Dan Leibovitz

Dan Leibovitz
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Record	13-18 (.419)
Biographical details
Place of birth	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1992–1993 1993–1996	Franklin & Marshall Penn
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–2006 2006–2010 2010–present	Temple (asst.) Hartford University of Pennsylvania (asst.)

Dan Leibovitz (born c. 1974) is an assistant coach of the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team. He was the assistant coach of the Temple University Owls men's basketball team from 1996–2006, and on April 14, 2006, he was named head coach of Hartford University, in the America East Conference. He resigned his position as head coach on April 13, 2010^[1] to accept the assistant coaching position at Penn.^[2]

Acting head coach

Chaney had asked the Temple administration to choose Dan Lebovitz to permanently succeed him as coach. He served as the top assistant coach under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney, who retired on March 13, 2006.

On March 14, 2006, Leibovitz served as acting head coach for Temple's NIT playoff game, which they lost in overtime to Akron after star player Mardy Collins, a projected NBA first-round pick, was seriously injured. In 2005, Leibovitz was also acting coach during the final three regular season contests and the Owls’ two Atlantic 10 Tournament games as Chaney served a self-imposed then University sanctioned suspension. The Owls went 3-2 to secure an NIT bid.

Assistant coach

Coach Leibovitz's 10-year tenure as assistant coach was tied for the longest tenure in all of Temple's Atlantic 10 conference. Since Leibovitz joined the Temple staff at the start of the 1996-97 season, the Owls had made ten straight postseason appearances. The past 11 summers, Leibovitz has served as an assistant coach at the John Chaney-Sonny Hill Basketball Camp. He began his coaching career in 1994 at Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pa.

Early career

Leibovitz has a Master's in Sport Management and Leisure Studies at Temple (1998) and a Bachelor's from University of Pennsylvania (1996), having transferred to Penn from Franklin & Marshall College after his freshman year. Leibovitz played basketball at both schools as well as at Episcopal Academy in his home town of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hartford (America East Conference) (2006–2010)
2006–2007	Hartford	13-18	6-10
2007–2008	Hartford	18-16	10-6
2008–2009	Hartford	7-26	2-14
2009–2010	Hartford	8-22	6-10
Hartford:		46-82	24-40
Total:		46-82
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ http://www.hartfordhawks.com/news/2010/4/13/MBB_0413102100.aspx
2. ^ http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=204929804

Sources

• "Longtime Temple coach Chaney retires", ESPN.com, March 13, 2006
• "Dan Leibovitz, Head Coach", University of Hartford website
• "Temple Coach Chaney Announcing Retirement Today", Washington Post, March 13, 2006
• "Chaney's career over as Temple falls in NIT first round", ESPN.com, March 15, 2006

Persondata
Name	Leibovitz, Dan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1974
Place of birth	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Date of death
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