Ed DeChellis

College coach infobox


Name = Ed DeChellis
Sport = Basketball
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Birthplace = flagicon|United States Monaca, Pennsylvania
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College = Penn State
Title = Head coach
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Championships = SoCon Tournament Championship (2003)
SoCon Regular Season Championship (2001, 2002)
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CoachYears = 1982–1984
1984–1986
1986–1996
1996–2003
2003–present
CoachTeams = Penn State (asst.)
Salem International (asst.)
Penn State (asst.)
East Tennessee State
Penn State
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Ed Bradley DeChellis (born November 14, 1958), is the current head men's basketball coach at Penn State University. Prior to coaching the Nittany Lions, Ed was the head coach at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. DeChellis's years at East Tennessee State yielded three conference division titles and one NCAA Tournament berth. He accepted the head coaching job at Penn State in 2003.

Ed was awarded the 2006 National Coaches Vs. Cancer Man-of-the-Year. He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monaca, Pennsylvania.

Coaching

In 2007-08, Penn State entertained hopes of being a dark-horse contender in the Big Ten this season and possibly even winning enough games to get into the NCAA Tournament.

However, those hopes were dashed in early January, when senior forward Geary Claxton went down with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Nittany Lions’ fourth conference game. Throw in the fact that Penn State’s second-best player, junior forward Jamelle Cornley, battled a bruised knee all season, and the Nittany Lions were fortunate to go 15-16 in a season in which saw four freshmen starting at the season's end. Highlights included upset wins over top-10 ranked Michigan State and top-20 ranked Indiana.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
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poll=noCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=East Tennessee State
startyear=1996
conference=Southern Conference
endyear=2003|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1996–1997
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 7–20
conference = 2–12
confstanding = 5th (North)
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1997–1998
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 11–16
conference = 6–9
confstanding = T–4th
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1998–1999
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 17–11
conference = 9–7
confstanding = T–3rd (North)
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999–2000
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 14–15
conference = 8–8
confstanding = 4th (North)
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2000–2001
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 18–10
conference = 13–3
confstanding = 1st (North)
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2001–2002
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 18–10
conference = 11–5
confstanding = T–1st (North)
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2002–2003
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 20–11
conference = 11–5
confstanding = T–1st (North)
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = East Tennessee State
overall = 105–93
confrecord = 60–49CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Penn State
startyear=2003
conference=Big Ten Conference
endyear=|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2003–2004
name = Penn State
overall = 9–19
conference = 3–13
confstanding = T-10th
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = Penn State
overall = 7–23
conference = 1–15
confstanding = 11th
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = Penn State
overall = 15–15
conference = 6–10
confstanding = T–8th
postseason = NIT Opening RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = Penn State
overall = 11–19
conference = 2–14
confstanding = T–10th
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Penn State
overall = 15–16
conference = 7–11
confstanding = 7th
postseason = –CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Penn State
overall = 56–91
confrecord = 19–63CBB Yearly Record End
overall = 161–184

External links

* [http://www.gopsusports.com/basketballm/people/coaches/coachProfile.cfm?sid=2 Penn State profile]
* [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07051/763488-87.stm Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story on DeChellis and PSU Basketball]