Donald Copeland
Donald Copeland (born February 11, 1984)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Wagner Seahawks
Current conference: Northeast Conference (NEC)
Wagner record: 32-29 (.525)
Overall record: 32-29 (.525)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 0
- NEC Tournament Champion: 1 (2024)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Wagner |
| 2021-2022 | Seton Hall (asst) |
| 2017-2021 | Wagner (asst) |
| 2015-2017 | Wagner (grad. asst) |
Donald Copeland Facts
- Donald Copeland
- Born February 11, 1984
- Hometown: Jersey City, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Seton Hall University (BA, 2006)
- Graduated from St. Anthony’s (NJ), where he played for legendary head coach Bob Hurley, Sr.
- Played four seasons at Seton Hall for head coach Louis Orr; appeared in two NCAA Tournaments with the Pirates
- Spent many years playing professionally overseas and in Puerto Rico before starting his coaching career
- Became a graduate assistant at Wagner in 2015 and then an assistant coach there in 2017; spent a total of six seasons working under Bashir Mason, during which time the Seahawks won three NEC titles
- Left Wagner in 2021 to become an assistant at alma mater Seton Hall, spending the year working under Kevin Willard
- Hired in April 2022 to replace Mason as the new head coach at Wagner
- In 2024, the Seahawks won the NEC Tournament as the 6-seed to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
Donald Copeland Coaching Tree
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