Pat Skerry
Current position | |
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Title | Tufts |
Coaching career ( College of Charleston (assistant) | |
2005–2008 | Rhode Island (assistant) |
2008–2010 | Providence (assistant) |
2010–2011 | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
2011–present | Towson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 237–224 (.514) |
Tournaments | 0–1 ( CAA regular season (2022) |
Awards | |
CAA Coach of the Year (2013) Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2023) | |
Patrick Joseph Skerry (born January 21, 1970) is the head coach of the Towson University Tigers men's basketball team.[1]
Biography
Playing career
Skerry played collegiate basketball at Tufts University where he set the school record for career assists (634) and single-season assists (198).[2]
Coaching career
After graduation, Skerry joined his alma mater's coaching staff, where he spent three seasons before moving on to Stonehill College for the 1995–96 season. A year later he took his first head coaching job at Curry College at the age of 26. In two seasons at the helm of the Colonials, Skerry compiled a 24–25 record.
In 1998, Skerry jumped to Northeastern University as an assistant coach for two seasons, before moving on to William & Mary (2000–03), College of Charleston (2003–05), University of Rhode Island (2005–08), Providence College (2008–10), and Pittsburgh (2010–11) before accepting the head coaching job at Towson, replacing Pat Kennedy.
Skerry's first season in charge of the Tigers saw the team go 1–31, with the lone win coming on January 28, 2012, against UNC-Wilmington, snapping the team's NCAA record 41-game losing streak.
Head coaching record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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The Commonwealth Coast Conference ) (1996–1998)
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1996–97 | Curry | 11–13 | N/A | N/A | |||||
1997–98 | Curry | 13–12 | N/A | N/A | |||||
Curry: | 24–25 (.490) | N/A | |||||||
Colonial Athletic Association ) (2011–present)
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2011–12
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Towson | 1–31 | 1–17 | 12th | |||||
2012–13
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Towson | 18–13 | 13–5 | 2nd | |||||
2013–14 | Towson | 25–11 | 13–3 | 2nd | CIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2014–15 | Towson | 12–20 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
2015–16 | Towson | 20–13 | 11–7 | T–3rd | Vegas 16 Quarterfinals | ||||
2016–17 | Towson | 20–13 | 11–7 | 3rd | |||||
2017–18 | Towson | 18–14 | 8–10 | 5th | |||||
2018–19 | Towson | 10–22 | 6–12 | T–8th | |||||
2019–20 | Towson | 19–13 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2020–21 | Towson | 4–14 | 3–9 | 9th | |||||
2021–22 | Towson | 25–9 | 15–3 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
2022–23 | Towson | 21–12 | 12–6 | T–3rd | |||||
2023–24 | Towson | 20–14 | 11–7 | 5th | |||||
Towson: | 213–199 (.517) | 121–105 (.535) | |||||||
Total: | 237–224 (.514) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Pat Skerry, Head Coach". Towson University Athletics. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ "Tufts University Men's Basketball Program Records". Tufts University. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ "UNC Wilmington vs. Towson - Game Recap - January 28, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Hofstra vs. Towson - Game Recap - March 2, 2013 - ESPN".