Bashir Mason
Bashir Mason (born February 11, 1984)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Saint Peter’s Peacocks
Current conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Wagner record: 165-130 (.559)
Saint Peter’s record: 14-18 (.438)
Overall record: 179-148 (.547)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2016, 2018)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 3 (2016, 2018, 2021)
- MAAC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- NEC Coach of the Year: 3 (2016, 2018, 2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Saint Peter’s |
| 2012-2022 | Wagner |
| 2010-2012 | Wagner (asst) |
| 2008-2010 | Marist (asst) |
Bashir Mason Facts
- Bashir Mason
- Born February 11, 1984
- Hometown: Jersey City, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Drexel University (BA, 2007) / Wagner College (M.Ed, 2013)
- Attended Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, where he played on the basketball team for head coach Dan Hurley
- Played at Drexel under head coach Bruiser Flint, leading the team in steals and assists in each of his four seasons there
- Returned to his alma mater after graduating from Drexel to be one of Hurley‘s assistants for one season
- Spent two seasons coaching under Chuck Martin at Marist before re-joining Hurley at Wagner in 2010
- At just 28 years of age, Mason took over as Wagner’s head coach in 2012 when Hurley left for Rhode Island
- Won three NEC regular season titles, earned two NIT berths and won conference COY honors in 2016, 2018 and 2021
- Left Wagner in April 2022 to take over as the new head coach at Saint Peter’s in his hometown of Jersey City
Bashir Mason Coaching Tree
- Donald Copeland (Wagner)
