Chris Casey (born October 15, 1963)

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Fairfield Stags (Head coach: Jay Young)
Current conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Teams coached: Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders, LIU Post Pioneers, Niagara Purple Eagles
Rutgers-Newark record^: 27-46 (.370)
LIU Post record^: 62-25 (.713)
Niagara record: 64-129 (.332)
Overall record^: 153-200 (.433)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0   
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0   
• NIT Championships:  0   
• NIT Appearances:  0   
• CIT Appearances:  1  (2018)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2019-present	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
• 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 undeer 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
• Along with his wife, Hope, has two daughters

Chris Casey Coaching Tree

• coming soon

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels