Nick Macarchuk Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Bio: Nick Macarchuk :: Men's Basketball. https://web.archive.org/web/20050321102502/http://goseawolves.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/macarchuk_nick00.html. dead. 21 March 2005. 21 March 2005. 22 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Nick Macarchuk Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. Web site: Head Men's Basketball Coach Nick Macarchuk To Retire At End Of 2004-05 Season - Stony Brook University Athletics. Stony Brook University Athletics.
  4. Web site: Nick Macarchuk - 1987 Norwich Native Son. 2018-10-24. Norwich Rotary Club. en-US. 2019-01-16.
  5. Web site: Macarchuk is a Contented Coach. Newsday. April 8, 2023. June 11, 1999. 88. Hahn, Alan.