Billy Lange
Billy Lange (born February 11, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Saint Joseph’s Hawks
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Merchant Marine record^: 39-19 (.672)
Navy record: 92-115 (.444)
Saint Joseph’s record: 59-91 (.393)
Overall record^: 190-225 (.458)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2024)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 0
- Skyline (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 2 (2000, 2001)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 0
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 1 (2001)
Awards:
- Patriot League Coach of the Year: 1 (2008)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Saint Joseph’s |
| 2013-2019 | Philadelphia 76ers (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Villanova (assoc. HC) |
| 2004-2011 | Navy |
| 2001-2004 | Villanova (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Merchant Marine Academy |
| 1998-1999 | La Salle (asst) |
| 1996-1998 | Philadelphia (asst) |
Billy Lange Facts
- William Lange
- Born February 11, 1972
- Hometown: Haddon Heights, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Rowan University (BA, 1994)
- Graduated from Bishop Eustace HS (NJ) before playing at Division III Rowan (NJ)
- Started his coaching career at alma mater Bishop Eustace and then spent two seasons as an assistant under head coach Herb Magee at D-II Philadelphia
- Spent one season as an assistant under Speedy Morris at La Salle before becoming the head basketball coach at the US Merchant Marine Academy in 1999 (a Division III program)
- Went 39-19 in two seasons with the Mariners, reaching the D-III NCAA Tournament in 2001
- Joined Jay Wright‘s staff at Villanova, working an assistant there for three seasons
- Spent seven seasons as the head coach at Navy of the (Division I) Patriot League
- Led the Midshipmen to a 92-115 record during his tenure but failed to reach the postseason
- Rejoined Wright at Villanova in 2011, spending two more seasons on his staff as associate head coach
- Moved up to the professional ranks in 2013, becoming an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers under head coach Brett Brown
- Worked with Brown and the Sixers for six seasons, going through “The Process” going from the worst record in the NBA to one of the Eastern Conference’s strongest teams
- Hired in March 2019 to become the head coach at Saint Joseph’s, his first college role since 2013
- Lange is 59-91 over five seasons, improving the Hawks from single-digit wins in the first two years to 21 in year five
Billy Lange Coaching Tree
- Jason Crafton (Maryland Eastern Shore, Nyack College)
- Blake Flickner (Dallas Baptist)
- John Griffin III (Bucknell)
- Greg Paulus (Niagara)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels