Jack Perri
Jack Perri (born May 28, 1975)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Southern New Hampshire Penmen
Current conference: Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10)
Rhode Island College record^: 20-9 (.690)
LIU Brooklyn record: 77-79 (.494)
Southern New Hampshire record^: 62-46 (.574)
Overall record^: 159-134 (.543)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2013)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Northeast-10 (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 0
- Little East (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2005)
- Northeast-10 (Div II) Tournament Champion: 0
- NEC Tournament Champion: 1 (2013)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2023)
Awards:
- Joe B. Hall Award: 1 (2013)
- Little East (Div III) Coach of the Year: 1 (2005)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | Southern New Hampshire |
| 2017-2018 | Boston University (asst) |
| 2012-2017 | LIU Brooklyn |
| 2007-2012 | Long Island (assoc. HC) |
| 2005-2007 | Long Island (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | Rhode Island College |
| 1998-2004 | Bentley (asst) |
Jack Perri Facts
- John Perri
- Born May 28, 1975
- Hometown: Manalapan, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Bentley University (BA, 1998)
- Played for Jay Lawson at D-II Bentley (MA), serving two years as captain and helping the team to four winning seasons
- Started his coaching career after graduation in 1998, spending six seasons as an assistant under Lawson at Bentley
- Became a head coach for the first time in 2004, spending one year at the helm at D-III Rhode Island College
- Won a share of the Little East title, finishing with a 20-9 record
- Arrived at Long Island U (later LIU Brooklyn and now just LIU) in 2005, spending two years as an assistant under Jim Ferry before being promoted to associate head coach
- Elevated to head coach of the Blackbirds in 2012, winning the NEC Tournament in his first season and taking the team to the 2013 NCAA Tournament
- Won 77 games in five seasons as head coach; Perri was fired in March 2017
- Spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant on Joe Jones‘ staff at Boston University
- Hired in June 2018 to be the new head coach at D-II Southern New Hampshire
- Is 62-46 through four seasons (2020-21 NE-10 season cancelled); led Penmen to D-II NCAA Tournament in 2023
- Along with his wife, Julie, has three children
Jack Perri Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels
