Bill Carmody (born December 4, 1951)
Teams coached: Princeton Tigers, Northwestern Wildcats, Holy Cross Crusaders
Princeton record: 92-25 (.786)
Northwestern record: 192-210 (.478)
Holy Cross record: 58-73 (.443)
Overall record^: 342-308 (.526)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1997, 1998, 2016)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1999, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Ivy League Regular Season Champion: 2 (1997, 1998)
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 1 (2016)
Awards:
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2015-2019 | Holy Cross |
2014-2015 | Fairfield (special asst) |
2000-2013 | Northwestern |
1996-2000 | Princeton |
1982-1996 | Princeton (asst) |
1980-1982 | Providence (asst) |
1976-1980 | Union College (asst) |
1975-1976 | Fulton-Montgomery CC |
Bill Carmody Facts
- William D. Carmody
- Born December 4, 1951
- Hometown: Spring Lake, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Union College (BA, 1975)
- In one season as head coach, led Fulton-Montgomery CC (NY) to a 17-10 record and conference title
- Was an assistant at Providence for two seasons, one each under head coaches Gary Walters and Joe Mullaney
- Spent fourteen seasons at Princeton under legendary Tigers head coach Pete Carril before taking over as head coach in 1996
- Won 92 games, went to two NITs and two NCAA Tournaments in four years as the Princeton head coach
- Hired in 2000 to take over at Northwestern, winning 192 games and going to four NITs during his 13 seasons in Evanston
- Fired in 2013 after failing to take the Wildcats to their first ever NCAA Tournament, despite being the second-winningest coach in program history to that point
- Spent the 2014-15 season as a special assistant to Fairfield head coach Sydney Johnson, one of his former players at Princeton
- Became the head coach at Holy Cross in March 2015; led the Crusaders to a surprise Patriot League Tournament title and NCAA berth in his first season
- Retired from coaching in June 2019; went 58-73 at Holy Cross and 342-308 overall as a Division I head coach
Bill Carmody Coaching Tree
- Mike Brennan (American)
- Brian Earl (William & Mary, Cornell)
- Tavaras Hardy (Loyola MD)
- Mitch Henderson (Princeton)
- Ben Johnson (Minnesota)
- Sydney Johnson (Fairfield, Princeton)
- Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
- Craig Robinson (Oregon State, Brown)
- Joe Scott (Denver, Princeton, Air Force)
- John Thompson III (Georgetown, Princeton)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only