Pat Flannery
Pat Flannery (born September 23, 1957)
Teams coached: Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen, Bucknell Bison
Lehigh Valley record^: 94-43 (.686)
Bucknell record: 233-179 (.566)
Overall record^: 327-222 (.596)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2005, 2006)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Patriot League Regular Season Champion: 3 (1995, 2006, 2007)
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 2 (2005, 2006)
- NCAA Division III National Championships: 1 (1994)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 6 (1993, 1994)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four: 1 (1994)
Awards:
- Hugh Durham Award: 1 (2006)
- Patriot League Coach of the Year: 3 (1995, 1997, 2006)
- NABC Div III Coach of the Year: 1 (1994)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1994-2008 | Bucknell |
| 1989-1994 | Lebanon Valley |
| 1987-1989 | Drexel (asst) |
| 1986-1987 | William & Mary (asst) |
| 1983-1986 | Drexel (asst) |
| 1981-1983 | Bucknell (asst) |
Pat Flannery Facts
- Patrick Flannery
- Born September 23, 1957
- Hometown: Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Bucknell University (BA, 1980)
- Attended at Pottsville Area HS (PA) and went on to play PG for four seasons under head coach Charlie Woollum
- First coaching job was a two-year stint at his alma mater as an assistant under Woollum
- Assisted Eddie Burke at Drexel for five years (two stints) and Barry Parkhill at William & Mary for one year
- Hired in 1989 as the head coach at Division III Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA
- Coached the Flying Dutchmen for five seasons, going 94-43 overall and reaching the Division III Tournament twice
- Flannery’s 1993-94 team went 28-4 and won the 1994 NCAA D-III National Championship
- Coached the Flying Dutchmen for five seasons, going 94-43 overall and reaching the Division III Tournament twice
- Returned to his alma mater in 1994, coaching the Bucknell Bison for fourteen seasons
- Won three Patriot League titles, two Patriot League Tournaments and 233 (57%) of his games during that tenure
- Reached the NCAA Tournament twice, upsetting 3-seed Kansas in 2005 and 8-seed Arkansas in 2006
- Retired from coaching in 2008, citing the desire to spend more time with his family
- Lives in Lewisburg, PA and works in a fundraising capacity for Bucknell in his retirement
- Along with his wife, Patti, has two sons
Pat Flannery Coaching Tree
- Jamion Christian (George Washington, Siena, Mount St. Mary’s)
- Nathan Davis (New Hampshire, Bucknell, Randolph-Macon)
- Don Friday (Penn State Harrisburg, Saint Francis, Lycoming)
- John Griffin III (Bucknell)
- Charles Lee (Charlotte Hornets)
- Mark Prosser (Winthrop, Western Carolina, Brevard)
- Mike Rhoades (Penn State, VCU, Rice)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels