Tim Welsh

College coach infobox


Name = Tim Welsh
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1960|10|4
Birthplace = flagicon|United States Massena, New York
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Sport = Basketball
College = Providence
Title = Former Head coach
CurrentRecord = 145-126 (.535)
OverallRecord = 215-148 (.592)
Awards = MAAC Coach of the Year (1997, 1998)
Championships = MAAC Tournament Championship (1998)
MAAC Regular Season Championship (1996, 1997, 1998)
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Years = 1980–1984
Team = SUNY Potsdam
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Coach = *
CoachYears = 1985–1986
1986–1988
1988–1991
1991–1995
1995–1998
1998–2008
CoachTeams = Iona (asst.)
Florida State (asst.)
Syracuse (asst.)
Iona (asst.)
Iona
Providence
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Tim Welsh (born October 4, 1960, Massena, New York) is the former head basketball coach at Providence College. Previously, he served as the head coach at Iona College.

Background

Welsh is a 1984 graduate of SUNY Potsdam, where he played basketball for his father, Jerry. During his senior season, he was a co-captain and led the team to the Division III Final Four. Following his college career, he became a volunteer assistant under Pat Kennedy at Iona, before becoming a full-time assistant under Kennedy at Florida State. He later served as an assistant under Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University before joining his father, now the coach at Iona, as an assistant coach in 1991.

During the 1994-95 season, Jerry Welsh became ill and Tim served as the interim coach during his absence, guiding the Gaels to a 5-5 record in ten games.Fact|date=December 2007 Following the season, Jerry was forced to retire and Tim was named the head coach on a permanent basis. In his first full season as head coach, the Gaels tied for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season title; in his second and third seasons, the Gaels won the title outright. Iona reached the 1998 NCAA Tournament with a 27-6 record. This was Iona's first tournament appearance since 1985. Overall, Welsh went 70-22 in three seasons at Iona, and he was named MAAC Coach of the Year in both 1997 and 1998.

Career at Providence

On April 2, 1998, Welsh was named the head coach at Providence College, the thirteenth head basketball coach in school history.

Under Welsh, Providence has made five postseason appearances, reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2001 and 2004 and the NIT in 1999, 2003, and 2007. However, Welsh did not have the success in Providence that he had at Iona. In his ten seasons as head coach of Providence, Welsh did not win an NCAA Tournament game and only won one Big East Tournament game. During the 2007-2008 season, Welsh was under heavy pressure from fans and the Providence College administration. Most thought that he would be terminated if the Friars were unsuccessful in the post season. [http://www.projo.com/pc/content/projo_20080211_donaldson.b08dc859.html] . On March 15, 2008, Tim Welsh was fired as head coach of the Providence Friars, due to the inconsistent performance over ten years and the failure to lead the Friars to post-season success

Coaching Record

Career record: 215-148
Record at Providence: 145-126
Record at Iona: 70-22

External links

* [http://friars.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/welsh_tim00.html Friars.com Bio]
* [http://www.projo.com/pc/content/Drsicollshort_02-12-08_PN8VL17_v7.182a152.html Providence College AD Driscoll ‘disappointed’ in Friars’ performance]
* [http://www.projo.com/pc/content/projo_20080211_donaldson.b08dc859.html Jim Donaldson: It's time for PC to end Welsh era]
* [http://www.projo.com/pc/content/sp_bkc_rencol05_02-05-08_FM8SU6O_v17.34825f7.html Tim Welsh Booed by Fans]
* [http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/goodmanonfox/2008/02/04/SEAT_GETS_HOT_FOR_SOME_COACHES Welsh on the Hot Seat]
* [http://www.projo.com/pc/content/projo_20061115_15jdcol.844feb8.html Jim Donaldson: Evaluation of Tim Welsh starts right now 11/15/2006]
* [http://www.projo.com/sports/jimdonaldson/sp_bkc_jdcol06_03-06-07_0D4MTKK.34d62cc.html Tim Welsh and PC Friars are lousy in March]