FDU Knights Athletics

EXPERIENCE

Head Men's Basketball Coach, FDU (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2022-Present
Head Men's Basketball Coach, St. Thomas Aquinas (NCAA Division II - ECC) - 2013-2022
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Siena (NCAA Division I - MAAC) - 2011-2013
Head Men's Basketball Coach, Hamilton (NCAA Division III - Liberty League) - 2004-2011
Head Men's Basketball Coach, Clarkson (NCAA Division III - UCAA/Liberty League) - 1999-2004
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, LeMoyne (NCAA Division II - NE-10) - 1997-1999
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Clarkson (NCAA Division III - UCAA/Liberty League) - 1996-1997
 

PERSONAL

Bachelor of Arts, American Studies - Wesleyan (1995)
Master of Arts, Sport Management - Florida State (1996)
Resides in Rockland County, N.Y. with his wife Jodi and children Bryce and Alexa
Native of Truro, Iowa
 

Honors

Five-Time Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
Three-Time East Coast Conference Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2021)
 

At FDU

• Hired on May 3, 2022 as the eighth head coach in FDU program history
• Hosted the inaugural men's basketball Tip-Off Dinner with special guests Seth Greenberg and Tim Higgins while honoring the late Tom Barrise - three FDU legends
• Recorded his first win at FDU in his second-ever contest for the Knights on Nov. 9, 2022 against Mercy (N.Y.), 106-66

STAC Highlights

• 209-62 record (.771 winning percentage)
• His Spartans bolstered the ECC Player of the Year in three-consecutive seasons (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Coached the ECC Rookie of the Year four times (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
• Turned STAC into a perennial top-25 program in Division II, inheriting a team that won just five games prior to his hire to 15 wins in his first campaign
• In his final five seasons, STAC finished first among New York NCAA Division I and II schools in wins and winning percentage (131 victories, .814 winning percentage), a list that includes Buffalo, Iona, Hofstra, St. John's (N.Y.), Stony Brook and Syracuse
• Seven-straight NCAA tournament appearances, most recently advancing to the 2021-22 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Region Final
• Six ECC tournament titles (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Appeared in seven of the last eight ECC tournament championship games

Hamilton Highlights

• 118 wins in seven seasons
• Two Liberty League regular season titles (2005-06, 2006-07)
• 2006 Liberty League Tournament Champions (2005-06)
• 2006 NCAA Division III Tournament Round of 32
• Finished 23-5 in 2005-06

Clarkson Highlights

• Returned to Clarkson in 1999 as the head coach after serving an as assistant from 1996-97
• Posted the best five-season record in program history culminating with the 2003-04 UCAA/Liberty League regular season championship

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