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Providence College Athletics
Ed Cooley Named Naismith Coach Of The Year
4/3/2022 11:19:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Cooley is the first Friar coach to win the prestigious honor.
NEW ORLEANS, La. - It was announced today (April 3) that Providence's Ed Cooley was named the recipient of the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach Of The Year Award. Cooley is the first Friar coach to earn the prestigious honor. He also is the first Friar coach to earn national coach of the year accolades since Rick Pitino earned NABC Coach of the Year in 1987.
Cooley guided the Friars to a 27-6 mark this season. His team, which earned the highest seed ever for the Friars (No. 4 seed), advanced to NCAA Sweet 16 where the squad was defeated by Kansas, 66-61, on March 25. It marked the sixth time overall and the first time in 25 years (1997) that the Friars reached the Sweet 16. The Friars' 27 victories are tied for the second highest single-season win total in the history of the program. The 27 wins also marked the sixth time in his 11 seasons at Providence that his team earned 20 or more victories. Cooley also led the Friars to a 16-1 record at home, which is the squad's best mark since 1973-74 (16-0).
In March, Cooley was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year. He became the first Friar coach to earn that honor. In BIG EAST league play, the Friars set a team record for wins after registering a 14-3 mark and capturing the program's first BIG EAST Regular Season title. The Friars, who finished the regular season in first place, were picked to finish seventh in the annual BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll which was released in October. Providence did not have a player selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Cooley became just the seventh coach, and first since 2012, to earn BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors without having a player earn All-BIG EAST First Team accolades. The Friars also won a team-record eight consecutive BIG EAST games this season.
Cooley, who is in his 11th season at Providence, has posted a 221-141 mark during his time with the Friars. He ranks second all-time in wins at Providence. Cooley also coached for five seasons at Fairfield (2006-2011) and registered a 92-69 mark. In 16 seasons as a head coach, he has posted a 313-210 record, which includes six NCAA Tournament appearances and two NIT selections at Providence. His 2014 Friar squad captured the BIG EAST Tournament title.
Prior to becoming the head coach at Fairfield, Cooley spent nine seasons at Boston College as an assistant coach under Al Skinner.
It was announced last month that Cooley was named National Coach of the Year by The Sporting News and The Field of 68.
The Naismith Coach of the Year Award is presented each year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. This year's awards brunch was held at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. The award, which began in 1987, recognizes the best men's and women's college basketball coaches of the season. The award is given out via a voting process. It is named after Dr. James Naismith, a College Basketball Hall of Fame head coach at Kansas who is recognized for inventing the game of basketball in 1891.
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