John Gallagher
John Gallagher (born May 27, 1977)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Manhattan Jaspers
Current conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Hartford record: 169-207 (.449)
Manhattan record: 7-23 (.233)
Overall record: 176-230 (.433)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2013, 2018)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAAC Tournament Champion: 0
- America East Tournament Champion: 1 (2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Manhattan |
| 2010-2022 | Hartford |
| 2008-2010 | Penn (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2008 | Hartford (assoc. HC) |
| 2004-2006 | Lafayette (asst) |
| 1999-2004 | La Salle (asst) |
John Gallagher Facts
- Johnathan Gallagher
- Born May 27, 1977
- Hometown: Broomall, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Saint Joseph’s University (BA, 1999)
- Played for head coach Phil Martelli at Saint Joseph’s and was part of the Hawks team that reached the 1997 Sweet Sixteen
- Started his coaching career as an assistant coach at La Salle under head coaches Speedy Morris and Billy Hahn
- Spent two years as an assistant under Fran O’Hanlon at Lafayette before his first stint at Hartford, where he was associate head coach under Dan Leibovitz for two seasons
- Was the associate head coach at Penn for two seasons under Glen Miller before getting the Hartford opportunity
- Actually spent a couple weeks in the 2010 off-season as the associate head coach at Boston College under Steve Donahue
- Hired in June 2010 as the head coach at Hartford, a position he has held ever since
- Is 169-207 through twelve seasons and has led the Hawks to the CIT twice (2013, 2018)
- In 2021, Gallagher’s squad won the America East Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history
- The school announced in 2021 that its athletic programs would transition from Division I to Division III; the Hawks played the 2022-23 season as a Division I Independent ahead of their move to the D-III Commonwealth Coast Conference in 2023
- Just one day prior to the start of the 2022-23 season, Gallagher announced his resignation, citing a lack of support for the program resulting in critical violations of player safety
- In March 2023, Manhattan announced it had hired Gallagher as the Jaspers’ new head coach
John Gallagher Coaching Tree
- Tom Devitt (Hartford)
- Chris Gerlufsen (San Francisco, Hawaii)
- Jaret von Rosenberg (East Texas A&M)