Chris Mooney
Chris Mooney (born August 7, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Richmond Spiders
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Beaver College record^: 24–27 (.471)
Air Force record: 18-12 (.600)
Richmond record: 348-268 (.565)
Overall record^: 390-307 (.560)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2010, 2011, 2022)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2011)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (2015, 2017, 2021, 2024)
- CBI Appearances: 3 (2008, 2009, 2013)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 1 (2024)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 2 (2011, 2022)
Awards:
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2005-present | Richmond |
| 2004-2005 | Air Force |
| 2000-2004 | Air Force (asst) |
| 1997-2000 | Beaver College |
Chris Mooney Facts
- Christopher Scott Mooney
- Born August 7, 1972
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Princeton University (BA, 1994)
- Was a four-year starter at Princeton under Pete Carril, starting all 107 games in his career and scoring 1,071 points
- Coached Lansdale Catholic HS from 1994-1997 before entering the college coaching world
- Spent three seasons as the head coach at Beaver College (now Arcadia University), compiling an overall record of 30-45
- Was an assistant under Joe Scott at Air Force for four seasons before taking over as head coach in 2004
- Left for Richmond a year later, where he has 311 wins in seventeen seasons at the helm
- Has taken the Spiders to three NCAA Tournaments (two by way of a A-10 Tournament titles), four NITs and three CBIs
- In June 2022, Richmond gave Mooney a contract extension through the 2026-27 season
- In February 2023, Mooney took a medical leave of absence due to a heart condition that required surgery
- Returned the following season and led the Spiders to their first-ever Atlantic 10 title; Mooney was named A-10 COY
Chris Mooney Coaching Tree
- Kevin McGeehan (Campbell)
- Peter Thomas (Richmond)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the Division I and Division III levels