Chris Casey | |
Current Title: | Head Coach |
Current Team: | Fairfield |
Current Conference: | MAAC |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1963 |
Player Years1: | 1982–1986 |
Player Team1: | Western Connecticut State |
Coach Years1: | 1986–1988 |
Coach Team1: | Central Connecticut (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1988–1989 |
Coach Team2: | Western Connecticut State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1989–1990 |
Coach Team3: | St. Francis (NY) (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1990–1998 |
Coach Team4: | Saint Peter's (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1998–2001 |
Coach Team5: | Rutgers–Newark |
Coach Years6: | 2001–2006 |
Coach Team6: | Central Connecticut (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 2006–2010 |
Coach Team7: | St. John's (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 2010–2013 |
Coach Team8: | LIU Post |
Coach Years9: | 2013–2019 |
Coach Team9: | Niagara |
Coach Years10: | 2019–2023 |
Coach Team10: | Fairfield (assistant) |
Coach Years11: | 2023–present |
Coach Team11: | Fairfield |
Tournament Record: | 0–2 (NCAA D2) 2–1 (CBI) 0–1 (CIT) |
Chris Casey (born October 15, 1963) is an American head college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball team. He was the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team. On March 11, 2019, he was released.[1] [2] He finished at Niagara with a six-year record of 64–129. He took over the head coach position after former head coach Jay Young stepped down as head coach on October 16, 2023.[3] Casey was the interim head coach through the whole of the regular season, but was named head coach on March 12, 2024.[4]