BOSTON, Mass. – Arlen Galloway, who has spent the last two seasons as an Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Cornell University, has been named the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Wentworth Institute of Technology. The announcement was made by Angel Ayres, Wentworth's Director of Athletics.
"It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that we welcome Arlen Galloway as the newest member of our athletic community," said Ayres. "We are confident that he will not only continue with the success of our men's basketball program but enhance our entire department through his passion and team-oriented philosophy. I look forward to working with Coach Galloway as he starts his journey as our new head men's basketball coach."
"I am honored to have been chosen as the next men's basketball coach at Wentworth Institute of Technology, said Galloway. "I am grateful for the opportunity that Angel Ayres, [associate director of athletics] Danielle Ferrara and the entire interview panel have given me."
Galloway, who becomes just the fourth coach in the Institute's NCAA era (1984-present), helped the Big Red improve on its previous season's win total in his two years at Cornell, including 13 victories in 2012-13. In 2011-12, Cornell knocked off eventual Patriot League champ and NCAA darling Lehigh as part of a 10-3 campaign at home. He worked in nearly every aspect of the program, including playing an essential role in practice preparation and team travel. He assisted in the development of first-team All-Ivy guard Chris Wroblewski, the school's career assist leader, and three-point marksman Drew Ferry in 2011-12, as well as Nolan Cressler, an Ivy League Rookie of the Year candidate in 2012-13.
Prior to his stint at Cornell, Galloway spent two seasons as an Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Middlebury College where he played an instrumental role in the Panthers posting an impressive 53-6 mark, including a 28-2 record during the 2010-11 season. That season saw Middlebury set a program record for wins and reach the semifinals of the Division III Men's Basketball Tournament for the first time in program history after capturing the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship with wins over Amherst and Williams. During the 2009-10 campaign the Panthers finished 25-4, advanced to the finals of the NESCAC Tournament, and earned the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory. While at Middlebury he assisted in all areas of the program, including recruiting, scouting, and film breakdown. He coached three All-NESCAC performers, a pair of NESCAC Defensive Players of the Year, and an All-American. In both seasons the Panthers were nationally ranked by D3Hoops.com and finished the 2010-11 season ranked third in the country.
Galloway spent a pair of seasons (2007-09) as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Kenyon College. During this time the Lords compiled a total of 29 wins, which included 16 triumphs in the 2008-09 season. In 2008 Kenyon achieved its best North Coast Athletic Conference achievement in 14 years and the following season reached the conference semifinals for the first time in 14 years. While on the Lords' staff he served as the lead recruiter and assisted in scouting, practice and game planning, and on-floor coaching. Kenyon had the 2008 NCAC Rookie of the Year and the 2009 NCAC Player of the Year during his tenure.
During the 2006-07 season Galloway began his coaching career at Washington (Md.) College where he assisted in scouting, film breakdown, on-floor coaching, and skill development workshops. He also served as the program's lead recruiter and helped to develop a Second Team All-Centennial Conference performer. Additionally, he directed the annual Take it to the RAC summer basketball camp.
A native of Windham, N.H., Galloway was a four-year letterwinner at Kenyon where he played in 99 games, averaging 4.1 points for his career. During his sophomore season he averaged 6.0 points and 2.1 rebounds per game and when his career ended he ranked among the program leaders in 3-pointers made, attempted, and 3-point field goal percentage. During both his junior and senior seasons he was the recipient of the Scott Selby Award, given annually to the player who best embodies the ideals of the men's basketball program." He earned a Bachelor's degree in political science in 2006 and is a candidate for a Master's degree from Washington in 2014.
The Leopards, who finished 16-12 a season ago, open the 2013-14 season against Emmanuel College at the Emerson College Tip-Off Tournament on November 15.
"Wentworth offers first-class academics and career preparation for its students as part of a supportive community located within the great city of Boston," said Galloway. "I am committed to working every day with our student-athletes to continue and build upon the winning tradition of Wentworth basketball. I want the entire Wentworth community to be proud of our basketball program and to join us in spreading the word to attract future classes of elite student-athletes interested in everything that Wentworth has to offer."
- Below is a partial tentative listing of opponents on Cornell's 28-game 2013-2014 schedule which will include 6 home nonconference games. The games listed are in no particular order. Teams which participated in the 2013 postseason are noted:
- at Syracuse (2013 NCAA Tournament Final Four)
- at Western Michigan (2013 College Basketball Invitational)
- at St. Bonaventure
- at Stony Brook (2013 Postseason National Invitational Tournament)
- at St. Peter's
- at Colgate
- vs. Loyola (MD) (2013 CollegeInsider.com Invitational Tournament)
- vs. Radford
- vs. Binghamton
- NOVEMBER 22, 7 pm, vs. Siena
- DECEMBER 7, vs. St. Francis (PA)
- at BCS Opponent (Verbal agreement, Contract not signed yet)
- at BCS Opponent (not yet determined)
- vs. Division III Opponent (not yet determined)
- PLUS 14 Ivy League Games
- Below is an updated list of players committed to Ivy League schools in the class of 2013 (unless otherwise noted):
Steven Spieth.(Jesuit HS) Dallas, TX, 6-6, F, Brown
Aram Martin (Miller School) Charlottesville, VA, 6-9, F, Brown
Lealand King (Brentwood School) Los Angeles, CA, 6-6, F, Brown
J.R. Hobbie (Manasquan HS) Manasquan, NJ, 6-4, G, Brown
Tavon Blackmon (Gonzaga) Washington, DC, 5-11, G, Brown
Matt Madigan (Mt. Tabor HS) Winston-Salem, NC, 6-4, G, Brown
Chris McComber (John McCrae School) Ottawa, ON, 6-7, F, Columbia
Kendall Jackson (Suffield Academy) Suffield, MA, 5-9, G, Columbia
Jeff Coby (Choate Rosemary Hall) Choate, CT, 6-6, F, Columbia
Luke Petrasek (Northport HS) Northport, NY, 6-10, C, Columbia
Connor Voss (St. Cloud Cathederal HS) St. Cloud, MN, 6-11, C, Columbia
Darryl Smith (Blue Ridge School) Chesapeake, VA, 6-2, G, CornellDesmond Fleming (College Park Woodlands HS) Woodlands, TX, 6-0, G, CornellRobert Hatter (Westside HS) Houston, TX, 6-1, G, CornellIkemefuna Ngwudo (Milton Academy) Milton, MA, 6-5, F, Dartmouth
Eli Harrison (Sisters HS) Sisters, OR, 6-6, F, Dartmouth
Cole Harrison (Montrose Christian) Memphis, TN, 6-11, C, Dartmouth
Mike Flemming (N'field Mt Hermon, MA) Lincolnshire, IL, 6-1, G, Dartmouth
Wes Dickinson (Peddie School) Hightstown, NJ, 6-6, F, Dartmouth
Matt Fraschila (Highland Park HS) Highland Park, TX, 5-10 G, Harvard
Hunter Meyers (Douglas HS) Minden, NV, 6-6, F, Harvard
Zena Edosomwan (Northfield Mt Hermon, MA) Hollywood, CA, 6-9, F, Harvard
Matt Howard (A.J. Flora HS), Columbia, S.C., 6-4, G, Penn
Dylan Jones (Village HS) Houston, TX, 6-8, F, Penn
Dave Winfield (Harvard Westlake HS) Hollywood, CA, 6-8, F, Penn
Tony Bagtas (Westlake HS) Atlanta, GA, 5-11, G, Penn
Preston Troutt (Trinity Christian) Dallas, TX 6-0, G, Penn
Khyan Rayner (Jesuit HS) Portland, OR, 5-9, G, Princeton
Henry Caruso (Serra HS) San Mateo, CA, 6-4, G, Princeton
Hashim Moore (Hun School, NJ) Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 6-5, F, Princeton
Spencer Weisz (Seton Hall Prep) Florham Park, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton
Steven Cook (New Trier HS) Winnetka, IL, 6-5, G, Princeton
Pete Miller (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Northfield, MA, 6-10, C, Princeton
Sam Downy (Lake Forest HS) Lake Forest, IL, 6-9, C, Yale
A.J. Edwards (South Kent School) Kent, CT, 6-5, F, Yale
Anthony Dallier (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Wexford, PA, 6-6, F, Yale
JT Flowers (Lincoln HS) Portland, OR, 6-5, F, Yale
Tyler Williams (Lakota West HS) W.Chester, OH, 6-1, G, Brown (2014)
Amir Bell (East Brunswick HS) E.Brunswick, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton (2014)
Maki Mason (Hotchkiss School), Lakeville, CT, 5-11, G, Yale (2014)
Khalil Bedart-Ghani (Loyola HS) Los Angeles, CA, 6-3, G, Yale
(2014)
-Jeff Aubry ('99) (Halcones Rojos, LNBP Mexico premier league/Indios de Mayaguez, BSN Puerto Rico premier league)-
As of July 24, Aubry's season in Puerto Rico concluded where he averaged 7.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rico BSN, the island's premier league. Mayaquez finished the season 19-17 and in 6th place out of 10 teams in the league and was eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs. A 6'11" center, Aubry splits his time in both the Mexican and Puerto Rican professional leagues. A well traveled pro player, Aubry spent several seasons in the
NBA D League in the early part of his career with the
Fayetteville Patriots and
Florida Flame and earned honorable mention all NBA D League in 2002. Aubry joins
Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) (Springfield Armor),
Ryan Wittman (Cornell '10) (Ft. Wayne Mad Ants) and
Cody Toppert (Cornell '05) (Albuquerque Thunderbirds) as Cornell veterans of the NBA D-League. (Cornell's four NBA D-League veterans is the most in Ivy League.) During his more than a decade of pro experience, Aubry also played professionally in the ABA (Miami Tropics) and abroad in Puerto Rico (Arecibo Capitanes,
Leones de Ponce, and Santurce, BSN Puerto Rico), Spain (Tarragona, LEB Gold Spain 2nd Division), Mexico (Halcones Rojos and
Chihuahua Dorados, LNBP Mexico premier league), Poland (
Slask Wroclaw, PLK Poland premier league), Argentina (
Libertad Sunchales, Liga A Argentina), Uruguay (
Hebraica, LUB Uruguay )and Peru (
Alas Peruanas, Peru).
-Alex Tyler ('10) (Rockville Victors, Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League)-Tyler finished his rookie season with the Victors.
-Louis Dale ('10) (KAOD Dramas, Greece A1 premier league)-As of July 24, Dale concluded his season and averaged 7.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. KAOD finished 11-15 and in 9th place out of 14 teams in the A1. Dale spent his first two professional seasons both in Germany's BBK Bundesliga, the country's premier league with Goettingen.
-Jeff Foote ('10) (Zalgiris, Lithuania LKL premier league/EuroLeague/VTB Russian League)
-As of July 24, Zalgiris' season is concluded. Foote averaged 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for Zalgiris in the Lithuanian premier league, the LKL. During the LKL regular season, Zalgiris finished 10-2 and in 4th place out of 12 teams but won the league championship in a 4-0 finals sweep of Lietuvos Rytas. Foote was named to the LKL's All Star team for the 2012-2013 season. Zalgiris also finished
8-2 in the 6-team Group C in the opening round of the EuroLeague and was elimited after
finishing 6-8 in Group E in the EuroLeague's Top 16 round.
In EuroLeague action, Foote averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. In a third league of competition, the Eastern European VTB League, Zalgiris finished 16-2 and in 1st place out of 10 teams in Group B. Zalgiris was eliminated in the semifinals of the VTB playoffs. Zalgiris is currently ranked #5 in Europe. Prior to the start of the 2012-2013 season, Foote played with the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA Summer League and participated in the team's free agent mini-camp. During 2011-2012, Foote averaged
15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in the NBA D-League for the Springfield Armor (the Brooklyn Nets' affiliate) after being named a starter at the
D-League's All-Star Game during February and was
named Second Team All NBA D-League.
Foote finished the D-League season ranked 4th in double-doubles and also
4th in rebounds. Foote averaged 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 4 games
for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets during
a 10-day contract between March 9 and March 19. Foote was ranked by the D-League as its
#6 overall NBA prospect. During April 2012 he was profiled in a video on
NBA.com. He participated in the Portland Trailblazers' 2011-2012 preseason training camp and played the 2011-2012 preseason with with Zastal of the PLK Poland premier league and the full 2010-2011 season in Spain (Melilla, LEB Gold Spain 2nd division) while on loan from Euro League powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel's premier league.
- Below is a directory listing of some Twitter feeds associated with the Cornell basketball program.
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Josh Wexler ('88)
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Rich Medina ('92)
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Bo Buttenback ('98)
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Dan Wendt ('98)
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Brian Williamson ('03)
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Jacques Vigneault ('03)
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Cody Toppert ('05)
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Steve Cobb ('05)
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Ryan Rourke ('06)
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Andrew Naeve ('07)
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Jason Canady ('08)
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Khaliq Gant ('09)
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Conor Mullen ('09)
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Brian Kreefer ('09)
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Ryan Wittman ('10)
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Pete Reynolds ('10)
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Jon Jaques ('10)
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Louis Dale ('10)
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Alex Tyler ('10)
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Geoff Reeves ('10)
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Jeff Foote ('10)
-Andre Wilkins ('10) (inactive)
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Aaron Osgood ('11)
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Adam Wire ('11)
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Max Groebe ('12)
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Chris Wroblewski ('12)
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Andrew Ferry ('12)
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Jonathan Gray ('13)
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Miles Asafo Adjei ('13)
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Peter McMillan ('13)
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Errick Peck ('13)
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Josh Figini ('13)
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Manny Sahota (former player)
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The Cornell Rebounders Club-
Galal Cancer ()
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Ned Tomic ()
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Dominick Scelfo ()
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Jake Mathews ()
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Dwight Tarwater ()
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Dave LaMore ()
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Shonn Miller ()
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Devin Cherry ()
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Nolan Cressler ()
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Braxston Bunce ()
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Holt Harmon ()
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Robert Mischler ()
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David Onuorah ()
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Robert Hatter ()
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Desmond Fleming ()
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Darryl Smith ()
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Jeremy Hartigan, Cornell SID ()-
Assistant Coach Mike Blaine ()
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Assistant Coach Marlon Sears ()
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Brian Delaney, ESPN Radio Ithaca ()
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Barry Leonard, Cornell Redcast/Play-By-Play Annnouncer-
Ed Boulat, Ithaca Journal-
Cornell Daily Sun Sports ()
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Slope Sports ()
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WVBR Sports-
Former assistant coach, Jay Larranaga-
Former assistant coach, Ricky Yahn ()
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Former head coach, Steve Donahue ()
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Former intern assistant Ryan Woerner ()
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Former assistant coach, Zach Spiker ()
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Former assistant coach, Nat Graham ()
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Former assistant coach, Woody Kampmann ()
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Former assistant coach, Izzi Metz ()
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Former assistant coach, Paul Fortier ()
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Former assistant coach Arlen Galloway ()