| Pat Skerry | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Towson |
| Current Conference: | CAA |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1988–1992 |
| Player Team1: | Tufts |
| Coach Years1: | 1992–1995 |
| Coach Team1: | Tufts (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team2: | Stonehill (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1996–1998 |
| Coach Team3: | Curry |
| Coach Years4: | 1998–2000 |
| Coach Team4: | Northeastern (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2000–2003 |
| Coach Team5: | William & Mary (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2005 |
| Coach Team6: | College of Charleston (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2005–2008 |
| Coach Team7: | Rhode Island (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team8: | Providence (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2010–2011 |
| Coach Team9: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2011–present |
| Coach Team10: | Towson |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NIT) 2–1 (CIT) 0–1 (Vegas 16) |
| Championships: | CAA regular season (2022) |
| Awards: | CAA Coach of the Year (2013) Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2023) |
Patrick Joseph Skerry (born January 21, 1970) is the head coach of the Towson University Tigers men's basketball team.[1]
Skerry played collegiate basketball at Tufts University where he set the school record for career assists (634) and single-season assists (198).[2]
After graduation, Skerry joined his alma mater's coaching staff, where he spent three seasons before moving on to Stonehill College for the 1995–96 season. A year later he took his first head coaching job at Curry College at the age of 26. In two seasons at the helm of the Colonials, Skerry compiled a 24–25 record.
In 1998, Skerry jumped to Northeastern University as an assistant coach for two seasons, before moving on to William & Mary (2000–03), College of Charleston (2003–05), University of Rhode Island (2005–08), Providence College (2008–10), and Pittsburgh (2010–11) before accepting the head coaching job at Towson, replacing Pat Kennedy.
Skerry's first season in charge of the Tigers saw the team go 1–31, with the lone win coming on January 28, 2012, against UNC-Wilmington, snapping the team's NCAA record 41-game losing streak.[3] One year later, Towson went 18–13, finishing second in the Colonial Athletic Association completing the biggest single season improvement in NCAA basketball history.[4] Despite the high finish, the Tigers were ineligible for the CAA Tournament and NCAA Tournament due to low APR scores that were earned under the previous coach, Pat Kennedy.