Ed Conroy
Ed Conroy (born February 17, 1967)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: The Citadel Bulldogs
Current conference: Southern Conference (SoCon)
Francis Marion record^: 41-40 (.506)
Tulane record: 92-103 (.472)
The Citadel record: 70-119 (.370)
Overall record^: 203-262 (.437)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2014)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2009, 2013)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year: 1 (2009)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | The Citadel |
| 2021-2022 | Vanderbilt (assoc. HC) |
| 2020-2021 | Minnesota (assoc. HC) |
| 2016-2020 | Minnesota (asst) |
| 2010-2016 | Tulane |
| 2006-2010 | The Citadel |
| 2005-2006 | Coastal Carolina (asst) |
| 2003-2005 | Tennessee (asst) |
| 2001-2003 | Tennessee (DBO) |
| 2000-2001 | Tulsa (DBO) |
| 1997-2000 | Francis Marion |
| 1994-1997 | Furman (asst) |
| 1993-1994 | VMI (asst) |
| 1990-1993 | NC State (asst) |
Ed Conroy Facts
- Edward S. Conroy
- Born February 17, 1967
- Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
- Alma Mater: The Citadel (BA, 1989)
- Four-year player (three-year starter) at The Citadel under head coach Randy Nesbit
- Achieved rank of Lt. Colonel in the Corps of Cadets, highest rank held by a basketball player in the modern era at The Citadel
- Was an assistant at NC State under Les Robinson (who recruited him to The Citadel) and at VMI and Furman under Joe Cantafio
- Spent three seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at D-II Francis Marion, going 41-40 overall
- Returned to Division I in 2000 as Director of Basketball Operations for Buzz Peterson at Tulsa, following Peterson to Tennessee the following year where he was on the Vols’ staff for four seasons
- Spent one more year on Peterson‘s staff at Coastal Carolina before being hired at his alma mater in 2006
- Hired as Tulane’s head coach in 2010 following four seasons (w/ one CIT berth) at The Citadel
- Let go by Tulane following the 2015-16 season, his sixth year at the school
- Led the Green Wave to one CIT and one CBI berth during his tenure, winning 92 total games
- Joined Richard Pitino‘s staff at Minnesota in September 2016 as lead assistant coach; elevated to associate head coach in 2020
- Hired in April 2021 to be an associate head coach under Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt
- Returned to the Citadel in March 2022 for a second stint as the Bulldogs’ head coach
Ed Conroy Coaching Tree
- Doug Novak (Bethel)
- Donald Reyes (Loyola LA)
- Brooks Savage (East Tennessee State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
