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HACKENSACK, N.J. – On this week's edition of The Greg Herenda Show, coach Herenda is joined by longtime college basketball coach and current CBS Sports Network college basketball analyst Pete Gillen.

Tune in to listen this Sunday, April 23 at 7:30 a.m on WFDU 89.1 FM, www.wfdu.fm and iHeartRadio to listen to the two basketball experts discuss the state of the game. Sunday's episode marks Gillen's second appearance on the program.

About Pete Gillen:
Gillen is a former head men's basketball coach at Xavier University, Providence College and most recently, University of Virginia and also a member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.

Currently, Gillen contributes as a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports Network. 

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Gillen was a two-sport athlete in baseball and basketball at Fairfield University where he received his bachelor's degree in English Literature in 1969.

Coach Gillen began his coaching career at his high school alma mater Brooklyn Prep,  first as freshman coach in the 1970–71 school year then as varsity head coach from 1971 to 1973. He soon moved to the collegiate level when he joined the coaching staff of the University of Hawaii with Rick Pitino as one of his fellow assistants.

Gillen followed that with subsequent assistant coaching stints at the Virginia Military Institute; Villanova University under Rollie Massimino, and the University of Notre Dame under Digger Phelps from 1980 to 1985.

He was head basketball coach at Xavier from 1985 to 1994, Providence  from 1994 to 1998, and Virginia from 1998 to 2005.

At Xavier, Gillen compiled an impressive record, taking the Musketeers to the NCAA tournament seven times and to the NIT tournament once (1994). Gillen is still the most successful coach in school history at Xavier, having won 202 games in the third-longest tenure ever for a XU coach

Following his success at Xavier, Gillen was hired at Providence and took the Friars to the Elite Eight in 1997 before losing in overtime to eventual national champion Arizona.

 Gillen's seven Virginia teams compiled an overall record of 118–93 and competed in five postseason tournaments. The Cavaliers participated in the 2001 NCAA Tournament and in the National Invitation Tournament four times.

In September 2008, Gillen was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Kenny Anderson, Sam Perkins and Rod Strickland.