Richard Regan

Teams coached: Seton Hall Pirates
Seton Hall record: 112-131 (.461)
Overall record: 112-131 (.461)

1960-1970

Richard Joseph Regan
Born November 23, 1930
Died December 24, 2002
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
Alma Mater: Seton Hall University (BA, 1953)
Was a star player for coach John Russell at Seton Hall; helped the Pirates to three-straight NITs, winning the NIT title in 1953
- Had his jersey #12 retired by the program; inducted into the Seton Hall Athletic HOF in 1973
Selected 4th overall in the 1953 NBA Draft by the Rochester Royals, but deferred his career two years to serve in the US Marine Corps
- Spent three seasons with the Royals (who moved to Cincinnati in 1957) and one with the Baltimore Bullets of the EPBL
- Named to the NBA All-Star team in 1957; averaged 8.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 2.8 apg over his career
Returned to Seton Hall in 1960 to be the head basketball coach; went 112-131 in ten seasons at the helm
- Stepped down from coaching in 1970 and spent the next two years as assistant athletic director at the school
Became the athletic director in 1972, serving in that role for the next thirteen years until 1985
- As AD, Regan launched women’s athletics at SHU (1973) and became one of the founding ADs of the Big East Conference (1979)
Worked as executive director of the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund until 1998 when he became special asst to the VP of University Affairs
Passed away in December 2002 at the age of 72; survived by wife, Sue, and eight children

John Thurston (St. Francis Brooklyn (w), Northwood (w), Wingate, James Madison, FDU-Florham)