Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus DePaul on February 7, 2026 , Win , 90, to, 72
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Providence College Athletics
Ed Cooley Names His Staff
4/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 18, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Providence College men's basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley announced his staff on Monday, April 18. Andre LaFleur will serve as the associate head coach and Bob Simon and Brian Blaney will be assistant coaches. Carmen Maciariello will be the coordinator of basketball operations.
LaFleur comes to Providence after spending the last 10 seasons at the University of Connecticut where he helped the Huskies capture two national championships (2004 and 2011) and record a 258-88 mark (.764). LaFleur arrived at UConn in 2001 and spent three seasons as the director of basketball operations on Head Coach Jim Calhoun's staff. In 2004, he was promoted to assistant coach for the Huskies. UConn posted a 175-65 mark overall with LaFleur as an assistant coach, including a 77-43 mark in BIG EAST action.
"I feel Andre LaFleur, like the rest of this staff, is a future head coach," Cooley said. "Andre brings a championship attitude. We are very excited to have him as an associate head coach as he is a high-character individual and a person who is destined to bring Providence College to a championship level. I believe we have brought together a staff that will move our program forward and help us compete in the toughest conference in the nation. Anytime you bring together a staff with this much ability, talent, experience and strong values, good things are destined to occur."
A standout point guard, LaFleur played for Calhoun at Northeastern University. LaFleur played 4,405 minutes in 128 consecutive games - more minutes and more games than any other Northeastern player, past or present. LaFleur scored 1,143 career points, graduating as the 10th all-time leading scorer in NU history and he is a member of the Northeastern Hall of Fame. He registered 89 steals as a senior and 252 for his career, both still Northeastern records. His total of 894 career assists set a NCAA record in 1988 and he still ranks in the Top 15 in NCAA history. As a junior and senior, LaFleur was named All-Conference, while serving as a tri-captain with Wes Fuller and Reggie Lewis. As a freshman, he made the conference All-Rookie Team. From the 1983-84 season through LaFleur's senior year of 1986-87, the team boasted a conference record of 60-6 and an overall record of 102-26. During one stretch, the Huskies won 38 consecutive home games. NU won the ECAC North Atlantic title and went to the NCAA Tournament each of LaFleur's four years as a Husky.
LaFleur was a fifth-round draft pick of the Houston Rockets in 1987 and lasted until the team's final cut of the preseason. He then played and coached professionally overseas for 11 seasons. After completing his professional career, Andre took a position as School Sports Coordinator for the Sydney City Basketball Association.
A native of Los Angeles, Calif., LaFleur and his wife Alana have two sons, Adrian and Adonis.
Simon served the last five seasons as an associate head coach for Cooley at Fairfield. Prior to arriving at Fairfield, Simon spent six years at the University of Toledo, including three years as the associate head coach.
The Rockets posted three 20-win seasons and captured two National Invitation Tournament berths (2001, 2004) during his time at Toledo. At Toledo, Simon's duties included scouting, coordinating an academic program, overseeing summer camps, and on-floor coaching. He was also the program's lead recruiter during his tenure.
Simon began his collegiate coaching career at Wayne State University, spending nearly a decade with the Warriors. He coached the men's team for eights seasons - five seasons as an associate head coach and three seasons as an assistant coach. During this time, Wayne State posted eight straight winning seasons, and reached the Division II Final Four in 1993. The Warriors captured three conference titles which led to three NCAA Tournament appearances.
After eight seasons with the men's program, Simon accepted a new challenge when he became the head women's basketball coach at Wayne State. In his one season with the women's team, Simon turned around the program by posting 13 wins. The team earned a conference tournament berth for the second time in history.
Simon received his bachelor's degree in manufacturing technology from Eastern Michigan University in 1989, and his master's degree in sports administration from Wayne State in 1997. Simon and his wife Donna have a daughter, Bobbie, and a son, Devin.
Blaney, who also is familiar with Cooley, spent the last three seasons as an assistant men's basketball coach at Fairfield University. In his three seasons at Fairfield, the team posted a 65-34 mark (.657). Blaney helped the Stags post a school-record 25 wins and capture a Metro Atlantic regular season title in 2010-11. The team finished with a 25-8 mark and advanced to the second round of the NIT. In 2009-10, Fairfield recorded a 23-11 mark and earned the team's first post-season berth since 2003.
Prior to coaching at Fairfield, Blaney spent four seasons as a member of the Loyola College basketball staff. He was an assistant coach with the Greyhounds for the first two seasons before moving into the associate head coach position for 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Blaney was an assistant coach for one year at Miami (Ohio) University under Herb Sendek. He helped the team earn a berth to the 1996 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), and coached Wally Szczerbiak through his first year as a college player.
From there, Blaney accepted an assistant coaching position at George Washington University, where he worked with Mike Jarvis for two seasons and Tom Penders for one year. During his tenure, the Colonials participated in one NIT (1997) and two NCAA Tournaments (1998 and 1999).
After his three-year stay with George Washington, Blaney joined Nick Macarchuk's staff at Fordham University. He stayed with Macarchuk when he took the University at Stony Brook position, leading the Seawolves transition from Division II to Division I. Blaney stayed on staff for five years, leaving the program following the 2003-04 campaign.
He began his coaching career as an assistant at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., where he spent one season following his graduation from Roanoke College in 1994.
At Roanoke College, Blaney helped lead the Maroons to a 61-20 record during his four-year career, and a berth to the Division III Tournament as a senior. He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology.
He is the son of current University of Connecticut associate head coach George Blaney, who also served as the head coach at the College of the Holy Cross and Seton Hall University.
Maciariello comes to Providence College after spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Fairfield under Ed Cooley.
Prior to coaching at Fairfield, Maciariello served as the director of basketball operations at Siena College under Head Coach Fran McCaffery. He spent the 2005-06 season with the Saints.
He joined the coaching ranks after a successful playing career in Italy. Maciariello played with Bignami Castel Maggiore, a professional team in Bologna, Italy in 2002. However, a torn ACL in April of that year forced him out of the lineup. He later signed with GS Basket Massafra in the Italian Minor League where he averaged 30 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists. In 2003, Maciariello moved to the Professional League with Virtus Ragusa in Sicily. He averaged four points and 15 minutes per game.
Maciariello attended the University of New Hampshire for three seasons. He served as team captain during his junior year (1998-99). He transferred to Siena College for his senior season. He helped the Saints post a 20-win season, and a share of the MAAC regular-season championship in 2000-01.
Maciariello also spent time as vice president and coach of the Albany City Rocks 17-and-under team.
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