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HAWKS TIDBIT: Matt Hobbs, who
has apperead in 15 games across his three seasons at Hartford, is the brother of former Hawk Jack Hobbs, who spent four seasons at Hartford from 2014-18.
2021-22
SCHEDULE DAY
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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 1/29 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 3/5 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* UMASS LOWELL* AT MAINE* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* UALBANY* AT UMASS LOWELL* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* VERMONT* MAINE* AT STONY BROOK* STONY BROOK* UMBC* NJIT* AT UALBANY* 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 POSTPONED W, 78-66 L, 64-70 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 5:30 PM 5 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 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
on Monday before dropping a 59-53 After Wednesday’s comeback effort at decision at UMBC on Wednesday. New Hampshire fell short, the Hartford De’Vondre Perry leads the Great Danes, men’s basketball team looks to get back averaging 12.8 points on 45.7 percent in the win column as they return to West shooting. Perry also ranks second on Hartford, hosting the UAlbany Great Danes the team in rebounding, hauling in 5.0 on Saturday. Prior to tipoff, the Hawks will boards per game, behind Justin Neely honor senior David Shriver, who scored (5.3 rpg). Jamel Horton (11.7 ppg) and his 1000th career point earlier this season. Matt Cerruti (11.0 ppg) join Perry in double figures for UAlbany Tipoff from Chase Arena is set for 4 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Junior Moses Flowers scored a gamehigh 27 points, including 23 in the second half to fuel a furious comeback bid, but the Hawks came up short at New Hampshire in a 70-64 decision on Wednesday night. Trailing by as many as 22, the Hawks pulled within four down the stretch before running out of steam in the closing minute. Senior Austin Williams joined Flowers in double figures with 15 points, marking his 15thstraight double-digit scoring contest.
UALBANY SCOUT
UAlbany enters Saturday contest looking to buck a two-game losing streak. The Great Danes fell to Vermont
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford has won each of the past four meetings to close UAlbany’s lead in the all-time series to 25-17. The Hawks’ current winning streak dates back to a 82-80 victory in West Hartford, Conn., on March. 2, 2019. The two sides are deadlocked in West Hartford, tying 10-10 in the all-time series.
HOT HANDS
Hartford has been efficient from the floor in 2021-22, ranking second in the America East in field goal percentage (.456). The team has been even more efficient in conference play, going 46.0 percent, including 38.7 percent from three. The trio of Marks, Flowers and Williams are each shooting 48 percent
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or better from the field to rank within the conference’s top-seve. Combined, they have been lethal, shooting 51.7 percent from the floor this season (250-for-483). Marks is third in the league with a .552 clip.
BLOCK PARTY
Marks has been a beast on the blocks as of late. He is averaging 3.0 rejections over his past three outings. The graduate student recorded a career-high six blocks, the most in a game since Hassan Attia had six against Rutgers on Dec. 28, 2017, in last Wednesday’s in at Binghamton. Hartford finished the game with a season-high eight rejections. The eight blocks were the most for the team since the 2017-18 campaign, when the Hawks recorded nine against UAlbany (Jan. 3).
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks head back on the road for a three-game road trip, starting with a visit to UMass Lowell on Monday. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 3-3
AE RECORD
5-5
69.1
POINTS PER GAME
61.6
73.2
POINTS ALLOWED
65.8
32.6
REBOUNDS/GAME
32.8
.456
FG%
.404
.448
FG% DEFENSE
.430
.348
3-PT FG%
.311
.347
3-PT FG% DEF
.345
.684
FT%
.711
12.3
ASSISTS/GAME
9.1
12.6
TO/GAME
12.9
-2.1
TO MARGIN
+0.7
5.9
STEALS/GAME
6.8
3.3
BLOCKS/GAME
2.8
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Vermont Stony Brook Binghamton UMBC UAlbany New Hampshire Hartford UMass Lowell NJIT Maine
OVERALL W-L PCT
17-4 13-8 9-10 10-10 9-13 9-8 5-13 11-9 8-12 4-17
.810 .620 .473 .500 .409 .529 .278 .550 .400 .190
AE W-L PCT 9-0 5-3 6-4 5-4 5-5 4-4 3-3 3-5 3-7 1-9
1.000 .625 .600 .555 .500 .500 .500 .375 .300 .100
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(5-13 OVERALL, 3-3 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
UALbany graet danes (9-13 OVERALL, 5-5 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
0
Ny’Mire Little
Fr.
G
6-4
203
Hometown/Last School Chester, Pa. / Westtown
1
Will Amica
So.
G
6-0
170
Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee
2
De’Vondre Perry
Gr.
F
6-7
220
Baltimore, Md./Temple
3
Trey Hutcheson
Jr.
G/F
6-5
195
Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar
4
Jarvis Doles
Gr.
F
6-9
215
Baltimore, Md./Drexel University
5
Jamel Horton
Sr.
G
6-4
190
Queens, N.Y./Pratt Community College
10 Aaron Reddish
Fr.
F
6-7
185 Norristown, Pa./Woodstock Academy
11
Tairi Ketner
Fr.
F
6-7
263
South Philadelphia, Pa./Woodstock Academy
12 Justin Neely
Fr.
F
6-5
200
Miama, Fla./West Oaks Academy
13 Gerald Drumgoole Jr. Jr.
G/F
6-5
214
Rochester, N.Y./Pittsburgh
20 Matt Cerruti
Gr.
G
6-4
190
Huntington Valley, Pa./Lock Haven
23 Sam Shafer
R-Jr. G/F
6-6
200
Frankfort, Ill./Southern Illinois
24 Paul Newman
Gr.
C
6-9
225
Philadelphia, Pa./Bucknell
25 Luke Fizulich
So.
G
6-2
185
Harrington Park, N.J./Marquette
30 Chuck Champion
Gr.
G
6-4
185
Philadelphia, Pa./Loyola University (Md.)
HEAD COACH DWAYNE KILLINGS - First Season - Hampton University ’03
ASSISTANT COACHES HAMLET TIBBS - First Season - West Virginia ‘07 MATT GRIFFIN - First Season - Boston University ‘12 DANNTON JACKSON - First Season - Xavier ‘92 DAN MADHAVAPALLIL - First Season ‘16 HARTFORD HAWKS- Marquette // #FLYHIGH
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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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3
david
11
briggs
SHRIVER
SENIOR | GUARD/FORWARD
McCLAIN
SOPHOMORE | GUARD
WILLIAMS 20 austin
SENIOR | GUARD
HARTFORD HAWKS
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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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HARTFORD HAWKS
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
5-13 3-3 2-10
AMERICA EAST: 3-3
Team Box Score No. Player
20 WILLIAMS, Austin
GP-GS
4 FLOWERS, Moses
00 MARKS, Hunter
3 SHRIVER, David
2 MITCHELL, D.J.
24 KIMBROUGH, Jared
AVG
18-16 565:12 31.4 16-16 535:30 33.5
25 CARTER, Traci
13 CLAYTON, Dejuan
MIN
16-16 531:42 33.2
18-7
517:14 28.7
2-2
67:11 33.6
8-7
213:53 26.7
2-2 2-0 0-2
•
64-116
.552
91-180 56-132 23-75 4-11
22-60
23 DUNNE, Michael
5 HENDERSON, Kurtis
15 WEBLEY, Thomas 45 SOW, Pierre
18-1
170:54
9.5
58:14
5.8
11-0 10-2
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22 EDMUNDO, Carlos
Team
4-0 4-0 1-0
156:30 10.4 19:16 02:54 05:06 00:15
1.8 0.7 1.3 0.2
0-3 0-0 0-3
•
HOME: 2-2
.508
15-0
220:32 17.0
Neutral
3-8 1-3 2-5
95-187
51-122
13-5
Away
AWAY: 3-8
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
18-18 535:39 29.8
11 MCCLAIN, Briggs
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
OVERALL: 5-13
Home
24-41 12-42 2-5 2-7 0-1 0-0 0-0
9-41
.220
54-82
.659
11
72
83
5.2
18-44
.409
51-62
.823
24
53
77
4.8
3
25
28
.506
24-69
.424
45-112
.364
0-2
.307
30-77
.367
4-19
10-37
.286
0-0
.000 .000 .000
.390
5-7
.727
.000
0-0 0-0
5
46
.429
8
15
23
.333
.000
5
76
36
1-3 0-0
0
69
10
1.000
0-0
7
.714
2-2
3-7
26 103 129
.833
.270
.000
0-0
.556
7-13
.000
0-0
8-11
.636
.571
.500
0-0
5-9
10-12
.211
2-4
49-77
.278 .000
4-7
.286 .400
.402
10-36
.418 .585
.348
.538
14
3
.000
1 0
.000
0
.000 .000
0 0
23
29 17
1 5 1 1 0
25
43 20
2 5 1 1 0
48
7.2 4.2 3.5 2.5
1st 561 655
• 49
5
32
0
49 29 30
4
17
1.5
14
1.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0
23 10
8 7 0 0 0
OT 0 0
TOT 1243 1318
NEUTRAL: 0-2
PF DQ
2.6 3.3
2nd 682 663
A
TO BLK STL PTS
AVG
60
8
17
253 15.8
28
22
7
197 12.3
20
14
4
0
41
36
0
1
6
2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 39 34 13 6
12
5 1 3 0 1 0
34 9 6
13 5 1 2 0 1 0
12
4
26
10
10
1
2
14
255 14.2 162
66 16
9.0
8.3 8.0
3
14
137
7.6
0
3
51
3.4
6
8
59
5
0
36
1
0 1
0
0
0
0
0.5
0
0.0
0
0
2.0
6 5
0
0
4.5
0
0.5 0.0 0.0
Total
18
3600
446-979 .456 156-448
.348 195-285
.684 130 457 587 32.6 272
9 222 227 59 107 1243 69.1
Opponents
18
3600
477-1064 .448 147-424
.347 217-301
.721 178 454 632 35.1 270
4 238 189 48 130 1318 73.2
Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin
HART
1243 69.1 -4.2
OPP
1318 73.2 -
Field goals-att Field goal pct
446-979 .456
477-1064 .448
Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game
195-285 .684 10.8
217-301 .721 12.1
3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG 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
156-448 .348 8.7
587 32.6 -2.5 222 12.3
227 12.6 -2.1 1.0 107 5.9
59 3.3 0 2
2538 4-635 -
147-424 .347 8.2
632 35.1 238 13.2
189 10.5 1.3
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
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
L L L L L L L W L L L W W L L W 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
Att.
1924 0 0 1208 575 1259 950 300 3257 667 1218 434 374 2519 1525 289 533 383
130 7.2 48 2.7 -
11620 11-1056 3-1086
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john
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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