Danny Nee

Danny Nee (born June 18, 1945)

Teams coached: Ohio Bobcats, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Robert Morris Colonials, Duquesne Dukes, Merchant Marine Mariners
Ohio record: 107-67 (.615)
Nebraska record: 254-190 (.572)
Robert Morris record: 7-22 (.241)
Duquesne record: 41-103 (.285)
Merchant Marine record^: 52-51 (.505)
Overall record^: 461-433 (.517)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  7  (1983, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  1  (1996)
• NIT Appearances:  6  (1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)
• MAC Regular Season Champion:  1  (1985)
• Big Eight Tournament Champion:  1  (1994)
• MAC Tournament Champion:  2  (1983, 1985)

Awards:

• Big Eight Coach of the Year:  1  (1991)
• MAC Coach of the Year:  2  (1983, 1985)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2010-2014	Merchant Marine
2009-2010	Towson (asst)
2008-2009	Rutgers (asst)
2001-2006	Duquesne
2000-2001	Robert Morris
1986-2000	Nebraska
1980-1986	Ohio
1976-1980	Notre Dame (asst)

Danny Nee Facts

• Daniel Hugh Nee
• Born June 18, 1945
• Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
• Alma Mater: St. Mary of the Plains College (BA, 1971) / Kansas State University (MS, 1972)
• Brooklyn-native played at Power Memorial Academy alongside future HOFer Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
• Started his collegiate career playing at Marquette for head coach Al McGuire, but dropped out after one year
  • Joined the US Marine Corps in 1967; served in the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged in 1968
• Began coaching in 1972 at Red Bank Regional HS (NJ), following by a stint at Brick Township HS (NJ)
• Hired as an assistant by Digger Phelps at Notre Dame in 1976, working with the Irish for four seasons
• Became the head coach at Ohio in 1980, going 107-67 in six seasons there
  • Went to the NCAA Tournament twice and NIT once with the Bobcats and twice earned MAC COY honors
• Left Ohio for Nebraska in 1986, coaching the Huskers for the next 14 seasons
  • Won 254 games (tied for most in program history), went to six NCAA Tournaments and five NITs (won the 1996 NIT title)
  • Fired in March 2000 following an 11-19 (4-12 Big 12) season
  • Later inducted into the Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame
• Spent one year at Robert Morris before becoming the head coach at Duquesne in 2001
  • Went just 41-103 in five seasons with the Dukes, resigning March 2006 following a 3-win campaign
• Worked as a scout for the NBA’s Utah Jazz for two years, then spent one year each assisting Fred Hill at Rutgers and Pat Kennedy at Towson
• Became head coach at Division III Merchant Marine in 2010, going 52-51 in four seasons but failing to reach the postseason
• Got back into high school coaching in 2015, joining the staff at Gateway HS in Monroeville, PA as an assistant
  • Also served as the head coach of the AAU club Basketball Stars of America

Danny Nee Coaching Tree

• Fran Fraschilla (New Mexico, St. John’s, Manhattan)
• Billy Hahn (La Salle, Ohio)
• Cleo Hill Jr. (Maryland Eastern Shore, Winston-Salem State, Shaw, Cheyney)
• Dylan Howard (Alabama A&M, North Park, Hardin-Simmons)
• Tyronn Lue (Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers)
• Jeff Reinert (Utah Valley)
• Jai Steadman (Maine, UTRGV)

 

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