Pete Gillen

Pete Gillen
Current position

Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	College Basketball Analyst CBS Sports Network
Biographical details
Born	(1947-06-20) June 20, 1947 Brooklyn, New York
Playing career
1965–1968	Fairfield
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1976	Hawaii (asst.)
1976–1978	VMI (asst.)
1978–1980	Villanova (asst.)
1980–1985	Notre Dame (asst.)
1985–1994	Xavier
1994–1998	Providence
1998–2005	Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall	392–221 (.639)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
1994 FIBA World Championship Gold Medal Xavier University Sports Hall of Fame Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame 5-Star Basketball Hall of Fame Jim Valvano Nike Basketball Hall of Fame New York City Basketball Hall of Fame

Pete Gillen (born June 20, 1947) is an American former college basketball head coach of the Division I Xavier Musketeers, Providence Friars and Virginia Cavaliers and is a member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.^[1] Gillen is currently a college basketball analyst with the CBS Sports Network.

Biography

Playing career

Gillen was two sport athlete in baseball and basketball at Fairfield University where he received his bachelor's degree in English Literature in 1968.

Coaching career

Coach Gillen began his coaching career at his high school alma mater Brooklyn Prep while he was an English teacher at a Catholic elementary school in the Windsor Terrace section of Brooklyn, Holy Name of Jesus (1970 -1973). He soon moved to the collegiate level when he joined the coaching staff of the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, with Rick Pitino as one of his fellow assistants. Gillen followed that with subsequent assistant coaching stints at the Virginia Military Institute; Villanova University under Rollie Massimino, and the University of Notre Dame under Digger Phelps from 1980 to 1985.^[2]

He was head basketball coach at Xavier University from 1985 to 1994, Providence College from 1994 to 1998, and the University of Virginia from 1998 to 2005.

At Xavier, Gillen compiled an impressive record, taking the Musketeers to the NCAA tournament seven times and to the NIT tournament once (1994). Gillen is still the most successful coach in school history at Xavier, having won 202 games in the third-longest tenure ever for a XU coach.

Following his success at Xavier, Gillen was hired at Providence to replace Rick Barnes, who had left to coach Clemson University. He followed PC's 1994 Big East title with two trips to the NIT before the Friars' 1997 run to the Elite Eight, upsetting Marquette and Duke and beating Chattanooga before losing in overtime to eventual national champion Arizona.

Following a tough 1997–98 year, where he lost four starters (three to graduation, and one (God Shammgod) to the NBA draft), Gillen moved on, replacing Jeff Jones at Virginia, who resigned on March 15, 1998 after eight years as the Cavaliers’ head coach. Gillen's seven Virginia teams compiled an overall record of 118–93 and competed in five postseason tournaments. The Cavaliers participated in the 2001 NCAA Tournament and in the National Invitation Tournament four times. He resigned after the 2004–05 season. Gillen was notorious for his philosophy of expeditiously calling timeouts as he felt needed – routinely using most, if not all, of his teams' allotted timeouts in the first half of games.

In September 2008, Gillen was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Kenny Anderson, Sam Perkins and Rod Strickland, and pioneers Lou Bender and Eddie Younger.^[3]

USA Basketball

Coach Gillen was an assistant coach under Don Nelson for the US national team during the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.^[4]

Broadcasting career

Gillen is currently a college basketball analyst with the CBS Sports Network.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Xavier Musketeers (Midwestern Collegiate) (1985–1994)
1985–86	Xavier	25–5	10–2	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1986–87	Xavier	19–13	7–5	T–3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
1987–88	Xavier	26–4	9–1	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1988–89	Xavier	21–12	7–5	3rd	NCAA 1st Round
1989–90	Xavier	28–5	12–2	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1990–91	Xavier	22–10	11–3	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1991–92	Xavier	15–12	7–3	T–2nd
1992–93	Xavier	24–6	12–2	T–1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1993–94	Xavier	22–8	8–2	1st	NIT 3rd Round
Xavier:		202–75	83–25
Providence Friars (Big East) (1994–1998)
1994–95	Providence	17–13	7–11	T–6th	NIT 2nd Round
1995–96	Providence	18–12	9–9	3rd(BE7)	NIT 2nd Round
1996–97	Providence	24–12	10–8	2nd(BE7)	NCAA Elite 8
1997–98	Providence	13–16	7–11	4th(BE7)
Providence:		72–53	33–39
Virginia Cavaliers (ACC) (1998–2005)
1998–99	Virginia	14–16	4–12	9th
1999–00	Virginia	19–12	9–7	3rd	NIT 1st Round
2000–01	Virginia	20–9	9–7	4th	NCAA 1st Round
2001–02	Virginia	17–12	7–9	T–5th	NIT 1st Round
2002–03	Virginia	16–16	6–10	T–6th	NIT 2nd Round
2003–04	Virginia	18–13	6–10	T–7th	NIT 2nd Round
2004–05	Virginia	14–15	4–12	T–10th
Virginia:		118–93	45–67
Total:		392–221
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ Plenty of star power at NYC HOF ceremony
↑ http://affiliates.westwoodone.com/sports/pete-gillen-bio.asp
↑ Mallozzi, Vincent M. "City’s Basketball Hall Welcomes 98-Year-Old Inductee", The New York Times, September 17, 2008. Accessed September 14, 2009.
↑ 1994 USA Basketball

Xavier Musketeers men's basketball head coaches

Harry Gilligan (1919–1920)
Joseph A. Meyer (1920–1933)
Clem Crowe (1933–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Ed Burns (1945–1946)
Lew Hirt (1946–1951)
Ned Wulk (1951–1957)
Jim McCafferty (1957–1963)
Don Ruberg (1963–1967)
George Krajack (1967–1971)
Dick Campbell (1971–1973)
Tay Baker (1973–1979)
Bob Staak (1979–1985)
Pete Gillen (1985–1994)
Skip Prosser (1994–2001)
Thad Matta (2001–2004)
Sean Miller (2004–2009)
Chris Mack (2009– )

Providence Friars men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1920–1921)
William Donovan & Joseph McGee (1921–1922)
No team (1922–1926)
Archie Golembeski (1926–1927)
Al McClellan (1927–1938)
Edward Crotty (1938–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Edward Crotty (1944–1946)
Lawrence Drew (1946–1949)
James Cuddy (1949–1955)
Joe Mullaney (1955–1969)
Dave Gavitt (1969–1979)
Gary Walters (1979–1981)
Joe Mullaney (1981–1985)
Rick Pitino (1985–1987)
Gordon Chiesa (1987–1988)
Rick Barnes (1988–1994)
Pete Gillen (1994–1998)
Tim Welsh (1998–2008)
Keno Davis (2008–2011)
Ed Cooley (2011– )

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball head coaches

Henry Lannigan (1905–1929) Roy Randall (1929–1930) Gus Tebell (1930–1951) Evan Male (1951–1957) Billy McCann (1957–1963) Bill Gibson (1963–1974) Terry Holland (1974–1990) Jeff Jones (1990–1998) Pete Gillen (1998–2005) Dave Leitao (2005–2009) Tony Bennett (2009– )

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