Syracuse essential McNamara to coach at Siena
Mar 29, 2024, 11:19 AM ET Gerry McNamara has signed an offer to take control of as the men’s basketball coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after 20 years as a standout player and assistant before ultimately ascending to associate head coach for the Orange.McNamara’s finalizing was revealed by Siena on Friday and makes him a collegiate head coach for the first time. He changes Siena alum Carmen Maciariello, who was fired after going 68-72 in five seasons at the school, including a 4-28 mark this season.McNamara has actually been on the Syracuse personnel considering that 2009, first as a graduate assistant and then more than a years as an assistant under Jim Boeheim. Last season he became associate head coach for the Orange when Adrian Autry took over as head coach.The 40-year-old McNamara stays the fourth-leading scorer in Syracuse history
behind only Laurence Moten, Derrick Coleman and John Wallace. He started on Syracuse’s 2003 championship game team that was led by Carmelo Anthony; McNamara had 18 points, all on 3-pointers, in the Orange’s 81-78 win over Kansas in the NCAA title game. “I am so honored and thrilled to lead Siena College as the new head men’s basketball coach,”McNamara stated in a declaration.”My family and I can’t wait to get going and welcome Siena and the Capital Area.” McNamara began all 135 games of his playing profession at Syracuse and stays the school’s all-time
leader in 3-pointers made by a wide margin. His overall of 400 stands well ahead of Buddy Boeheim(309) and Joseph Girard III (297). McNamara likewise tops Syracuse’s all-time lists for free toss portion(.888) and minutes played (4,799). Editor’s Picks < img src ="https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2024/0328/r1311076_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center" width
=”65″ height=”65″/ > He played in what is now called the NBA G League and in Europe before returning to Syracuse to coach.Siena, a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, plays its home games in Albany, about 150 miles east of Syracuse.The small school has actually served as a springboard for coaches often times for many years: Fran McCaffery made three straight NCAA tournament performs at the school and has actually been at Iowa for 14 seasons given that leaving Siena; Paul Hewitt got his very first Department I task at Siena and left after 3 seasons to take Georgia Tech to the national championship game; Mike Deane was an organization at Siena before leaving for Marquette; new Rice coach Rob Lanier is a previous Siena coach as well.The school has actually even used the Syracuse-to-Siena course before. Previous Orange player and assistant Louis Orr invested one season as Siena coach in 2000-01, winning a share of the MAAC regular-season title before leaving for Seton Hall.”Gerry’s renowned career and champion pedigree at Syracuse University, paired with his remarkable abilities in mentoring young skill,
line up completely with the high expectations and storied custom of Siena basketball, “Siena president Chuck Siefert stated in a declaration.”His appointment is not just about restoring champion success– a standard our fans appropriately anticipate– however it likewise represents Siena’s climb in the wider college landscape.”McNamara’s strengths consist of recruiting, which will be required to turn things around at Siena. Amongst the 351 groups with full-fledged Division I subscription this season, only
DePaul(3-29 ), Coppin State(2-27 ), Mississippi Valley State( 1-30)and Detroit Mercy( 1-31)had even worse records than the Saints.