Chris Casey
Chris Casey (born October 15, 1963)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Fairfield Stags
Current conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Rutgers-Newark record: 27-46 (.370)
LIU Post record: 62-25 (.713)
Niagara record: 64-129 (.332)
Fairfield record: 24-13 (.649)
Overall record^: 177-213 (.454)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2024)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2018)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAAC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Fairfield |
| 2019-2023 | Fairfield (asst) |
| 2013-2019 | Niagara |
| 2010-2013 | LIU Post |
| 2006-2010 | St. John’s (asst) |
| 2001-2006 | Central Connecticut (asst) |
| 1998-2001 | Rutgers-Newark |
| 1990-1998 | Saint Peter’s (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | St. Francis Brooklyn (asst) |
| 1988-1989 | Western Connecticut State (asst) |
Chris Casey Facts
- Chris Casey
- Born October 15, 1963
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: Western Connecticut State University (BS, 1986) / Central Connecticut State University (M.Ed, 1993)
- Four-year letter-winner and two-time captain at Division III Western Connecticut State
- Spent one year as an assistant at his alma mater before joining Rich Zvosec‘s staff at St. Francis in 1989
- Was an assistant under both Ted Fiore and Roger Blind at Saint Peter’s, spending eight total seasons there
- Went 27-46 in three seasons as the head coach at Division III Rutgers-Newark
- Spent five seasons as an assistant coach under longtime Central Connecticut coach Howie Dickenman, then four at St. John’s under Norm Roberts
- Was the head coach at Division II LIU Post for three season, going 62-25 overall and winning at least 18 games each year
- Hired in April 2013 to be the head coach at Niagara, his first head coaching position at the D-I level
- Improved the Purple Eagles from single-digit wins to a 19-14 season and trip to the 2018 CIT in his fifth year on the job
- However, Casey’s team regressed to 13 wins the following season – his fifth losing season in six years – and he was fired in March 2019
- Announced as an assistant coach on Jay Young‘s first staff at Fairfield in June 2019
- In October 2023, less than a month before the start of the 2023-24 season, Casey was named interim head coach following Young’s resignation
- After leading the Stags to 20+ wins and a 2nd place finish in the MAAC, Casey was officially hired as head coach in March 2024
Chris Casey Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels