| Donald Copeland | |
| Position: | Head coach |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| League: | Northeast Conference |
| Team: | Wagner Seahawks |
| Birth Date: | February 11, 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | St. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| College: | Seton Hall (2002–2006) |
| Draft Year: | 2006 |
| Draft League: | NBA |
| Career Start: | 2006 |
| Career End: | 2015 |
| Career Position: | Point guard |
| Coach Start: | 2015 |
| Years1: | 2006–2007 |
| Team1: | Boulogne-Levallois |
| Years2: | 2007–2008 |
| Team2: | SKS Starogard Gdański |
| Years3: | 2008 |
| Team3: | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Team4: | PGE Turów |
| Years5: | 2009–2010 |
| Team5: | KK Bosna Royal |
| Years6: | 2010 |
| Team6: | Atléticos de San Germán |
| Years7: | 2010–2011 |
| Team7: | Eisbären Bremerhaven |
| Years8: | 2011 |
| Team8: | Atléticos de San Germán |
| Years9: | 2011 |
| Team9: | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| Years10: | 2011–2012 |
| Team10: | JL Bourg Basket |
| Years11: | 2012 |
| Team11: | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| Years12: | 2012 |
| Team12: | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| Years13: | 2012–2013 |
| Team13: | ZTE KK |
| Years14: | 2013 |
| Team14: | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| Years15: | 2013 |
| Team15: | Atléticos de San Germán |
| Years16: | 2013–2014 |
| Team16: | BC Kyiv |
| Years17: | 2014 |
| Years18: | 2015 |
| Team18: | Leones de Ponce |
| Cyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Cteam1: | Wagner (GA) |
| Cyears2: | 2017–2021 |
| Cteam2: | Wagner (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Cteam3: | Seton Hall (assistant) |
| Cyears4: | 2022–present |
| Cteam4: | Wagner |
| Highlights: | As player:
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Donald Copeland (born February 11, 1984) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He is the current head coach of the Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team.[1]
Copeland played basketball under Bob Hurley at St. Anthony High School where he helped lead the team to two state titles, while also earning all-state honors in New Jersey.[1] He'd play collegiately at Seton Hall under Louis Orr, and was named a Second Team All-Big East selection in his senior season.[2] He was voted Seton Hall’s Senior Male Athlete of the Year. [3] After graduation, Copeland would play professionally for nine seasons across Europe and in Puerto Rico.[4] He played on two championship teams in Puerto Rico, including as a member of Leones de Ponce in 2015.[5]
In 2015, Copeland joined the coaching staff at Wagner under Bashir Mason as a graduate assistant before being promoted to a full assistant coach in 2017.[1] In 2021, Copeland returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Kevin Willard for one season, before returning to Wagner to take the head coaching position when Mason departed for the head coaching position at Saint Peter's.[6] [7]
Copeland is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey. In 2006, Copeland graduated from Seton Hall with a degree in communications and media studies, He earned an MBA degree in 2017 from Wagner while serving on the coaching staff.