Pat Skerry
Pat Skerry (born January 21, 1970)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Towson Tigers
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Curry record: 24-25 (.490)
Towson record: 213-199 (.517)
Overall record^: 237-224 (.514)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2022)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2014)
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Gene Bartow Award: 1 (2017)
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year: 1 (2023)
- CAA Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-present | Towson |
| 2010-2011 | Pittsburgh (asst) |
| 2008-2010 | Providence (asst) |
| 2005-2008 | Rhode Island (asst) |
| 2003-2005 | College of Charleston (asst) |
| 2000-2003 | William & Mary (asst) |
| 1998-2000 | Northeastern (asst) |
| 1996-1998 | Curry |
| 1995-1996 | Stonehill (asst) |
| 1992-1995 | Tufts (asst) |
Pat Skerry Facts
- Patrick Joseph Skerry
- Born January 21, 1970
- Hometown: Medford, Massachusetts
- Alma Mater: Tufts University (BS, 1992 & M.Ed, 1995)
- Played for head coach Bob Sheldon at D-III Tufts, where he set school records for single-season and career assists
- Started his coaching career as an assistant under Sheldon at his alma mater, then assisted Dave DeCiantis at D-II Stonehill (MA)
- Spent two seasons as the head coach at D-III Curry College (MA), going 24-25 overall
- Joined the D-I ranks in 1998, spending the next 13 seasons working as an assistant for various head coaches and programs
- Worked under Rudy Keeling (Northeastern), Rick Boyages (William & Mary), Tom Herrion (College of Charleston), Jim Baron (Rhode Island), Keno Davis (Providence) and Jamie Dixon (Pittsburgh)
- Hired in 2011 to be head coach at Towson; has taken the Tigers to three postseason appearances in twelve seasons
- Skerry’s teams have won 20+ games six times, something the program had only done once in D-I play prior to his arrival
- In 2022, the Tigers won a share of the CAA title for the first time since joining the conference in 2001
- Along with his wife, Kristen, has two sons
Pat Skerry Coaching Tree
- Duane Simpkins (American)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels