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2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3


4<br />

BOBBY<br />

GONZALEZ<br />

Head Coach * Fourth Year<br />

Buffalo State ‘86<br />

SETON SETON HALL HALL UNIVERSITY<br />

UNIVERSITY<br />

THE GONZALEZ FILE<br />

Education<br />

• Buff alo State College, Buff alo, N.Y.<br />

Received a degree in communications in 1986<br />

Coaching Experience<br />

• Head Coach, Seton Hall University, 2006-Present<br />

Record: 47-46 (.505), three seasons<br />

• Head Coach, Manhattan College, 1999-2006<br />

Record: 129-77 (.626), seven seasons<br />

Honors: 2003 and 2004 Metropolitan Coach of the Year. 2004 NABC<br />

District 2, USBWA, and NYBCA Division I Coach of the Year.<br />

Team Accomplishments: Four 20-win seasons under Gonzalez’s guid<br />

ance. Two NCAA Tournament appearances. Finished .500 or above in all<br />

seven seasons. Won MAAC regular season championship three times<br />

and conference tournament title two times.<br />

• Assistant Coach, University of Virginia, 1998-99<br />

• Assistant Coach, Providence College, 1994-98<br />

• Assistant Coach, Xavier University, 1993-94<br />

• Assistant Coach, Binghamton University, 1987-88<br />

• Assistant Coach, Broome Community College, 1986-87<br />

Collegiate Career<br />

• Four-year letterwinner at Buff alo State (1982-86)<br />

Other Distinctions<br />

• 2007 - Won 150th career game (vs. James Madison, Dec. 22, 2007)<br />

• 2005 - Won a gold medal as an assistant coach for the 22-and-under United<br />

States team of the World University Games held in Turkey<br />

• 2004 - Honored by Buff alo State College with the Young Alumnus Achievement<br />

Award<br />

• Member of the NCAA Ethics Committee<br />

• Television and Radio Analyst for the NCAA Tournament and NBA Draft


An intense competitor, outstanding game coach and tireless recruiter,<br />

head coach Bobby Gonzalez enters his fourth season at Seton Hall.<br />

For the third straight season, the Pirates exceeded expectations in<br />

2008-09. Predicted to fi nish 13th in the grueling BIG EAST Conference,<br />

Gonzalez guided the Pirates to an 11th place fi nish with seven victories<br />

in conference play. It marked the second consecutive season that Seton<br />

Hall was picked 13th, but placed 11th. Seton Hall also notched 17 overall<br />

victories for a second straight year and won their fi rst game in the BIG<br />

EAST Championship since 2003, a 68-54 victory over USF.<br />

In his Seton Hall tenure, Gonzalez’s teams have already scored upset<br />

victories over Louisville, #23 Virginia, #19 USC and #12 Georgetown and<br />

placed third at the 2008 O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off , which<br />

included marquee match-ups against college basketball powerhouses<br />

USF, Memphis and Virginia Tech.<br />

Gonzalez was named the 18th head coach in Seton Hall basketball history<br />

on April 7, 2006, ushering in a new, exciting era of Pirate hoops. In<br />

no time, Gonzalez has put his stamp on the program, triggering a high<br />

level of excitement around Seton Hall due to his tireless work ethic and<br />

boundless energy. He brought a forward-thinking, optimistic and takecharge<br />

attitude to South Orange and made an immediate mark on the<br />

recruiting trail, reeling in freshman standout Eugene Harvey.<br />

Gonzalez, 46, came to Seton Hall after<br />

a tremendous seven-year run as the head<br />

coach at Manhattan College. He led the<br />

Jaspers to four 20-win seasons and two<br />

NCAA Tournaments in seven years, including<br />

fi nishing .500 or above in the league<br />

in each season. His record at Manhattan<br />

was 129-77, and his team won the MAAC<br />

regular season championship three times<br />

and the tournament title twice.<br />

Manhattan went 20-11 in 2004-05 and Gonzalez was named the<br />

MAAC Coach of the Year. The Jaspers advanced to the National Invitation<br />

Tournament and won two games, defeating Fairleigh Dickinson and winning<br />

at Maryland. Gonzalez led the team to a 14-4 record and the MAAC<br />

regular season title.<br />

His best season came in 2003-04, when he guided the Jaspers to a 25-<br />

6 overall record, 16-2 in the MAAC. Manhattan was a No. 12 seed in the<br />

NCAA Championship and defeated No. 5 seed Florida in the fi rst round<br />

before losing a close game to No. 4 seed Wake Forest. Gonzalez received<br />

numerous accolades following the season, being named NABC District 2,<br />

USBWA, and NYBCA Division I Coach of the Year as well as receiving Metropolitan<br />

Coach of the Year recognition for the second straight year.<br />

Gonzalez enjoyed international success when he served as an assistant<br />

coach for the Gold Medal-winning, 22 and under United States team of<br />

the World University Games held in Turkey in 2005.<br />

“Bobby Gonzalez is the key leader of Seton Hall’s bold new plan for our<br />

men’s basketball program,” said Monsignor Robert Sheeran, Seton Hall<br />

University President, on the day of his hiring. “Bobby is a high-energy<br />

leader whose good spirit and drive are infectious. He is the right coach<br />

for this special moment. Seton Hall basketball has an outstanding history—and<br />

I am confi dent Bobby Gonzalez’s tenure will be an exciting<br />

chapter in our unfolding story.”<br />

2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 5


6<br />

HEAD COACH BOBBY GONZALEZ<br />

Gonzalez coached Luis Flores, Manhattan’s all-time leading scorer, who<br />

was drafted in the second round by the NBA’s Houston Rockets in 2004.<br />

Flores played with both Denver and Golden State in 2004-05.<br />

In 2002-03, Gonzalez led Manhattan to the MAAC regular season and<br />

league championship with a 23-7 record, 14-4 in the league. Named the<br />

MAAC Coach of the Year for his eff orts, Gonzalez took Manhattan College<br />

to the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst time since 1995. The Jaspers fell to<br />

eventual national champion Syracuse in the fi rst round.<br />

Gonzalez’s fi rst overall winning season came in his third year, 2001-<br />

02, when the Jaspers fi nished 20-9 overall and 12-6 in the MAAC while<br />

advancing to the NIT. Manhattan was 14-15 in Gonzalez’s second season<br />

but boasted an 11-7 record in league play. In 1999-00, Gonzalez inherited<br />

a last-place team and led Manhattan to a record of 12-15 and 9-9 in<br />

the conference.<br />

Gonzalez is no stranger to the BIG EAST and to big-time college basketball.<br />

Prior to becoming a head coach, he was an assistant on Pete Gillen’s<br />

staff s at Xavier (1993-94), Providence (1994-98) and Virginia (1998-99).<br />

Known for his strong recruiting classes, Gonzalez possesses outstanding<br />

contacts and ties to the metropolitan area. He was assistant high<br />

school coach at Rice High School in the Bronx in 1992-93 and assistant<br />

at St. Nicholas of Tolentine from 1988-91. He was also an assistant coach<br />

at Binghamton University (1987-88) and Broome Community College<br />

(1986-87).<br />

Off the court, Gonzalez is a member of the NCAA Ethics Committee and<br />

regularly serves as a radio and TV basketball analyst. He regularly pro-<br />

GONZALEZ’S <strong>COACHING</strong> RECORD<br />

Overall Conference<br />

Year Record Pct. Conference Record Pct. Finish Postseason<br />

1999-00 Manhattan 12-15 .444 MAAC 9-9 .500 6th<br />

2000-01 Manhattan 14-15 .483 MAAC 11-7 .611 7th<br />

2001-02 Manhattan 20-9 .690 MAAC 12-6 .667 T-3rd NIT First Round<br />

2002-03 Manhattan 23-7 .767 MAAC 14-4 .778 1st NCAA First Round<br />

2003-04 Manhattan 25-6 .806 MAAC 16-2 .889 1st NCAA Second Round<br />

2004-05 Manhattan 15-14 .517 MAAC 9-9 .500 T-5th<br />

2005-06 Manhattan 20-11 .645 MAAC 14-4 .778 1st NIT Second Round<br />

2006-07 Seton Hall 13-16 .448 BIG EAST 4-12 .250 13th<br />

2007-08 Seton Hall 17-15 .531 BIG EAST 7-11 .389 11th<br />

2008-09 Seton Hall 17-15 .531 BIG EAST 7-11 .389 11th<br />

Career Totals 176-123 .589 103-75 .579<br />

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY


Opponent at MC at SHU Total Last Meeting<br />

Arizona 0-1 --- 0-1 2004-05<br />

Army 1-0 --- 1-0 1999-00<br />

Brigham Young 0-1 0-1 12/30/06<br />

Bucknell 0-1 --- 0-1 1999-00<br />

Buff alo 0-1 --- 0-1 1999-00<br />

Caldwell 1-0 1-0 2006-07<br />

California Baptist 1-0 1-0 2008-09<br />

Canisius 10-4 --- 10-4 2005-06<br />

Cincinnati 2-1 2-1 2008-09<br />

Colgate 0-1 --- 0-1 1999-00<br />

Columbia 1-0 1-0 2-0 2008-09<br />

Connecticut 0-4 0-4 2008-09<br />

Delaware 1-0 1-0 2008-09<br />

Delaware State 1-0 1-0 2007-08<br />

DePaul 2-0 2-0 2008-09<br />

Denver 1-0 --- 1-0 2001-02<br />

Fairfi eld 12-5 --- 12-5 2005-06<br />

Fairleigh Dickinson 1-1 1-1 2-2 2008-09<br />

Florida 1-0 --- 1-0 2003-04<br />

Fordham 6-1 --- 6-1 2005-06<br />

Georgetown 1-2 1-2 2008-09<br />

George Mason 0-2 --- 0-2 2005-06<br />

George Washington 0-1 --- 0-1 2000-01<br />

Hartford 2-0 --- 2-0 2001-02<br />

Hawaii 0-1 --- 0-1 2000-01<br />

Hofstra 3-1 --- 3-1 2003-04<br />

Holy Cross 3-0 --- 3-0 2003-04<br />

vides expert insight for the NCAA Tournament and NBA Draft<br />

on numerous television entities including NBA TV, MSG and<br />

SNY. Gonzalez is also very active with the American Cancer<br />

Society and its Coaches vs. Cancer program.<br />

Gonzalez graduated from Buff alo State College in 1986<br />

with a degree in communications. He and his wife Tracy<br />

have one daughter, Brooke Kimberly.<br />

GONZALEZ’S RECORD vs. ALL OPPONENTS<br />

Opponent at MC at SHU Total Last Meeting<br />

Iona 8-7 --- 8-7 2005-06<br />

IUPUI 0-1 0-1 2008-09<br />

James Madison 1-1 1-1 2008-09<br />

Lehigh 1-0 --- 1-0 1999-00<br />

Liberty 1-0 1-0 2006-07<br />

LIU 2-0 --- 2-0 2001-02<br />

Long Beach State 0-1 --- 0-1 2005-06<br />

Louisville 0-1 1-2 1-3 2008-09<br />

Loyola 14-1 1-0 15-1 2007-08<br />

Marist 8-6 --- 8-6 2005-06<br />

Marquette 0-5 0-5 2008-09<br />

Maryland 1-0 --- 1-0 2005-06<br />

Memphis 0-1 0-1 2008-09<br />

Monmouth 3-0 3-0 2008-09<br />

Morgan State 2-0 2-0 2007-08<br />

Mount St. Mary’s 1-0 --- 1-0 2000-01<br />

Navy 1-0 1-0 2007-08<br />

Niagara 10-6 --- 10-6 2005-06<br />

North Carolina State 0-1 0-1 0-2 2007-08<br />

North Dakota State 2-0 --- 2-0 2005-06<br />

Notre Dame 0-3 0-3 2008-09<br />

Old Dominion 0-1 --- 0-1 2005-06<br />

Oral Roberts 0-1 0-1 2006-07<br />

Penn State 0-1 1-1 1-2 2007-08<br />

Pennsylvania 0-1 1-0 1-1 2006-07<br />

PIttsburgh 0-3 0-3 2008-09<br />

Princeton 2-0 2-0 2007-08<br />

Opponent at MC at SHU Total Last Meeting<br />

Providence 2-2 2-2 2008-09<br />

Rhode Island 1-1 --- 1-1 2005-06<br />

Richmond 1-0 --- 1-0 2003-04<br />

Rider 7-7 --- 7-7 2005-06<br />

Robert Morris 1-0 1-0 2007-08<br />

Rutgers 4-2 4-2 2008-09<br />

Sacred Heart 1-0 --- 1-0 2002-03<br />

Saint Francis 1-0 1-0 2-0 2008-09<br />

Saint Mary’s 1-1 1-1 2007-08<br />

Saint Peter’s 13-3 3-0 16-3 2008-09<br />

Seton Hall 1-1 NA 1-1 2005-06<br />

Siena 10-5 --- 10-5 2005-06<br />

South Dakota State 2-0 --- 2-0 2005-06<br />

St. John’s 2-1 2-2 4-3 2008-09<br />

Syracuse 0-4 0-3 0-7 2008-09<br />

Texas A&M 0-1 --- 0-1 2000-01<br />

USC 1-0 1-0 2008-09<br />

USF 5-0 5-0 2008-09<br />

Villanova 0-1 0-3 0-4 2008-09<br />

Virginia 1-0 1-0 2007-08<br />

Virginia Tech 1-1 1-1 2008-09<br />

Wake Forest 0-1 --- 0-1 2003-04<br />

West Virginia 0-4 0-4 2008-09<br />

Wichita State 1-1 --- 1-1 2004-05<br />

Wisconsin-Milw. 1-1 --- 1-1 2004-05<br />

Wright State 1-0 --- 1-0 2002-03<br />

Yale 0-1 --- 0-1 2002-03<br />

2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 7


8<br />

SETON SETON HALL HALL UNIVERSITY<br />

UNIVERSITY<br />

dermon<br />

player<br />

assistant Coach * Fourth Year<br />

st. john’s ‘00<br />

BIOGRAPHY<br />

Dermon Player enters his fourth year as assistant coach at Seton Hall. Player’s ties and roots to New York<br />

City have and will continue to pay huge dividends for head coach Bobby Gonzalez and the Pirates on the<br />

recruiting trail. His basketball acumen will be a great asset on the court as well.<br />

Player brings tremendous experience to SHU after serving as the athletic director at Wadleigh High School<br />

in New York and as the Director of Basketball Operations and Head Coach of the Metro Hawks, a traveling<br />

AAU basketball program based in Manhattan. Player also has experience as an assistant coach on the BIG<br />

EAST level, having worked at St. John’s from 1998-04 where his duties included scouting, game preparation,<br />

recruiting and fi lm exchange, among many other duties.<br />

Player was an assistant varsity basketball coach from 1993-98 at powerhouse Rice High School in New<br />

York City, where he scouted opponents and ran practices and game preparation. He was also the Athletic<br />

Director and Head Coach at The Riverside Church AAU program from 1992-98, where he coordinated all<br />

scheduling and practices and coached boys and girls aged 8-19. Player has also worked as a scout for the<br />

Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA.<br />

Player has also volunteered extensively in the community, working for the Wheelchair Charities Basketball<br />

Classic in organization and fundraising roles for Goldwater Hospital since 1993. Player received his<br />

bachelor’s degree in sports management from St. John’s in 2000.


kevin<br />

murphy<br />

assistant Coach * Fourth Year<br />

kentucky ‘00<br />

BIOGRAPHY<br />

Kevin Murphy is entering his fourth year as an assistant to head coach Bobby Gonzalez at Seton Hall, but it<br />

will be his seventh season overall with Gonzalez having worked for him for three seasons at Manhattan.<br />

Murphy had a hand in all aspects of the Manhattan program since joining the Jaspers in the summer of<br />

2003. He was in charge of all strength and conditioning programs, individual instruction, opponent scouting,<br />

fi lm exchange, scheduling, team travel, budget and academics, among numerous other duties.<br />

Murphy helped lead Manhattan to two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championships,<br />

as well as the 2004 MAAC Tournament title and NCAA berth, and the third round of the 2006 NIT.<br />

From 2001-03, Murphy worked at the University of Kentucky as the Special Assistant to the Men’s Basketball<br />

Coach. He was responsible for fi lm exchange, scouting, administrative duties and various other tasks<br />

for head coach Tubby Smith. During his time at Kentucky, the Wildcats went to the 2002 Sweet 16 and the<br />

2003 Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.<br />

Murphy has experience working the Bobby Gonzalez and Tubby Smith basketball camps, handling many<br />

of the administrative duties. He has also volunteered at the 2002 World Championships of Basketball in<br />

Indianapolis, Ind.<br />

Murphy is a 2000 graduate of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in communications. He received his<br />

masters of education in sports management from Kentucky in 2003. While an undergraduate student at<br />

Kentucky, he was a four-year team manager.<br />

Murphy and his wife, Kyla, have two-year old daughter named Avery.<br />

2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 9


10<br />

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY<br />

SCOTT<br />

ADUBATO<br />

assistant Coach * third Year<br />

upsala ‘87<br />

BIOGRAPHY<br />

A highly experienced assistant coach with outstanding pedigree, Scott Adubato is entering his third season<br />

on head coach Bobby Gonzalez’s staff at Seton Hall.<br />

Adubato spent parts of two years on head coach Mike Fratello’s coaching staff after serving the previous<br />

fi ve seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies as a scout.<br />

Prior to joining the Grizzlies, he served as an advance scout for the New York Liberty of the WNBA, working<br />

with his father, head coach Richie Adubato. His coaching experience includes stints as an assistant coach<br />

with the Atlanta Trojans of the USBL (1999-2000), the San Diego Stingrays of the International Basketball<br />

League (1999), Georgia State University (1997-1999), Collin County Community College (1993-1995), the<br />

University of Nevada-Las Vegas (1993-1994) and Old Dominion University (1990-1991).<br />

In 1992, he served as an assistant coach with the Continental Basketball Association’s Southern Division<br />

Champion Oklahoma City Calvary. He also served as head coach of the Tampa Bay Sunblasters of the USBL<br />

(1990-1991). His previous NBA experience includes a stint as a college scout for the L.A. Clippers (1995)<br />

and as an advance scout for the Orlando Magic (1996-1998).<br />

Adubato received a full scholarship to the CW-Post campus of Long Island University, where he played on<br />

the basketball team as a freshman. He then transferred to Upsala College in East Orange, NJ where he was<br />

a three-year starter on the basketball team and an All-America Honorable Mention. He graduated with a<br />

degree in business management.<br />

Following his impressive collegiate playing career, Adubato was selected in the 1987 NBA Draft by the<br />

Sacramento Kings.


dennis<br />

kazimir<br />

director of basketball operations<br />

second Year * seton hall ‘00<br />

BIOGRAPHY<br />

Dennis Kazimir is entering his second season on head coach Bobby Gonzalez’s staff as director of basketball<br />

operations.<br />

A 2000 graduate of Seton Hall University, Kazimir returned to the Pirates after spending two seasons as<br />

an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Tiffi n University where he assisted in game preparation, team<br />

travel and academic monitoring among several other responsibilities. His coaching experience also includes<br />

stints on the staff s at Wright State University and Rhode Island College.<br />

“Coach Kaz has been a part of the Seton Hall family for a long time,” Gonzalez said. “He’s a Seton Hall<br />

graduate and has been working my camps for the last three years. He has a great background in the state<br />

of New Jersey, working with the Hoop Group and running AAU tournaments across the country. Kaz has<br />

worked many camps around the state and has great relationships with several coaches in the tri-state<br />

area. He’s a hard working, aggressive guy.”<br />

Kazimir also has an extensive background with The Hoop Group where he was a director of AAU team<br />

tournaments. At The Hoop Group, he created and assembled presentations and sponsorship agreements,<br />

implemented the planning, promotion, budgeting and operation of several tournaments and arranged<br />

media representation. Kazimir, who has internship experience with the New Jersey Nets, received a bachelor’s<br />

degree from Seton Hall’s sports management program.<br />

2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 11


Colin Hampton is entering his fi rst year as Coordinator of Basketball Operations<br />

for the Seton Hall Men’s Basketball Team.<br />

In this role, Hampton assists in ensuring the team’s academic goals and will work<br />

closely with Seton Hall’s offi ce of academic support services for student-athletes.<br />

He is also the Pirates’ primary video operative and aid in game-to-game scouting.<br />

“We are thrilled to add Colin to our already young and aggressive staff ,” Gonzalez<br />

said. “He’s already been a manager and an integral part of our family, who understands<br />

me, our program and knows our players. We feel that the promotion is well<br />

deserved. He’s a terrifi c young man who has a bright future in coaching and works<br />

very hard.”<br />

No stranger to Seton Hall basketball, Hampton is fresh off two years of managerial<br />

experience with the team. During this time, he served as assistant video<br />

coordinator in addition to his typical manager responsibilities. Highly profi cient<br />

in computer/video editing systems, Hampton created breakdown fi lms and scout<br />

tapes for the Pirates in addition to producing scouting reports and fi lms for indi-<br />

Heather Worthy begins her fi fth season working at Seton Hall. She will work<br />

directly with the Pirate men’s basketball team on a daily basis, handling all athletic<br />

training duties year round.<br />

Worthy comes to Seton Hall after working at Hampton University as the associate<br />

head athletic trainer since the fall of 2004. At Hampton, Worthy was the<br />

head men’s basketball trainer as well as the assistant football athletic trainer. In<br />

addition, Worthy designed the Hampton sports medicine website for 2005-06<br />

as well as the remodeling of the athletic training facilities. Prior to Hampton,<br />

she was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Norfolk State University for two<br />

years where she worked with the men’s basketball and football teams.<br />

A 2002 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Worthy earned her bachelor’s<br />

degree in athletic training. She received her masters in athletic training<br />

from Old Dominion University in May of 2004.<br />

She is a member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association, the Mid-Atlantic<br />

Athletic Trainer’s Association, and became a certifi ed athletic trainer in<br />

12<br />

colin hampton<br />

coordinator of basketball operations<br />

FIRST SEASON � seton hall ‘09<br />

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY<br />

vidual player development.<br />

As a manager, Hampton also participated in fi lm exchange, attended all practices<br />

and assisted coaches in the recruiting process. He also traveled with the team<br />

to away contests.<br />

For over two years, Hampton was the assistant director of the Eastern Invitational<br />

for The Hoop Group. There, he assisted with the high school players recruiting<br />

process for Hoop Group tournaments. Hampton assumed full responsibility as site<br />

manager consisting of registration, time coordination for games and players’ safety.<br />

Helping manage more than 15 staff members, he assisted with the development of<br />

high school and AAU tournaments.<br />

A 2009 Seton Hall graduate and sports management major, Hampton has also<br />

worked the Pocono Invitational Basketball Camp, Pittsburgh Jam Fest AAU Tournament,<br />

HBC Metro Basketball Championship, HBC Mid-Atlantic Basketball Championship,<br />

Philadelphia Top-100 Basketball Camp and the Metro Top-100 Basketball<br />

Camp.<br />

HEATHER WORTHY<br />

ATHLETIC TRAINER<br />

fifTH SEASON � PITTSBURGH ‘02<br />

July of 2002. An Approved Clinical Instructor, Worthy is also a member of the<br />

adjunct faculty at Seton Hall for the Graduate Medical Education Program.<br />

Worthy is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the<br />

Dr. Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Scholarship,<br />

the Hartmann-Conco Company<br />

Sports Medicine Scholarship, the IN-<br />

ROADS Senior of the Year Award, a Tollgrade<br />

Scholarship and the University of<br />

Pittsburgh Challenge Scholarship.<br />

Worthy was an Advanced First Aid and<br />

Emergency Response instructor at Old<br />

Dominion and a Care and Prevention of<br />

Athletic Injuries instructor at Hampton.<br />

Worthy currently resides in Springfi<br />

eld, N.J.


david grant<br />

strength & conditioning specialist<br />

eighth SEASON � west virginia ‘87<br />

David Grant is in his 10th year as a strength and conditioning specialist at<br />

Seton Hall and his eighth working primarily with the men’s basketball team.<br />

A former defensive lineman in the National Football League, Grant began at<br />

Seton Hall as assistant coordinator of strength and conditioning before being<br />

promoted to strength and conditioning specialist in the summer of 2001.<br />

Grant came to Seton Hall after a stint as a counselor at the Cincinnati Youth<br />

Collaborative working at Robert A Taft High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.<br />

In the NFL, Grant enjoyed a six-year career. A fourth-round draft choice of the<br />

Cincinnati Bengals in 1988, he played on the defensive line, often as a starter,<br />

and was named to The Sporting News All-Rookie team that year. His 1988 team<br />

went on to play in Super Bowl XXIII, against the San Francisco 49ers. Grant left<br />

Cincinnati before the 1992 season and played one season with the Tampa Bay<br />

Buccaneers before fi nishing his pro career with the Green Bay Packers in 1993.<br />

Matt Sweeney enters his fourth season as the primary media contact for Seton<br />

Hall men’s basketball.<br />

Sweeney oversees all aspects of the athletics communications offi ce, including<br />

management of the offi cial Seton Hall athletics website, oversight of<br />

all athletic department publications, maintenance of historical records for the<br />

department and handling of all athletics communications aspects of the men’s<br />

basketball and men’s golf programs.<br />

This is Sweeney’s second stint as a full-time employee with the Pirates. During<br />

the 2000-01 season, he served as an intern in the offi ce he now oversees.<br />

Prior to his return to Seton Hall, Sweeney spent six years as the Director of<br />

Special Projects for The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.<br />

In working closely with athletic departments across the country, he was involved<br />

extensively in organizing on-campus salutes for new Hall of Fame inductees<br />

while planning the foundation’s annual Award Luncheon and black-tie<br />

Awards Dinner held in New York City. Sweeney’s other responsibilities included<br />

Grant was an All-American and an All-ECAC/BIG EAST choice at West Virginia<br />

University, where he started at noseguard for four years from 1983 to 1987. He<br />

earned his degree at WVU in physical education with a minor in safety studies.<br />

Grant resides in Bloomfi eld, N.J. with his 13-year old son, DJ.<br />

matt sweeney<br />

Assistant athletics director / communications<br />

fourth SEASON � seton hall ‘00<br />

acting as director of the NFF’s National Scholar-Athlete program, serving as assistant<br />

coordinator for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings as well<br />

as organizing and researching for the College Football Hall of Fame selection<br />

process.<br />

A 2000 Seton Hall graduate, he serves as the District II Football and At-Large<br />

Coordinator for CoSIDA’s Academic All-America Program. He is also an active<br />

member of the United States Basketball Writers Association and the Football<br />

Writers Association of America. Sweeney has also worked with the New Jersey<br />

Nets as well as minor league baseball teams, the Newark Bears and New Jersey<br />

Cardinals.<br />

Sweeney currently resides in Budd Lake, N.J. with his wife Laura and their<br />

son, Adam.<br />

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Chris Breen is entering his third season as Associate Director of Academic<br />

Support Services for Student-Athletes, after spending a year as an Academic<br />

Advisor at Seton Hall.<br />

Breen is the primary liaison between the men’s basketball program and Seton<br />

Hall’s academic community. He works directly with the men’s basketball<br />

team on a daily basis, setting up class schedules, tests and tutoring sessions.<br />

Breen oversees the academic progress for all of the players and guides them<br />

towards their degrees in their respective courses of study.<br />

Breen earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fordham<br />

University in 2001, where he was a linebacker on the varsity football team. He<br />

earned a Master of Arts in School Counseling in 2006.<br />

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Breen currently resides in Hoboken, N.J.<br />

chris breen<br />

associate director, academic support services<br />

third SEASON � fordham ‘01<br />

robin cunningham<br />

academic & life skills consultant<br />

Robin Cunningham, a former standout student-athlete at Seton Hall and<br />

member of the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame, assists the men’s basketball<br />

program as an academic and life skills consultant. Cunningham currently works<br />

for Seton Hall in the Freshman Studies Department as a Mentor and the Director<br />

of the Seton Summer Scholars program. She was the university’s Director of<br />

Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes from 1984-2004.<br />

Cunningham’s work with Pirate student-athletes was widely recognized,<br />

both nationally and within the Seton Hall community. She was honored in<br />

1991 with the Outstanding Adviser Award as presented by ACT/NACADA, the<br />

national organization for Academic Advisers. She received a Distinguished<br />

Service Award in April of 1994 from the Ernst and Young Law Symposium at<br />

the Seton Hall Law School and received the President’s Award for Excellence in<br />

Service to Students for an administrator in May, 1996. Cunningham was honored<br />

by the men’s basketball program with its “Most Valuable Person” award. In<br />

2005, Cunningham was recognized as the Woman of the Year by the university<br />

community. Most recently, she received the Alunni Humanitarian Award from<br />

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY<br />

the University in 2008.<br />

Between 1995 and 2000, Cunningham served as the chair of the Selection<br />

Committee for the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference. The purpose of<br />

the Leadership Conference is to bring student-athletes together from across the<br />

country to share experiences and learn how to create change on their own campuses<br />

through community based leadership strategies.<br />

Cunningham was the fi rst woman ever to receive an athletic scholarship to<br />

Seton Hall, and was also the fi rst inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame<br />

in 1984. She fi nished her basketball career with 1,003 points, which currently<br />

ranks her 16th on the all-time scoring list. In 1981, she became the fi rst Pirate<br />

women’s athlete to have her uniform number, 32, retired. Cunningham also<br />

played tennis and softball at Seton Hall, posting a 52-15 career record for the<br />

tennis team.<br />

Cunningham graduated in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in English, in 1984<br />

earned her master’s degree in counseling and special services, and received her<br />

Ed. S. degree in secondary education in 1994.


dr. gregory gallick<br />

team physician<br />

Dr. Gregory Gallick has served as the team physician for Seton Hall University<br />

athletics since 1986, working with all of the Pirates’ 17 varsity sports. This year<br />

he will continue to cover all of the Seton Hall men’s basketball home games at<br />

Prudential Center.<br />

A board-certifi ed orthopedic surgeon who is well-respected in the fi eld,<br />

Gallick’s service to Seton Hall has been extensive. He has traveled to numerous<br />

events, serving as the team physician for the Pirates’ trips to the NCAA Men’s<br />

Basketball Tournament in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000 and 2004, as well as<br />

Seton Hall’s appearance in the 1989 Final Four in Seattle, in addition to many<br />

more.<br />

Gallick earned his bachelor’s of science degree in psychology from the University<br />

of Michigan in 1976 and then received his medical degree from the<br />

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers University Medical<br />

School (Piscataway) in 1980. From 1984 to 1985 he was the chief resident in<br />

Brian Burke is entering his fi rst year as head manager for the Seton Hall Men’s<br />

Basketball Team.<br />

A junior, Burke has served on Bobby Gonzalez’s manager staff for each of his<br />

fi rst two years as a student at Seton Hall. He will supervise and manage 10 other<br />

student managers in the preparation of men’s basketball games, practices,<br />

fi lm exchange, offi ce work and other duties. Burke is in charge of scheduling<br />

managers to assigned games and practices and is responsible for behind the<br />

scenes preparation for all games.<br />

This season also marks the second straight year that Burke has traveled with<br />

the men’s basketball team to away contests.<br />

A sports management major at Seton Hall, Burke has aspirations to continue<br />

his career in basketball either on the collegiate or professional levels upon<br />

completion of his bachelor’s degree in 2010-11. He is a member of the Sports<br />

orthopedic surgery at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in Newark and completed<br />

a fellowship in sports medicine at the Southern California Sports Medicine<br />

and Orthopedic Medical Group in Van Nuys, Calif., in 1985-86.<br />

Dr. Gallick is very active in the community as well, serving as the team physician<br />

for a number of area high schools. His private practice is located in Union,<br />

N.J.<br />

brian burke<br />

head team manager<br />

Management Association on campus.<br />

Highly active during the off -season, Burke serves as a Camp Counselor/Coach<br />

for the Bobby Gonzalez Seton Hall Basketball Camp during the summer. He has<br />

also worked the Reebok All-America Camp in Philadelphia and the Tom Pecora<br />

Hofstra Basketball Camp in similar capacities.<br />

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