Former Boston College women’s basketball coach Cathy Inglese is “fighting for her life” after suffering a traumatic brain injury during an accidental fall this week, according to friends and family.

“I am asking all family, friends and acquaintances to please pray for her,” wrote Inglese’s sister, Nancy, in a Facebook post. “She needs ALL your prayers.”

BC alum Ayla Brown said in a tweet that Inglese, 60, had “fallen” on Wednesday, though it’s unclear how.

“She’s going in for her second surgery,” Brown explained Thursday. “And doctors are doing all that they can.”

Inglese, who was hired last month to be an assistant coach at Hofstra after a short stint at Fairleigh Dickinson University, spent 15 years with the Eagles before leaving in 2008 — and 27 years total on the bench.

“We are excited to add Cathy to our program,” said FDU head coach Peter Cinella upon her hire. “I have known Cathy for a long time and have always been impressed with her attention to detail and knowledge of the game. She is a teacher and will be a huge help to our staff. We are all very enthusiastic about our great potential.”

Inglese led BC to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, three Sweet 16s and their only Big East Tournament championship in 2004. Her squad that year was — and still is — the only group to win the title in four straight days.

Ingelse also made a name for herself as a player while living in Connecticut and was voted into its women’s basketball Hall of Fame in 1996. She’s also a member of the University of Vermont Athletics Hall of Fame — where she coached before BC — the Connecticut Softball Hall of Fame, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame, the Sheehan High School Hall of Fame, and the New Agenda Northeast Hall of Fame for “advancing the role of women in sports.”

“Please pray for her,” Brown tweeted.

With Post wires