Mitch Buonaguro (born December 4, 1953)
Teams coached: Fairfield Stags, Siena Saints
Fairfield record: 72-103 (.411)
Siena record: 35-59 (.372)
Overall record: 107-162 (.398)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: Â 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: Â 2Â (1986, 1987)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:Â 0
- NIT Championships: Â 0
- NIT Appearances: Â 0
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: Â 1Â (1986)
- MAAC Tournament Champion: Â 2Â (1986, 1987)
Awards:
- MAAC Coach of the Year:Â 1Â (1986)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2015-2019 | Fairfield (asst) |
2010-2013 | Siena |
2005-2010 | Siena (asst) |
2003-2005 | UNC Greensboro (asst) |
1996-2003 | Cleveland State (asst) |
1991-1996 | Texas A&M (asst) |
1985-1991 | Fairfield |
1977-1985 | Villanova (asst) |
1975-1977 | Boston College (asst) |
Mitch Buonaguro Facts
- Mitch Buonaguro
- Born December 4, 1953
- Hometown: Queens, New York
- Alma Mater: Boston College (BA, 1975)
- The Queens-native played guard at Boston College under head Bob Zuffelato
- Started his coaching career at his alma mater, assisting Zuffelato for two seasons
- Joined Rollie Massimino‘s staff at Villanova in 1977, working with the Wildcats for the next eight seasons
- Buonaguro was part of the coaching staff in 1985 when the Wildcats won the NCAA Tournament
- Hired the following season to be the head coach at Fairfield, going 72-103 in six seasons with the Stags
- Started his tenure with back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids thanks to two MAAC Tournament titles
- Won 10 or fewer games each season from 1987-91 and was fired in 1991
- Spent five seasons as an assistant at Texas A&M under Tony Barone, then seven more under Massimino at Cleveland State
- Joined Fran McCaffery‘s staff at UNC Greensboro in 2003, then followed McCaffery to Siena in 2005
- After five years at Siena, McCaffery left for Iowa and Buonaguro was elevated to head coach of the Saints
- Was just 35-59 in three seasons at the helm, finishing 6th or worse in the MAAC each year
- A couple years after getting let go by Siena, Buonaguro returned to Fairfield to assist head coach Sydney Johnson
- In between jobs, Buonaguro served as a television analyst for MAAC basketball games
- Hired in January 2020 to be a consultant to the men’s and women’s programs at D-II College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY
Mitch Buonaguro Coaching Tree
- Tobin Anderson (Iona, Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Thomas Aquinas)
- Steve Clifford (Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets, Adelphi)
- Tim O’Toole (Fairfield)