SUNY Cortland Athletics

* A native of Niagara Falls, N.Y., he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cortland in 1983 and a master's degree in physical education from Cortland in 1986
 
* A shooting guard and point guard, he competed for four seasons at Cortland from 1979-83, and he served as a graduate assistant from 1984-86; team co-captain as a junior and tri-captain as a senior
 
* In 85 career games he scored 1,106 points (13.0 per game), shot 55.6 percent from the floor and 83.6 percent (224-of-268) from the foul line
 
* Earned first team All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) and was named All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and All-East Region as a senior after averaging 18.6 points per game; also first team All-SUNYAC as a junior
 
* Cortland's men's basketball head coach for 28 years from 1995-2003 and the program's career victories leader with a record of 459-277 (62.4 percent); including one season at Alfred University in 1994-95, his career coaching record is 471-290
 
* Led Cortland to three SUNYAC tournament titles (2000, 2013, 2016) and six NCAA Division III tournament berths; the Red Dragons advanced to the NCAA "Sweet 16" and tied for ninth nationally in both 1999 and 2000, advanced to the NCAA second round on three other occasions (2006, 2013, 2016), and made the program's first-ever NCAA tournament showing in 1997
 
* His Cortland teams reached the 20-win plateau eight times
 
* Six-time SUNYAC Coach of the Year (1997, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2013, 2016), four-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coach of the Year (1999, 2000, 2013, 2016), three-time New York State Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year (1999, 2000 and 2013) and the 2016 ECAC Division III Upstate New York Coach of the Year
 
* 2025 Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY) Hall of Fame inductee
 
* Cortland's women's tennis head coach since 2006; enters the 2025-26 season with 108 dual-match victories and 18 SUNYAC tournament appearances, and was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 2008
 
* Freshman basketball coach at Albany High School from 1986-88, assistant coach at the University at Albany from 1986-89, and assistant coach at Alfred University for five seasons (1989-94)
 
* Involved with basketball at the Empire State Games as a player (Adirondack Region in 1988, Western Region in 1990), as an assistant coach (Western Region from 1993-96, including two gold medals) and as a head coach (Central Region from 1997-99)
 
* Currently an International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, Inc. (IAABO) board of officials member and member of the Cortland Elks Lodge