Kevin Bannon

Kevin Bannon (born June 11, 1957)

Teams coached: Trenton State Lions, Rider Broncs, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Trenton State record^: 145-48 (.751)
Rider record: 131-103 (.560)
Rutgers record: 59-60 (.496)
Overall record^: 335-211 (.614)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (1993, 1994)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  2  (1999, 2000)
• NEC Regular Season Champion:  3  (1993, 1994, 1995)
• NEC Tournament Champion:  2  (1993, 1994)
• NCAA Division III National Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 1989)
• NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances:  4  (1985, 1986, 1988, 1989)

Awards:

• NEC Coach of the Year:  2  (1993, 1994)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1997-2001	Rutgers
1989-1997	Rider
1982-1989	Trenton State
1979-1982	Trenton State (asst)

Kevin Bannon Facts

• Kevin Bannon
• Born June 11, 1957
• Hometown: Verona, New Jersey
• Alma Mater: Saint Peter’s College (BA, 1979) / Virginia Commonwealth University (MA)
• Played for head coaches Dick McDonald and Bob Kelly at Saint Peter’s; inducted into the school’s Athletic HOF in 1986
• First job was as an assistant at D-III Trenton State (NJ), where he worked under coach Tom McCorry for three years
• Took over as head coach of the Lions in 1982 when he was still only 25 years old
  • Went 145-48 in seven seasons at the helm, reaching the D-III NCAA Tournament four times
    • His 1988-89 went 30-2 and finished a D-III NCAA Tournament Runners-up
• Left Trenton in 1989 to become the head coach at Division I Rider, also in New Jersey
  • Was 131-104 over eight seasons as the Broncs head coach, winning three-straight NEC titles (1993-95)
  • Went to the NCAA Tournament in both 1993 and 1994 by way of NEC Tournament crowns
• Hired at Rutgers in 1997, coaching the Scarlet Knights for four seasons
  • Never reached the NCAA Tournament but went to the NIT in both 1999 and 2000
  • Fired in 2001 after going 59-60 overall; during his tenure, Bannon and Rutgers were sued by two former players following an alleged incident in practice in 1999
• After Rutgers, Bannon worked for the Mercer County (NJ) Park Commission and spent one year as the boys’ basketball coach at Notre Dame HS in Lawrenceville, NJ, where he resides
  • He has also done radio broadcasts during Rider basketball games

Kevin Bannon Coaching Tree

• Rod Baker (Delaware 87ers, Harlem Globetrotters, ABA, CBA)
• Don Harnum (Rider)
• Dan Hurley (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Wagner)
• Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo, Green Bay)
• Rob Lanier (Rice, SMU, Georgia State, Siena)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels