Dr. Regina M. Gross was a mainstay at Bridgewater State College from 1966-97. She coached women's basketball from 1967-69 and 1972-78, coached women's softball from 1971-73 and was the women's athletics director from 1973-78. During her tenure as basketball coach her teams had only one losing season while competing in numerous post-season tournaments.

As BSC's first women's athletic director she took over a program that consisted of nine sports at the time to become one of the most competitive intercollegiate women's programs of the 1970's. Dr. Gross resigned her position as athletics director in 1979 to continue her responsibilities in the faculty realm as a Professor in the Department of Movement Arts, Health Promotion, and Leisure Studies until her retirement in 1997. Dr. Gross passed away in 2000.