Pat Kelsey (College of Charleston Cougars)

Pat Kelsey

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: College of Charleston Cougars
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Winthrop record: 186-95 (.662)
College of Charleston record: 48-19 (.716)
Overall record: 234-114 (.672)

Patrick Kelsey
Born May 15, 1975
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma Mater: Xavier University (BS, 1998)
After one year playing for Joby Wright at Wyoming, transferred back home to Cincinnati to play for Skip Prosser at Xavier
Following graduation, became an assistant coach at Elder HS in Cincinnati
Joined Prosser‘s staff at Wake Forest in 2001 as Director of Basketball Operations and was promoted to assistant coach in 2004
- Kelsey stayed on the Wake staff under new head coach Dino Gaudio following Prosser‘s tragic passing in 2007
Returned to his alma mater Xavier in 2009 as associate head coach under Chris Mack
Hired as the Winthrop head coach in 2012, winning the Big South regular season title in both 2016 and 2017 and making a trip to the 2017 NCAA Tournament via the Big South Tournament auto-bid
- Accepted the head coach position at UMass on March 22, 2017, but changed his mind the following day and ultimately returning to Winthrop
- Won Big South titles in 2020 and 2021, then added Big South Tournament crowns each year to to earn NCAA berths
In March 2021, Kelsey was announced as the next head coach at College of Charleston
- In his second season at the helm (2022-23), Kelsey led the Cougars to a share of the CAA regular season title and then won the CAA Tournament; entered the NCAA Tournament with 31 wins
Along with his wife, Lisa, has two daughters and one son