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NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
45 CENTER 7-0 SENIOR DIGITAL MEDIA & JOURNALISM
HAWKS TIDBIT: Pierre Sow, who joins
the Hawks in 2021-22 after transferring from Hampton, has made five apperances off of the bench for the Hawks this season.
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 1/31 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 W, 74-70 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
The Hartford men’s basketball team continues a three-game homestand, hosting UMBC on Wednesday night. The Hawks are looking to even the regular season series, after dropping a close contest to the Retrievers earlier this month. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Junior Moses Flowers scored a game-high 24 points as the Hawks came back from a six-point halftime deficit, defeating Stony Brook, 74-70 on Sunday night. The Hawks were on fire in the second half, shooting 60.0 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from three. Flowers also finished with a team-high nine rebounds. Senior Austin Williams (16 points), David Shriver (12) and sophomroe Briggs McClain (11), joined Flowers in double digits. Williams dished out a game-high seven assists, while hauling in six rebounds.
on Saturday. The Retrievers, who are 8-7 in conference play, are led by Keondre Kennedy. Kennedy leads the Retrievers in scoring, averaging 14.8 points per game. L.J. Owens and Darnell Rogers join Kennedy in double-digits, dropping 10.8 points each. Yaw Obeng-Mensah leads the frontcourt, hauling in a team-high 5.6 rebounds per game. UMBC is third in the America East in scoring, averaging 72.3 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and UMBC meet for the 42nd time in both programs’ Division I histories UMBC defeated the Hawks, 68-64, earlier this season. Hartford has a 12-6 lead in games played in West Hartford. UMBC has won five of the last six games against the Hawks. John Gallagher is 13-13 alltime against the Retrievers.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After averaging 24.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in a 3-1 week for the Hawks, Williams was named America East Player UMBC SCOUT UMBC enters Wednesday’s contest after of the Week. The honor was the second dropping a 86-59 decision at Vermont in his career. Williams became the second
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Hawk to earn a conference accolade this season, joining Hunter Marks. Marks was awarded the accolade on Dec. 27, 2021, after a 31-point outing against Sacred Heart.
TURN, TURN, TURN
Shriver, who left Alderson Broaddus ranked second all-time in three-point field goals (216), has been a threat from distance in 2021-22 for the Hawks. He leads the conference in three-pointers per game (2.3) and ranks fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.382). The senior has hit at least one three in 24 of 25 games this season, and has knocked down multiple triples in 17 games.
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks wrap up a three-game homestand with a visist from NJIT on Saturday. Saturday’s contest will serve as Senior Day for Hartford. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 2 p.m.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E AE RECORD
8-7
69.4
POINTS PER GAME
72.3
72.6
POINTS ALLOWED
71.1
32.0
REBOUNDS/GAME
33.2
.453
FG%
.438
.451
FG% DEFENSE
.453
.364
3-PT FG%
.367
.356
3-PT FG% DEF
.351
.676
FT%
.780
12.2
ASSISTS/GAME
12.5
12.1
TO/GAME
11.1
-0.8
TO MARGIN
+0.6
6.2
STEALS/GAME
4.8
3.0
BLOCKS/GAME
1.9
7-7
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Vermont Stony Brook UMBC Binghamton UAlbany Hartford New Hampshire NJIT UMass Lowell Maine
OVERALL W-L PCT 22-5 16-12 13-13 11-13 12-15 9-17 12-12 11-14 13-13 6-20
.814 .571 .500 .458 .444 .346 .500 .440 .500 .231
AE W-L PCT 14-1 8-7 8-7 8-7 8-7 7-7 7-8 6-9 5-9 3-12
.933 .533 .533 .533 .533 .500 .467 .400 .357 .200
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(9-17 OVERALL, 7-7 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
UMBC RETRIEVERS (13-13 OVERALL, 8-7 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
Hometown/Last School
0
Keondre Kennedy Sr.
G
6-6
180
Atlanta, Ga./Labette CC
1
L.J. Owens
Sr.
G
6-3
165
Annapolis, Md./William & Mary
2
Tre Edwards
So.
G/F
6-7
195
Hamilton, Ontario/Akron
3
Hakim Byrd
So.
G
5-10 155
Philadelphia, Pa./Marist
5
Darnell Rogers
Sr.
G
5-2
150
Baltimore, Md.?New Mexico JC
10 Szymon Wojcik
Sr.
F
6-9
220
Wroclaw, Poland/NW Florida State
14 Kenny Sumpter
Sr.
G
6-3
190
Havre de Grace, Md./Harford CC
15 Yaw Obeng-Mensah Jr.
F
6-7
207
Toronto, Ontario/Santa Fe College
20 JC Harris
Fr.
G
6-1
170
Gaithersburg, Md./Northwest
21 Anyang Garang
So.
F
6-9
210
Adelaide, Australia/Oklahoma
24 Brendan Davis
So.
G
6-0
160
Annapolis, Md./Broadneck
25 Nathan Johnson
Jr.
F
6-7
205
Adel, Iowa/Sunrise Christian Academy
32 Dimitrije Spasojevic Sr.
F
6-8
240
Vrsac, Serbia/East Carolina
34 Matteo Picarelli
So.
G
6-2
180
Milan, Italy/Inter-Community School of Zurich
41 Jacob Boonyasith Sr.
G
6-3
215
Grand Rapids, Mich./American
HEAD COACH JIM FERRY - First Season - Keene State ’90
ASSISTANT COACHES DANNY LAWSON - First Season - Bentley ’07 JOSH PELLETIER - First Season - Saint Rose ’09
HAWKS //’12#FLYHIGH EVANN BAKER - FirstHARTFORD Season - Quinnipiac
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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
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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
9-17 7-7 2-10
AMERICA EAST: 7-7 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 11 MCCLAIN, Briggs
MIN
AVG
23-23 779:18 33.9 26-24 824:22 31.7 19-19 616:44 32.5 26-12 761:56 29.3 16-15 486:60 30.4 2-2
67:11 33.6
5-3 5-1 0-2
•
72-129
.558
132-272 83-199 50-148
22 EDMUNDO, Carlos
2-0
15 WEBLEY, Thomas
12-2
45 SOW, Pierre
5-0
5 HENDERSON, Kurtis
21 HOBBS, Matt
Team
15-0 9-0
217:23
9.5
69:41
5.8
01:36 28:05 04:15 38:26
0.8 1.9 0.9 4.3
•
1st 835 921
AWAY: 4-11
39-72
16 106 122
5.3
20-47
.426
58-69
.841
26
58
84
4.4
5
53
58
.364
0-2
35-88
.383
8-32
14-44
.286
0-0
.000 .000
.382 .368 .000 .398
4-8
.320
.333
.366
28-76
.431
2-6 0-3
.608
60-157
1.000
0-3
76-125
.417
1-1 2-7
.324
41-112
.542
16-50
24-74
.485
.338
4-11
36-94
23-1
0-3 0-0 0-3
HOME: 5-3 .512
23-0
23 DUNNE, Michael
Neutral
4-11 2-6 2-5
150-293
62-144
276:24 12.0
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 21-10 397:20 18.9
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
OVERALL: 9-17
Home
.500
7-10 9-16
0-1
.000
0-3
8-11
.000 .400
0-0
13-16
10-17
.000
2-5
11-16
.250 .318
0-0
71-108
.000
.657 .688 .813 .727
5
5
42
53
.588
12
26
38
.563
2-5
.400
0-0
0
93 105
11
1.000
0-0
12
.700
5-5
1-2
36 130 166
28 4
.000
1 3
.500
1
.000 .000
2 3
36
60 20
0 6 1 1 3
31
88 24
1 9 2 3 6
67
6.4 4.0 3.6 2.5
• 63
5
36
0
72 49 54
4
18
1.7
26
1.0 0.5 0.8
40 12
0 7
0.1
10
0.7
1
0.6
0
OT 8 7
TOT 1805 1888
NEUTRAL: 0-2
PF DQ
2.3 4.2
2nd 962 960
2 0 2 0
A
75 47 42 19 45 6
TO BLK STL PTS 11
29
400 17.4
31
25
10
222 11.7
33
6
54 18 6
0
48
40
0
8
9
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 7 0 3 1 0 1
AVG
75
19 6 0 3 2 0 2
17
6
13
1
42 12 28
2
376 14.5 237 141
16
9.1 8.8
8.0
4
16
166
7.2
0
4
90
3.9
7
10
91
5
0 0
51
2
0
4
1
6
2
0 0
7
0
1
0
0
0
4.3 2.2
1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
Total
26
5225
649-1432
.453 236-648
.364 271-401
.676 196 635 831 32.0 392 10 318 315 78 161 1805 69.4
Opponents
26
5225
681-1509
.451 215-604
.356 311-424
.733 256 652 908 34.9 379
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
1805 69.4 -3.2
1888 72.6 -
649-1432 .453
681-1509 .451
271-401 .676 10.4
311-424 .733 12.0
236-648 .364 9.1
831 32.0 -3.0 318 12.2
315 12.1 -0.8 1.0 161 6.2 78 3.0 1 3
4017 8-502 -
215-604 .356 8.3
908 34.9 329 12.7 293 11.3 1.1 172 6.6 71 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 02/20/2022
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 Stony Brook
7 329 293 71 172 1888 72.6
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 W
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 74-70
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 342
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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