much. Our thanks go out to everyone for their unbelievable love and support. Cathy’s legacy lives on!! Xoxo”

A native of Wallingford, Conn., who starred at Southern Connecticut State University, Inglese began her coaching career at New Hampshire in 1983, and remained there for three years. She then moved to Vermont, and quickly turned that program around. During her seven seasons with the Catamounts, Inglese recorded 57 consecutive wins over the course of two seasons and had a 120-74 record.

But she found her home at Boston College, where she stayed for 13 seasons (1993-2008). She led the Eagles to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 three times, and also managed to secure the team’s first-ever Big East Tournament title in 2004. Her overall record there was 239-151.

Inglese then went to Rhode Island for five seasons beginning in 2009. After her contract was not renewed, she became the associate head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson before moving on to Hofstra.

Erik Johnson, her assistant head coach at BC, spoke highly of Inglese — both on and off the court.

“She had this perspective of understanding every little thing,” Johnson told The Post. “She was able to pare all that down and remained a mentor to me.”

Not only was she a strong leader for her staffs, she was an inspiration for many of her players.

Carolyn Swords, who played for Inglese at BC and is now a center with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, was one of the many players Inglese took under her wing. The summer before Swords began her college career, she lost her father. Earlier she had lost her mother, and explained that Inglese really played a critical role during that difficult time.

“The fact that Cathy got to know my family, had dinner with us, helped with recruiting. She knew that it would be a tough transition,” Swords said in a phone interview. “She was very attentive to anything that I may need, [her] continuing to be there and have a consistent role in my life made basketball an even more exciting part of my life. She is truly an incredible woman.”