Pete Gillen
Pete Gillen (born June 20, 1947)
Teams coached: Xavier Musketeers, Providence Friars, Virginia Cavaliers
Xavier record: 202-75 (.729)
Providence record: 72-53 (.576)
Virginia record: 118-93 (.559)
Overall record: 392-221 (.639)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (1990, 1997)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 7 (1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- MCC Regular Season Champion: 6 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994)
- MCC Tournament Champion: 5 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991)
Awards:
- MCC Coach of the Year: 5 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1998-2005 | Virginia |
| 1994-1998 | Providence |
| 1985-1994 | Xavier |
| 1980-1985 | Notre Dame (asst) |
| 1978-1980 | Villanova (asst) |
| 1976-1978 | VMI (asst) |
| 1975-1976 | Hawaii (asst) |
Pete Gillen Facts
- Peter Joseph Gillen
- Born June 20, 1947
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: Fairfield University (BA, 1969)
- Played baseball and basketball at Fairfield, the latter under head coach George Bisacca
- Started coaching career back home in Brooklyn, spending several years at his own alma mater, Brooklyn Prep
- Joined the college ranks in 1975, spending the next ten seasons as an assistant coach under Bruce O’Neil (Hawaii), Charlie Schmaus (VMI), Rollie Massimino (Villanova) and Digger Phelps (Notre Dame)
- Spent nine years as head coach at Xavier, going to seven NCAA Tournaments and winning nine MCC (now Horizon) titles
- His 202 wins were the most at Xavier until 2017, when Gillen’s former player Chris Mack surpassed that win total
- Was head coach at Providence for four seasons, going to the NIT twice and then making a run to the NCAA Elite Eight in 1997
- Took over at Virginia in 1998, where he would serve as head coach for the next seven seasons
- Won 118 games, went to four NITs but just one NCAA Tournament during that tenure
- Gillen became a college basketball analyst for College Sports Television (now CBS Sports Network) in 2005
- Inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008
- Along with his wife, Ginnie, has one son and one daughter
Pete Gillen Coaching Tree
- Mark Byington (Vanderbilt, James Madison, Georgia Southern, College of Charleston)
- Dino Gaudio (Wake Forest, Loyola MD, Army)
- Pete Gillen (Georgia Southern)
- Bobby Gonzalez (Seton Hall, Manhattan)
- Tom Herrion (Marshall, College of Charleston)
- Rod Jensen (College of Idaho)
- Chris Mack (Louisville, Xavier)
- Michael Malone (Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings)
- Louis Orr (Bowling Green, Seton Hall, Siena)
- Skip Prosser (Wake Forest, Xavier, Loyola MD)
- Scott Shepherd (Ferrum)
