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Chris Mooney Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Richmond Record 115–88 (.567) Biographical details Born August 7, 1972 Place of birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Playing career 1990–94 Princeton Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1994–1997
1997–2000
2000–2004
2004–2005
2005–presentLansdale Catholic HS
Beaver College
Air Force (asst.)
Air Force
RichmondHead coaching record Overall 133–100 (.571) Chris Mooney (born August 7, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond. Prior to taking the helm of the Spiders basketball program, he was the head coach at Air Force. In his only year there, he led the Falcons to their second best record in school history (18–12). He played college basketball at Princeton. As a four-year starter at Princeton, he ranks 20th on the schools all-time leading scoring list with 1,071 points, and seventh in three point field goals made (142).
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Early years and college
Mooney was born and raised in working class neighborhood in Philadelphia, spending his high school years at Archbishop Ryan High School as the child of a single father after his mother died from breast cancer when he was 13 years old.[1] Mooney's father was a Greyhound bus driver.[1]
In 1990, Mooney enrolled at Princeton University, majoring in English and playing basketball for legendary coach Pete Carril.[2] Mooney was a four-year starter at Princeton, starting all 107 games in his career and amassing 1,071 points, good for 20th place in program history.[3] He finished second for Rookie of the Year in the Ivy League as a freshman and received honorable mention all-conference honors as a sophomore, First Team All-Ivy League honors as a junior and Second Team All-Ivy League honors in his senior year.[3]
Coaching career
Mooney began his coaching career fresh out of college at Lansdale Catholic High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. In 1997, Mooney took the helm of the program at Beaver College, now known as Arcadia University. After three years at Beaver, Mooney took an assistant coaching position under Joe Scott at the United States Air Force Academy. When Scott left to take the head coaching position at Princeton University in 2004, Mooney was elevated to the head position at Air Force. After one season at Air Force, Mooney became head coach at the University of Richmond, where he has been for six seasons.
The University of Richmond announced on March 27, 2011 following a run to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament that Mooney had signed a new contract running through the 2020–21 season.[4]
NCAA Division I coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Air Force (Mountain West Conference) (2004–2005) 2004–2005 Air Force 18–12 9–5 3rd Air Force: 18–12 9–5 Richmond (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2005–present) 2005–2006 Richmond 13–17 6–10 T–11th 2006–2007 Richmond 8–22 4–12 T–12th 2007–2008 Richmond 16–15 9–7 T–4th CBI First Round 2008–2009 Richmond 20–16 9–7 T–5th CBI Semifinals 2009–2010 Richmond 26–9 13–3 3rd NCAA First Round 2010–2011 Richmond 29–8 13–3 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2011–2012 Richmond 3–1 Richmond: 115–88 54–42 Total: 133–100 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- ^ a b Litos, Michael (4 October 2010). "Chris Mooney's Graceful Toughness Rebuilds Richmond into Threat". AOL News. http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/04/chris-mooneys-graceful-toughness-rebuilds-richmond-into-threat/. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ Jerardi, Dick (23 March 2011). "Success heads resume of Richmond coach Mooney". Philadelphia Inquirer. http://articles.philly.com/2011-03-23/sports/29178723_1_head-coach-chris-mooney-steve-donahue. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ a b Player Bio: Chris Mooney – Richmond Official Athletic Site
- ^ Mooney Signs 10-Year Contract At Richmond
External links
Air Force Falcons men's basketball head coaches Bob Spear (1956–1971) • Hank Egan (1971–1984) • Reggie Minton (1984–2000) • Joe Scott (2000–2004) • Chris Mooney (2004–2005) • Jeff Bzdelik (2005–2007) • Jeff Reynolds (2007– )
Richmond Spiders men's basketball head coaches Frank Dobson (1912–1917) • Dave Satterfield (1917–1918) • Robert Marshall (1918–1919) • Frank Dobson (1919–1933) • Malcolm Pitt (1933–1952) • H. Lester Hooker (1952–1963) • Lewis Mills (1963–1974) • Carl Slone (1974–1978) • Lou Goetz (1978–1981) • Dick Tarrant (1981–1993) • Bill Dooley (1993–1997) • John Beilein (1997–2002) • Jerry Wainwright (2002–2005) • Chris Mooney (2005– )
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic 10 Conference Alan Major (Charlotte) • Archie Miller (Dayton) • Ron Everhart (Duquesne) • Tom Pecora (Fordham) • Mike Lonergan (George Washington) • John Giannini (La Salle) • Jim Baron (Rhode Island) • Chris Mooney (Richmond) • Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure) • Phil Martelli (Saint Joseph's) • Rick Majerus (Saint Louis) • Fran Dunphy (Temple) • Derek Kellogg (UMass) • Chris Mack (Xavier)
Categories:- 1972 births
- Air Force Falcons men's basketball coaches
- American basketball coaches
- American basketball players
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Living people
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Princeton Tigers men's basketball players
- Richmond Spiders men's basketball coaches
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