Don Maestri
Don Maestri (born October 25, 1946)
Teams coached: Troy Trojans
Troy record^: 501-403 (.554)
Overall record^: 501-403 (.554)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2003)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2004, 2010)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2009)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 1 (2010)
- Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champion: 4 (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- East Coast Regular Season Champion: 1 (1994)
- Gulf South (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (1991)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
- Atlantic Sun Tournament Champion: 1 (2003)
- Gulf South (Div II) Tournament Champion: 1 (1991)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1993)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 4 (1988, 1991, 1992, 1993)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 2 (1988, 1993)
Awards:
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
- Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year: 2 (2000, 2004)
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 1 (1997)
- Gulf South (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (1991)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2019 | Texas A&M (special asst. to the HC) |
| 1982-2013 | Troy |
| 1980-1982 | Alabama (asst) |
| 1979-1980 | Mississippi State (asst) |
Don Maestri Facts
- Don Maestri
- Born October 25, 1946
- Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alma Mater: University of Southern Mississippi (BA, 1969)
- Graduated from Southern Miss, then started his coaching career at Holy Cross HS in his hometown of New Orleans
- Went 211-99 overall in 10 seasons as the head coach and in 1974 finished a state runner-up
- Moved to the college ranks in 1979, spending one season on Jim Hatfield’s staff at Mississippi State followed by two years under Wimp Sanderson at Alabama
- Went to the NCAA Tournament with the Crimson Tide in 1982 after winning the SEC Tournament title
- Became the head coach at then-Division II Troy in 1982, started his long tenure at the helm of the Trojans
- Led the team for 31 seasons, during which time the program transitioned to Division I (starting in 1993)
- Won 501 games overall, 291 of which came at the D-I level, and was 260-215 in conference play
- Claimed seven league titles (1x Gulf South, 1x ECC, 4x A-Sun, 1x Sun Belt) and three league tournaments (1x Gulf South, 1x A-Sun, 1x Sun Belt)
- Reached the D-II NCAA Tournament four times, with two Final Fours and a Runner-up finish in 1993
- At the Division I level, reached the postseason four times (1x NCAA, 2x NITs and 1x CBI)
- In 1992, Maestri’s Trojans played in the highest-scoring game in NCAA history, beating NAIA DeVry 258-141 at home
- Eight Troy players scored 20+ points each and as a team, they went 51-109 from 3PT
- Retired from Troy in 2013 after 31 seasons at the helm, going 501-403 in total
- In 2016, Maestri came out of retirement to be a special assistant to head coach Billy Kennedy at Texas A&M
- Maestri had coached Kennedy at Holy Cross HS and has mentored him throughout his coaching career
Don Maestri Coaching Tree
- Flynn Clayman (Southern Utah)
- Billy Kennedy (Texas A&M, Murray State, Southeastern Louisiana, Centenary)
- Robbie Laing (Campbell, Jones County JC)
^ overall record includes head coaching seasons at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels; Troy moved up to Division I starting with the 1993-94 season
