Buddy Mahar Explained

Buddy Mahar
Birth Date:29 April 1945
Alma Mater:Boston State
Coach Years1:1970–1973
Coach Team1:Newbury
Coach Years2:1974–1976
Coach Team2:Notre Dame Prep
Coach Years3:1976–1978
Coach Team3:Columbia (asst.)
Coach Years4:1978–1984
Coach Team4:Columbia
Coach Years5:1984–1986
Coach Team5:Fordham (asst.)
Coach Years6:1989–1992
Coach Team6:FDU (women's asst.)
Coach Years7:1992–1995
Coach Team7:Johnson State
Coach Years8:1995–1996
Coach Team8:Vermont (asst.)
Coach Years9:2004–2005
Coach Team9:SUNY Cortland (asst.)
Overall Record:198–134

Arthur "Buddy" Mahar (born April 29, 1945) is an American former college basketball coach. He most notably was the head coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team from 1978 to 1984.[1]

Coaching career

After graduation from Boston State College (now UMass Boston), Mahar became the head coach at Newbury College, then a junior college in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he guided the team to an 88–14 record from 1970 to 1973, before moving on to be the head coach at Notre Dame Prepparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts from 1976 to 1978.[2]

In 1978, Mahar joined Tom Penders staff at Columbia as an assistant coach and freshman coach, and replaced Penders when he left for Fordham to become 18th head coach in Lions history.[3] [4] In his six seasons at the helm, Mahar guided Columbia to a 70-86 overall record including two second-place finishes in 1978-79 and 1981–82. He was awarded NABC District II Coach of the Year honors in 1982 for guiding the Lions to a 16–10 season.[5] While at Columbia, future college head coaches like Seth Greenberg served under Mahar.[6]

After being fired at Columbia at the conclusion of the 1983–84 season, Mahar reunited with Penders, and joined his Fordham staff as an assistant coach from 1984 to 1986.[7] [8] After not being retained when Penders took the Rhode Island job, Mahar sat out of coaching in an attempt to sue Fordham for a breach of contract.[9]

Mahar returned to coaching, joining the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball team as an assistant coach in 1989.[10] Mahar was part of a historic season for the Knights, as the 1991-92 team captured the Northeast Conference tournament title, which was later honored in the FDU Athletic Hall of Fame.[11]

In 1993, Mahar accepted the head coaching job at Johnson State College in Vermont, where he spent three seasons as the head coach, and compiled a 44–34 record from 1992 to 1995, leading the Badgers to a Mayflower Conference championship in 1995 while also being named 1995 Mayflower Coach of the Year. Mahar ranks third all-time in wins at Johnson State.[12]

After Johnson State, Mahar served as an assistant coach for one season under Tom Brennan at Vermont.[13] He then relocated to Cortland, New York and was an assistant coach during the 2004–05 season at SUNY Cortland.[14]

Personal

Mahar's son Matt, who played for him at Johnson State, is a college basketball coach and has served as the head coach at Chaminade and Assumption College.[15] [16] His younger son Eamonn is currently an assistant coach at Bryant.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buddy Mahar Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. 2018-03-24. 2018-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162514/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/buddy-mahar-1.html. live.
  2. Web site: Columbia Daily Spectator 8 March 1984 — Columbia Spectator. spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. 24 March 2018. 21 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221032955/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19840308-01.2.42. live.
  3. Web site: Columbia Daily Spectator 30 March 1978 — Columbia Spectator. spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. 24 March 2018. 21 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221032959/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19780330-01.2.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------. live.
  4. News: Mahar Says His Lions Will Run. The New York Times. 31 March 1978. 24 March 2018. 24 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324230947/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/31/archives/mahar-says-his-lions-will-run-50-applications-received.html. live.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-03-24 . 2018-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162501/https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/downloads/neu:363353?datastream_id=content . live .
  6. Web site: Seth Greenberg Joins This Week's Herenda Show. Fairleigh Dickinson University at Teaneck. February 2, 2018 . 2018-03-24. 2018-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324223953/http://fduknights.com/news/2018/2/1/mens-basketball-seth-greenberg-joins-this-weeks-herenda-show.aspx?path=mbball. live.
  7. News: SCOUTING; Mahar-Penders Planning Encore. Sam. Goldaper. The New York Times. 21 August 1984. 24 March 2018. 24 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324171059/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/21/sports/scouting-mahar-penders-planning-encore.html. live.
  8. Web site: It Has Been a Crazy Basketball Season at Fordham University. JOHN. FEINSTEIN. 1 March 1987. LA Times. 2020-02-18. 2021-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221032959/https://www.latimes.com/archives. live.
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-03-24 . 2018-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162554/http://digital.library.fordham.edu/digital/api/collection/RAM/id/18571/download . live .
  10. Web site: The Day - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 2020-11-15. 2021-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221033000/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19890829&id=7oQjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1922%2C6300048. live.
  11. Web site: Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights Athletics - FDU Hall of Fame. fduknights.com. 2018-03-24. 2018-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324223929/http://fduknights.com/hof.aspx?hof=83&path=&kiosk=. live.
  12. Web site: Johnson State. 2018-03-24. 2018-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324163931/http://www.nvubadgers.com/sports/mbkb/archive. live.
  13. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-03-24 . 2018-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162354/https://static.uvmathletics.com/custompages/MensBasketball/1995-96/1995-96%20MBB%20Roster.pdf . live .
  14. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-03-24 . 2021-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211221033000/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/cortlandreddragons.com/documents/2007/12/16/mbbguide0405.pdf . live .
  15. Web site: Mahar Leaving Assumption as Men's Basketball Head Coach. 6 March 2015. 24 March 2018. 24 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162449/http://www.assumptiongreyhounds.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20150306x7givz. live.
  16. Web site: Player Bio: Matt Mahar - CHAMINADE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. www.fansonly.com.
  17. Web site: Eamonn Mahar - Bryant University Bulldogs. bryantbulldogs.com.

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