Joe Dooley (basketball)

Joe Dooley
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamKansas
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Born (1965-01-29) January 29, 1965 (age 59)[1]
West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1988George Washington
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1991South Carolina (assistant)
1991–1995East Carolina (assistant)
1995–1999East Carolina
1999–2002New Mexico (assistant)
2002–2003Wyoming (assistant)
2003–2013Kansas (assistant)
2013–2018Florida Gulf Coast
2018–2022East Carolina
2024–presentKansas (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall215–177 (.548)
Tournaments1–2 (NCAA Division I)
0–2 (NIT)
0–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 A-Sun regular season (2014, 2017, 2018)
2 A-Sun tournament (2016, 2017)
Awards
ASUN Coach of the Year (2017, 2018)

Joseph Gerard Dooley III (born January 29, 1965) is the former head men's basketball coach of the East Carolina University Pirates, having previously served as head coach from 1995 to 1999 and 2018-2022.[2] Dooley was an assistant on the Kansas Jayhawks 2007–08 NCAA national championship team. and previously served as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University.[3]

Dooley is a 1988 graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he completed his bachelor's degree in speech communications. A four-year letter winner in basketball at George Washington, he started his last two seasons and was elected a team captain as a senior. A native of West Orange, New Jersey, Dooley was a prep player at St. Benedicts High School in New Jersey where he scored 1,140 career points.[4] He is married to Tanya and has a son named Max.

  1. ^ "Joe Dooley Named ECU Head Men's Basketball Coach".
  2. ^ "Joe Dooley Named ECU Head Men's Basketball Coach – East Carolina University". East Carolina University.
  3. ^ "Florida Gulf Coast hires Joe Dooley". UPI. April 17, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  4. ^ Joe Dooley – 2014–15 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff – Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball. Accessed June 28, 2018. "A native of West Orange, N.J., Dooley was an outstanding prep player at St. Benedicts High School in New Jersey where he set a then-school record with 1,140 career points."