Ed DeChellis (born November 14, 1958)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Navy Midshipmen
Current conference: Patriot League
East Tennessee State record: 105-93 (.530)
Penn State record: 114-138 (.452)
Navy record: 181-211 (.462)
Overall record: 400-442 (.475)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2003, 2011)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 1 (2009)
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2006, 2009)
- Patriot League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2021)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 3 (2001, 2002, 2003)
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 1 (2003)
Awards:
- Patriot League Coach of the Year: 2 (2021, 2022)
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 2 (2001, 2002)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-present | Navy |
| 2003-2011 | Penn State |
| 1996-2003 | East Tennessee State |
| 1986-1996 | Penn State (asst) |
| 1984-1986 | Salem International (asst) |
| 1982-1984 | Penn State (asst) |
Ed DeChellis Facts
- Edward Richard DeChellis
- Born November 14, 1958
- Hometown: Monaca, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Pennsylvania State University (BA, 1982)
- After earning his bachelor’s degree from Penn State in 1982, DeChellis joined the Nittany Lions coaching staff as a graduate assistant for two seasons – one under Dick Harter and one under Bruce Parkhill
- First full-time assistant position was under Dana Skinner at D-II Salem College (now Salem International University)
- Returned to Penn State in 1986 as an assistant coach, spending nine seasons on Parkhill’s staff and one more under Jerry Dunn
- Got his first head coaching job in 1996 at East Tennessee State, leading the Bucs to 105 wins and one NCAA Tournament berth in seven seasons
- Hired as Penn State head coach in 2003, replacing Dunn
- Won 114 games in eight seasons and led the Lions to one NCAA Tournament and two NITs, winning the 2009 NIT title
- The 2011 NCAA Tournament appearance was the first for the Penn State program in ten years
- Surprised the basketball world by leaving Penn State in 2011 to become the head coach at Navy, taking a pay-cut in the process
- Has been the head coach at Navy for nine seasons, winning 114 games but failing to reach the postseason
- Suffered a stroke in September 2020, causing him to miss the beginning of the season; returned to the sidelines in December
- The 2020-21 Midshipmen went 15-2 (12-1) in the regular season to win the program’s first Patriot League title in more than 20 years
- The following year, Navy finished 2nd in the Patriot League and DeChellis earned his second-straight Patriot League COY award
- Along with his wife, Kim, has three daughters and two grandchildren
Ed DeChellis Coaching Tree
- Dan Earl (Chattanooga, VMI)
- Adam Fisher (Temple)
- James Johnson (Virginia Tech)
- Lewis Preston (Kennesaw State)
- Kendrick Saunders (Seton Hill)
