Nick Macarchuk | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1941 |
Birth Place: | Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1960–1963 |
Player Team1: | Fairfield |
Coach Years1: | 1963–1972 |
Coach Team1: | St. Thomas More HS |
Coach Years2: | 1972–1977 |
Coach Team2: | Providence (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1977–1987 |
Coach Team3: | Canisius |
Coach Years4: | 1987–1999 |
Coach Team4: | Fordham |
Coach Years5: | 1999–2005 |
Coach Team5: | Stony Brook |
Championships: | America East regular season (1985) 2x Patriot League regular season (1991, 1992) 2x Patriot League tournament (1991, 1992) |
Awards: | America East Coach of the Year (1984) Patriot League Coach of the Year (1991) Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (1999) |
Nick Macarchuk (born June 26, 1941) is a former men's college basketball head coach. He was the head coach at Canisius, Fordham, and Stony Brook.[1] [2] [3]
He was honored with the 1987 Norwich Native Son Award.[4]
Macarchuk earned A-10 coach of the year in 1999 when he coached the to a 12 - 16 (5 - 11) record after going 16 - 65 in the prior 3 seasons as the team tried to adjust to scholarship athlete competition in the A-10 after moving from the non-scholarship Patriot League.[5]