Sources: Gallo, Merrimack consent to 10-year offer
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Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting expert. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Mar 27, 2025, 11:33 AM ET Merrimack coach Joe Gallo has actually agreed to
- a brand-new 10-year contract that will tie him to the program till 2035, sources told ESPN.Gallo assisted the Warriors through their transition to Department I in 2019 and has actually won three league titles in 6 years at the D-I level.Gallo, who dipped into Merrimack and began his training profession there as an assistant coach under Bert Hammel from 2005 to ’09, took over the program in 2016 after stints on personnels at
Dartmouth and Robert Morris. He went 61-34 in three seasons in Department II, reaching the NCAA competition in all three campaigns.Merrimack joined Division I in 2019, with Gallo leading it to the NEC regular-season title in year one. The Warriors would win three regular-season titles in their very first five years at the D-I level, and also won the
NEC competition in 2023, however were disqualified to participate in the NCAA tournament during their transition to D-I. In 2024-25, the program’s first season in the MAAC, Merrimack ended up second in the regular-season standings before falling in the semifinals of the conference tournament. The Warriors went 18-15 total and 14-6 in league play.Overall, Merrimack
is 72-34 in conference play under Gallo because moving to Division I.