Brian Earl (born September 8, 1976)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: William & Mary Tribe
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Cornell record: 96-103 (.482)
William & Mary record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 96-103 (.482)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2024)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 0
- CAA Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Ivy League Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
- Ivy League Player of the Year: 1 (1999)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2024-present | William & Mary |
2016-2024 | Cornell |
2015-2016 | Princeton (assoc. HC) |
2007-2015 | Princeton (asst) |
Brian Earl Facts
- Brian W. Earl
- Born September 8, 1976
- Hometown: Medford Lakes, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Princeton University (BS, 1999)
- Played at Princeton under head coaches Pete Carril & Bill Carmody and was named Ivy League POY as a senior in 1999
- Left Princeton as the all-time leading three-point shooter in Ivy League history, and led the Tigers to three NCAA Tournament appearances and one trip to the NIT quarterfinals
- Won 95 games during his player career at Princeton, an Ivy League record
- Went on to play professionally in Germany, England and the United States (USBL & EBA)
- Got into coaching in 2007 as an assistant at his alma mater, Princeton, where he later also served as recruiting coordinator
- Served eights seasons as a Princeton assistant and one as associate head coach, first under Sydney Johnson and then under Mitch Henderson, both of whom were college teammates of his
- Hired in 2016 to be the head coach at Ivy League foe Cornell; led the Big Red to the 2019 CIT, his third season at the helm
- In 2022, the Big Red finished fourth in the League and Earl became the first former Ivy POY to be named Ivy League COY
- The 2023-24 team won 22 games and earned the program’s first-ever NIT bid
- Brother, Dan Earl, is also a college basketball coach, currently serving as head coach at Chattanooga
Brian Earl Coaching Tree
- Jon Jaques (Cornell)