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NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
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HAWKS TIDBIT: Austin Williams, a
preseason All-Conference selection, leads the Hawks in scoring, averaging a career-high 17.1 points per game on 51.6 percent shooting.
2021-22
SCHEDULE DAY
TUE. FRI. SAT. THUR. TUE. MON. WED. SUN. SAT. TUE. SAT. WED. TUE. WED. SAT. MON. WED. MON. WED. SAT. MON. WED. SAT. MON. WED. SAT. SUN. WED. SAT. TUE. THU. SAT. TUE. SAT.
DATE
11/9 11/12 11/13 11/18 11/23 11/29 12/1 12/5 12/11 12/14 12/18 12/22 12/28 1/19 1/22 1/24 1/26 1/31 2/2 2/5 2/7 2/9 2/12 2/14 2/16 2/19 2/20 2/23 2/26 3/1 3/3 3/5 3/8 3/12
OPPONENT
TIME+/RESULT
AT WAGNER VS. CAMPBELL# VS. ARMY# BOSTON UNIVERSITY AT MERRIMACK AT APP STATE AT WINTHROP AT ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN AT UNLV SAINT FRANCIS (PA)$ AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT SACRED HEART AT CORNELL NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT VERMONT* AT BINGHAMTON* BINGHAMTON* AT MAINE* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* UALBANY* AT UMASS LOWELL* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* VERMONT* MAINE* AT STONY BROOK* STONY BROOK* UMBC* NJIT* AT UALBANY* UMASS LOWELL* AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^ AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^ AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
L, 59-77 L, 67-68 L, 79-86 L, 70-75 L, 60-75 L, 59-69 L, 75-82 W, 68-55 L, 78-95 L, 66-81 L, 65-75 W, 78-71 CANCELED W, 69-57 L, 72-82 L, 64-74 W, 72-60 W, 78-66 L, 64-70 L, 52-71 L, 75-85 L, 64-68 W, 65-49 W, 75-74 W, 75-65 L, 82-88 5 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 6 PM TBD TBD TBD
RED - HOME GAMES (CHASE ARENA AT REICH FAMILY PAVILION) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT THE HIGHEST OVERALL SEED # DUKE VETERANS DAY WEEKEND SHOWCASE | $ JACK PHELAN CLASSIC
ON THE DOCKET
Less than 24 hours after playing in Long Island, the Hartford men’s basketball team is set to host Stony Brook in West Hartford on Sunday evening. Tipoff in game two bewteen the Hawks and Seawolves is set for 5 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Austin Williams scored a gamehigh 27 points as the Hartford men’s basketball team second-half comeback came up short, falling 88-82 at Stony Brook on Saturday night. With the Hawks trailing by eight at the half, Hartford was able to pull back within one-point, but Stony Brook held on for the win. Senior David Shriver (16 points), junior Moses Flowers (14), and graduate student Traci Carter (10) joined Williams in double-figures. Senior Jared Kimbrough grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds. The Hawks shot 45.0 percent from three in the second half (9-of-20).
STONY BROOK SCOUT
play, are led Anthony Roberts. Roberts ranks third in the America East in scoring, averaging 16.2 points per game. Jahlil Jenkins trails closely behind, dropping 13.4 points per game. Tykei Greene is Stony Brook’s leading rebounder, hauling in a conference-best 7.5 boards per game. Greene also rounds out the Seawolves double-digit scorers, scoring 12.6 points per game. Stony Brook is second in the America East in scoring, averaging 73.6 points per game. The Seawolves also allow the most points in the conference, as opponents score 74.4 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY
Sunday marks the 48th time the Hawks and Seawolves battle on the hardwood in their Division I histories. Stony Brook holds a 28-19 edge in the all-time series. The Seawolves also have a slight edge in West Hartford, leading 11-8. Hartford has won three of the last five games against Stony Brook. Head coach John Gallagher is 6-20 all-time against Stony Brook.
Stony Brook enter’s Sunday’s contest after defeating the Hawks yesterday, 88-82. THE MILLENNIAL MAN The Seawolves, who are 8-6 in conference Williams reached 1,000 career points after
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scoring o na driving layup at the 5 minute mark against Maine on Wednesday. The senior guard became the fourth player on the active roster to reach the milestone. He joins teammates Clayton (1,534 career points at Coppin State and Hartford), Shriver (1,122 points at Alderson Broaddus and Hartford) and Carter (1,128 points at Marquette, La Salle and Hartford).
TURN, TURN, TURN
Since conference play, the Hawks have limited turnovers on the offensive end. After averaging 14.7 miscues per game in non-conference action, Hartford has trimmed that number to 11.5 per contest against league opponents. In their league opener against New Hampshire, the Hawks committed a season-low six miscues (Jan. 19).
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks remain at home to host UMBC on Wednesday. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 7 p.m.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 6-7
AE RECORD
8-6
69.2
POINTS PER GAME
73.6
72.7
POINTS ALLOWED
74.4
31.7
REBOUNDS/GAME
33.5
.455
FG%
.443
.455
FG% DEFENSE
.466
.366
3-PT FG%
.344
.358
3-PT FG% DEF
.341
.691
FT%
.758
12.2
ASSISTS/GAME
11.2
12.2
TO/GAME
10.3
-1.0
TO MARGIN
+2.2
6.2
STEALS/GAME
7.0
3.0
BLOCKS/GAME
2.9
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Vermont Stony Brook UMBC Binghamton UAlbany New Hampshire Hartford NJIT UMass Lowell Maine
OVERALL W-L PCT 22-5 16-11 13-13 11-13 12-15 12-12 8-17 11-13 13-13 5-20
.815 .593 .500 .458 .444 .500 .320 .458 .500 .200
AE W-L PCT 14-1 8-6 8-7 8-7 8-7 7-8 6-7 6-8 5-9 2-12
.933 .571 .533 .533 .533 .467 .462 .428 .357 .142
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(8-17 OVERALL, 6-7 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
0
Hunter Marks
Gr.
F
6-9
190
Phillip Island, Australia/Wonthaggi Sec. College
Hometown/Last School
2
D.J. Mitchell
Sr.
G
6-0
160
Englewood Cliffs, N.J./St. Thomas More School
3
David Shriver
Sr.
G/F
6-6
220
Philippi, W.Va./Alderson Broaddus Univ.
4
Moses Flowers
Jr.
G
6-3
180
Dorchester, Mass./Thayer Academy
5
Kurtis Henderson
Fr.
G
5-10 180
Brockton, Mass./Catholic Memorial
11
Briggs McClain
So.
G
6-4
175
Martinsburg, W.Va./St. Maria Goretti
13 Dejuan Clayton
Gr.
G
6-2
185
Bowie, Md./Coppin State University
15 Thomas Webley
So.
F
6-10 240
20 Austin Williams
Sr.
G
6-4
200
Roseland, N.J./Marist University
21 Matt Hobbs
Sr.
G
6-4
200
Anchorage, Alaska/Univ. of New England
22 Carlos Edmundo
Jr.
G
6-2
180
Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway
23 Michael Dunne
Sr.
G
6-4
190
Matawan, N.J./Matawan Regional
24 Jared Kimbrough Sr.
F
6-8
225
Neptune, N.J./La Salle University
25 Traci Carter
Gr.
G
6-1
175
Philadephia, Pa./La Salle University
45 Pierre Sow
Sr.
C
7-0
235
Teaneck, N.J./Hampton University
Christchurch, New Zealand/Cashmere
HEAD COACH JOHN GALLAGHER - 12th Season - St. Joseph’s ’99
ASSISTANT COACHES TOM DEVITT - Ninth Season - Boston College ’93 YOLONZO MOORE II - Fifth Season - Hartford ’15 TIM BROOKS - Third Season - James Madison ’11 J.R. LYNCH - First Season - Hartford ’18, MBA ’19
STony brook Seawolves (16-11 OVERALL, 8-6 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
1
Jahlil Jenkins
Gr.
G
6-0
160
Ranson, W.Va./Fairleigh Dickinson
Hometown/Last School
2
Frankie Policelli
R-So. F
6-7
215
New Hartford, N.Y./Dayton
4
Tykei Greene
R-Jr. G
6-4
205
Queens, N.Y./Manhattan College
5
Juan Felix Rodriguez R-Jr. G
6-0
190
Lawrence, Mass./Monroe
10 Kaine Roberts
Fr.
G
6-2
175
Tokyo, Japan/Santa Margarita
11
R-Jr. F
6-6
215
Harlem, N.Y./Northeastern JC
Gr.
G
6-6
225
Lexington, Va./Mount St. Mary’s
Tyler Stephenson-Moore R-So. G
6-3
186
Jamaica, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran
Mohamed Diallo
13 Omar Habwe 14
15 Anthony Roberts
R-Jr. G
6-4
200
Detroit, Mich./St. Bonaventure
21 Alex Christie
R-Jr. C
7-0
280
Oakville, Ontario/The Macduffie School
22 Tanahj Pettway
R-So. G
6-2
185
23 Jaden Sayles
Sr.
6-9
250
F
Worcester, Mass./Indian River Cincinnati, Ohio/Akron
HEAD COACH GENO FORD - Fourth Season - Ohio University ’97
ASSISTANT COACHES BRYAN WEBER - Sixth Season - Akron ‘11 DAN RICKARD - Fourth Season - Stony Brook ‘04 JALEN AVERY - First Season - Kent State ‘19 JADEN UKEN - ThirdHARTFORD Season - Nebraska ‘03#FLYHIGH HAWKS //
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hunter
4
moses
MARKS
GRAD STUDENT | FORWARD
FLOWERS
JUNIOR | GUARD
CLAYTON 13 dejuan
GRAD STUDENT | GUARD
2
d.j.
5
kurtis
MITCHELL
SENIOR | GUARD
HENDERSON
FRESHMAN | GUARD
WEBLEY 15 thomas
SOPHOMORE | FORWARD
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david
11
briggs
SHRIVER
SENIOR | GUARD/FORWARD
McCLAIN
SOPHOMORE | GUARD
WILLIAMS 20 austin
SENIOR | GUARD
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matt
HOBBS
SENIOR | GUARD
KIMBROUGH 24 jared
SENIOR | FORWARD
EDMUNDO 22 carlos
DUNNE 23 michael
CARTER 25 traci
SOW 45 pierre
JUNIOR | GUARD
GRAD STUDENT | GUARD
SENIOR | GUARD
SENIOR | CENTER
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JOHN GALLAGHER HEAD COACH 12th Season
TIM BROOKS ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
TOM DEVITT
YOLONZO MOORE II
J.R. LYNCH
BRENDAN POLLICK
ASSISTANT COACH Ninth Season
DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS First Season
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ASSISTANT COACH Fifth Season
GRADUATE ASSISTANT Second Season
2021-22 Hartford Men's Basketball Combined Team Statistics All games
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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records Record
Overall
ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
8-17 6-7 2-10
AMERICA EAST: 6-7 Team Box Score No. Player 20 WILLIAMS, Austin
GP-GS
4 FLOWERS, Moses
00 MARKS, Hunter
3 SHRIVER, David
25 CARTER, Traci
13 CLAYTON, Dejuan 2 MITCHELL, D.J.
24 KIMBROUGH, Jared
MIN
AVG
22-22 740:05 33.6 25-23 790:27 31.6 19-19 616:44 32.5 25-11 722:00 28.9 15-14 447:17 29.8 2-2
67:11 33.6
20-9
390:10 19.5
23-1
217:23
9.5
28:05
1.9
4-3 4-1 0-2
•
72-129
.558
127-260 79-190 47-137
5 HENDERSON, Kurtis
15 WEBLEY, Thomas 21 HOBBS, Matt 45 SOW, Pierre
Team
2-0
15-0 11-2 8-0 5-0
01:36 63:57 27:15 04:15
0.8 5.8 3.4 0.9
•
1st 806 886
AWAY: 4-11 5.3
20-47
.426
58-69
.841
26
58
84
4.4
4
47
51
0-2
2-5
.000 .000
.398
7-10
.226 .318
0-0
.000 .400
0-0
.000
0-2
.000
0-0
9-14
13-15
.500
7-31
59-92
.377 .000
4-8
.333 .286
.384
35-88
14-44
2-7
.371
26-69
.320
1.000
0-3
16 100 116
.364
1-1
0-2
.660
58-151
.367
2-6
70-106
.416
.543
16-50
.319
39-105
.431
38-70
22-69
.488
.343
4-11
33-90
22 EDMUNDO, Carlos
0-3 0-0 0-3
HOME: 4-3 .516
22-0
253:16 11.5
Neutral
4-11 2-6 2-5
146-283
62-144
23 DUNNE, Michael
Away
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
23-22 655:19 28.5
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Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
OVERALL: 8-17
Home
.000
8-11 9-15 6-13
.641 .643 .867 .727
5
53
.462
12
23
35
.500
0-0
5
99
42
1-2 0-0
0
87
11
.600 1.000
1-3
12
.700
5-5 0-1
34 123 157
27 4
.000
1 1
.333
2
.000 .000
1 2
35
58 20
0 1 6 2 1
31
85 24
1 2 8 3 3
66
6.3 4.0 3.4 2.5
• 61
5
36
0
68 45 49 4
18
1.6
24
1.0 0.5
36 12 0
0.1
10
0.4
1
0.7 0.6
7 0
OT 8 7
TOT 1731 1818
NEUTRAL: 0-2
PF DQ
2.3 4.3
2nd 917 925
2 0 1 0
A
68 46 42 19 40
6
TO BLK STL PTS 11
28
384 17.5
31
25
10
222 11.7
29
6
51 18 6
0
48
40
0
8
9
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16
7 0 1 3 1 0
AVG
73
18 6 0 2 3 2 0
17
5
13 1
42 11 24 2
352 14.1 225
9.0
16
8.0
89
4.5
51
2.2
133
4
16
166
0
4
79
7
10 5
0 0
2
0 2
0 2
7 5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
8.9 7.2
3.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
Total
25
5025
629-1383
.455 227-621
.366 246-356
.691 188 604 792 31.7 371
9 305 305 75 154 1731 69.2
Opponents
25
5025
659-1448
.455 207-578
.358 293-399
.734 243 623 866 34.6 350
4 322 280 67 167 1818 72.7
HART
OPP
Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin Field goals-att Field goal pct
3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game
Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game
Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game
Blocks Blocks per game
Winning streak Home win streak
Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
1731 69.2 -3.5
1818 72.7 -
629-1383 .455
659-1448 .455
246-356 .691 9.8
293-399 .734 11.7
227-621 .366 9.1
792 31.7 -3.0 305 12.2
305 12.2 -1.0 1.0 154 6.2 75 3.0 0 2
3675 7-525 -
207-578 .358 8.3
866 34.6 322 12.9 280 11.2 1.2 167 6.7 67 2.7
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Team Results Date
11/09/2021 11/12/2021 11/13/2021 11/18/2021 11/23/2021 11/29/2021 12/01/2021 12/05/2021 12/11/2021 12/14/2021 12/18/2021 12/22/2021 01/19/2022 01/22/2022 01/24/2022 01/26/2022 01/31/2022 02/02/2022 02/05/2022 02/07/2022 02/09/2022 02/12/2022 02/14/2022 02/16/2022 02/19/2022
Opponent
at Wagner vs Campbell vs Army West Point Boston U. at Merrimack at Appalachian St. at Winthrop at St. Francis Brooklyn vs UNLV Saint Francis (PA) at Central Conn. St. at Sacred Heart New Hampshire at Vermont at Binghamton Binghamton at Maine at New Hampshire Albany (NY) at UMass Lowell at UMBC at NJIT Vermont Maine at Stony Brook
L L L L L L L W L L L W W L L W W L L L L W Wot W L
Score
59-77 67-68 79-86 70-75 60-75 59-69 75-82 68-55 78-95 66-81 65-75 78-71 69-57 72-82 64-74 72-60 78-66 64-70 52-71 75-85 64-68 65-49 75-74 75-65 82-88
Att.
1924 0 0 1208 575 1259 950 300 3257 667 1218 434 374 2519 1525 289 533 383 245 397 1287 541 390 502 2471
16316 15-1088 3-1086
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GALLAGHER Now in his 12th season as head coach of the Hartford men’s basketball team in 2021-22, John Gallagher brought the Hawks to new heights as his Hawks are coming off the program’s firstever America East Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance this past season. Named the 10th head coach in the 72-year history of the program prior to the 2010-11 campaign, Gallagher has led the Hawks to 70 wins — an average of 17 per year — over the past four seasons, the most in a four-year span in Hartford’s Division I history (since 1984-85). With 157 career victories, he enters the 2021-22 campaign as the all-time winningest coach in Hartford men’s basketball’s Division I history, surpassing legendary coach Jack Phelan (124 wins). A Philadephia native, Gallagher has coached 32 All-Conference Team honorees, with 17 of those awards coming over the past four seasons. During his tenure, the Hawks have earned four First Team, seven Second Team, eight Third Team, six All-Defensive Team, three AllRookie Team and five All-Academic Team selections. The highlight of Gallagher’s career — and arguably the program’s 37 years as a Division I program — came in 2020-21, one of the toughest seasons that college basketball has ever endured. In a year that was abbreviated due to COVID-19, the Hawks became the first team in America East history to win four games on the way to claiming the league’s tournament title. Knocking off Binghamton, UAlbany and perennial power Vermont as the No. 4 seed, Hartford, which was picked to finish sixth in the conference’s preseason poll, downed No. 6 UMass Lowell in the Championship Game to punch the program’s first ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Drawing No. 1-seeded Baylor in the First Round, the Hawks fell to the eventual National Champion, 79-55, in Indianapolis. The Bears’ win against the Hawks marked their smallest margin of victory against any opponent throughout their NCAA Championship run. The banner-raising campaign was not the only accomplishment for Gallagher and his Hawks in 2020-21. Under his guidance, Hartford, which won 10 of 11 home games, finished the campaign with a 15-8 overall record for the highest winning percentage in program history (.625). Gallagher had Hartford knocking on the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament for quite some time before the historic 2020-21 season. The Hawks have top-four finishes in each of the past four seasons, and have qualified for each of the past two America East Championship title games. Despite losing all five starters from a 2018-19 squad that won 18 games and lost in double overtime in the America East’s semifinals to defending champion UMBC, the 2019-20 team was one game away from raising the program’s first-ever league championship banner inside Reich Family Pavilion.
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Posting an 18-win season for the second time in as many years in 2019-20, the Hawks were set to board a bus and head to Burlington, where they would face Vermont in their second America East Championship appearance in program history. Moments before departure, though, the storybook season came to a screeching halt, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of the game.
JOHN GALLAGHER’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS WINNINGEST COACH IN HARTFORD’S DI HISTORY 162-200 CAREER RECORD AE COACH OF THE YEAR 2017-18 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2020-21 CIT APPEARANCES 2012-13, 2017-18 AE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2020-21 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2019-20, 2020-21 2 NABC ALL-DISTRICT 1 HONOREES 32 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
Known for developing potent offenses that are typically dangerous from three-point land, Gallagher has transitioned Harford into one of the top defensive teams in the America East. The Hawks ranked 31st in the nation in scoring defense (63.9 ppg) and 10th in nation in three-point field goal defense (.290) in 2020-21. The previous season, his squad was the second-best in the nation in defending the three-point line, holding opponents to a .275 clip from behind the arc. In 2017-18, Gallagher piloted Hartford to a program-record 19-win season, earning America East co-Coach of the year honors. That only scratches the surface of what the Hawks accomplished that season. Picked to finish eighth in the America East after a 9-23 finish in 2016-17, Gallagher led Hartford to one of the best single-season turnarounds in program history. Making a 10-win improvement, the Hawks broke the program’s Division I records in regularseason wins (18) and overall victories with a 19-14 record. Hartford’s record-breaking campaign also featured the program’s second Division I postseason appearance, as the Hawks were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The program’s first-ever postseason berth — a CIT invitation — also came under Gallagher in 2012-13. In addition to the team’s successes, Gallagher has also reached key milestones in his coaching career over the past two seasons. Three days after becoming the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins with a 79-62 victory at New Hampshire (Jan. 31, 2018), Gallagher became Hartford’s most successful Division I coach after defeating Stony Brook, 73-64 (Feb. 3, 2018). The Hawks have also excelled in the classroom during Gallagher’s tenure. Hartford earned a National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Team Academic Award for the third straight year in 2020-21. In addition, the Hawks’ 3.61 combined GPA ranked first among the America East’s 10 men’s basketball programs. The Hawks posted back-to-back winning records for the first time in Hartford’s Division I history under Gallagher. Breaking out for a 17-win season that was capped by the program’s first-ever Division I postseason bid — all while boasting the 11th youngest squad in the nation — in 2012-13, Hartford posted a 17-16 record the following season in 2014-15.
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At the conclusion of Hartford’s breakthrough season in 2012-13, CollegeInsider.com named Gallagher the 2013 America East Coach of the Year. That year, he was also a finalist for the prestigious Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Attributing to the Hawks’ success in the 2012-13 season was their tenacity on the defensive side of the court. Holding its opponents to a school record 61.2 points per game, Hartford, which won 17 games that season, also led the America East in steals (8.2 per game) and forced turnovers (16.0 per game). Gallagher’s hiring as Hartford’s fifth Division I coach in 2010 served as a reunion wtih the University, as he previously logged two seasons as the Hawks’ associate head coach (2006-08). Between his two stints at Hartford, he served two seasons as an associate head coach under Glen Miller at the University of Pennsylvania. After the 2010 Final Four, Gallagher left Penn to become Steve Donahue’s Associate Head Coach at Boston College, but was released from that position when the opportunity to return to Hartford’s sidelines arose. During his first stint at Hartford as an assistant, Gallagher breathed new life into the Hawks scoring by helping implement a new motion offense. The Hawks improved upon a 62.1 point-pergame average in his first year (2006-07) by netting 70.8 points per game in his second season (2007-08). In the latter season, which featured a then-school record 312 made three-pointers, Hartford made its first-ever America East Championship title game appearance while posting 18 wins, the most in program history at the time. Prior to that, Gallagher was the top assistant for Fran O’Hanlon’s staff at Lafayette College. At Lafayette, he served as the program’s top recruiter and was responsible for developing the team’s guards. Gallagher arrived at Lafayette by way of La Salle University, where he coached five seasons, including two under Big 5 legend Speedy Morris and the final three under Billy Hahn. He jumped right into coaching in 1999 upon graduating from Saint Joseph’s University, where he was a guard for three seasons and a member of the 1996-97 squad that advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Gallagher is one of four siblings in a basketball-rich family, as his sisters Ann and Joan each played college basketball at La Salle and Boston College, respectively. Gallagher and his wife, Geneva, have three daughters, Kenna, Alanna and Mary Kate, and one son, John “Jack” Gallagher.
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