Dwayne Killings
Dwayne Killings (born April 4, 1981)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Albany Great Danes
Current conference: America East Conference
Albany record: 34-60 (.362)
Overall record: 34-60 (.362)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- America East Regular Season Champion: 0
- America East Tournament Champions: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Albany |
| 2020-2021 | Marquette (assoc. HC) |
| 2018-2020 | Marquette (asst) |
| 2016-2018 | Connecticut (asst) |
| 2011-2016 | Temple (asst) |
| 2010-2011 | Boston University (asst) |
| 2006-2009 | Temple (asst. DBO) |
| 2003-2006 | Charlotte Hornets (special asst.) |
Dwayne Killings Facts
- Dwayne Killings
- Born April 4, 1981
- Hometown: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Alma Mater: Hampton University (BA, 2003)
- Originally a walk-on at UMass, where he played for two seasons for Bruiser Flint before transferring to Hampton
- Finished his degree and career playing for Pirates’ head coaches Steve Merfeld and Bobby Collins
- Started his coaching career in the NBA, spending three years with the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets as special assistant/video coordinator
- Joined Fran Dunphy‘s staff at Temple in 2006 and spent three years as the Owls’ assistant DBO
- Worked for the NBA Developmental League for one year (2009-10) then spent one year as Pat Chambers‘ assistant at BU
- Returned to Temple in 2011 and spent the next five seasons (eight in total) working under Dunphy
- While at Temple, Killings was part of five NCAA Tournaments and one NIT
- Left in 2016 to become an assistant at UConn under head coach Kevin Ollie; worked there for two years before the staff was let go
- Spent three seasons – two as an assistant and one as associate head coach – at Marquette working for Steve Wojciechowski
- In March 2021, Killings was hired to become the new head coach of the Albany Great Danes out of the America East
- Placed on administrative leave in March 2022 pending an investigation into an alleged physical altercation with a player that occurred before a road game in November 2021
- Reached an agreement in which he would pay a fine and be suspended for the first five games of the 2022-23 season
- Along with his wife, Ana, has two children
Dwayne Killings Coaching Tree
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