At the end of the 2008-09 season, she retired from coaching ending her 27-year coaching career as the head coach of the Brock women’s basketball program.

In 2005-06 Critelli set a new Brock single season OUA record with 19 conference wins, capturing first place in the OUA West Division. She also led the Badgers to 25 victories overall in 2005-06, a new single season high in her 25 seasons, five shy of the school record set in 1982-83 (30-3).

Critelli led her squad to the league playoffs 22 out of 25 seasons. She ends her coaching career as the all-time winningest coach in Brock women’s basketball history with 393 career victories. 

In 2000 she was inducted into the Ontario Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1998 Critelli was also inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame and in November of 1999 she was inducted into the St. Catharines Hall of Fame.

The native of St. Catharines made the Canadian National Team at the age of 17 and was a mem-ber for seven years including the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Teams. As a member of Team Canada she won three bronze medals in 1979 at the Pan-Am Games, the World Championships and FISU games. 

From 1989-94 she was assistant coach with The Canadian National Team. 

Critelli also enjoyed a tremendous amount of success as a collegiate player at the University of Winnipeg (1974-75), Laurentian University (1976-78) and Old Dominion University (1978-80). She was a three-time All-Canadian and one-time Academic All-American. She is the only individual to ever win both an NCAA and CIAU title, winning two CIAU titles at Laurentian and two NCAA titles with Old Dominion.