HEAD COACH Nick Macarchuk -  

     Highlights of Coach Macarchuk's Coaching Experience include:

• Macarchuk is in his 26th year as a Division 1 Basketball coach.
• Macarchuk was 6-23 in his first year as head coach of the Seawolves, in the 1999-00 campaign.
• Macarchuk led an improbable 2nd year turnaround in the 2000-01 campaign, by posting an impressive 17-11 record. Macarchuk was named the Independent Conference Coach of the Year for his efforts.
• A young 2001-02 Seawolves squad posted a 3rd year 6-22 record for Coach Macarchuk.
• Nick Macarchuk came to Stony Brook with 22 years of Division I coaching experience, accumulating 310 career wins and five postseason appearances in his 22 seasons as a head coach. On June 10, 1999, he became the ninth coach in Stony Brook men's basketball history.
• Macarchuck brings a wealth of experience to the Seawolves' sideline having established himself as one of the most successful and well-respected coaches in college basketball. Over the last 12 years, he has guided Fordham to three NIT bids (1988, 1990, 1991) and a trip to the NCAA tournament in 1992.
• Macarchuck began his coaching career at St. Thomas More Preparatory School where he compiled a nine-year record of 155-48 and led his team to three New England Prep School Championships (1969, 1970, 1970). He coached many collegiate players, including Providence College All-American Ernie DiGregorio, during his stay at St. Thomas More.
• His success at St. Thomas More landed him a job on Dave Gavitt's staff as an assistant at Providence College in 1972. During the next five years, Marcarchuck was part of one of the great eras in New England college basketball history, as the Friars made NCAA Tournament apperances in 1973, 1974 and 1977. In 1973, Providence made it to the NCAA Final Four and finished in the Top 10 in both the 1973 and 1974 campaigns.
• Following the 1977 season, Macarchuck left Providence to take over a struggling Canisius program. After posting a 9-17 record in his first season, he led the Golden Griffins to three straight near .500 finishes before a 19-8 breakthrough year in 1981-82. Over the next five years, the Golden Griffins averaged 17 wins a season, making it to the National Invitation Tournament in 1985, its first postseason appearance in 28 years. He compiled a 149-128 record in 10 seasons and coached four NBA draft picks. In 1990, he was inducted into the Canisius College Hall of Fame.
• Macarchuck took over the Fordham program in 1987 after the school had suffered its first back-to-back losing seasons in 10 years. In his first season, the Rams went 18-15, making the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament finals and qualifying for the NIT. Fordham's success continued in the upcoming years as they again went to the NIT in 1990 and won the inaugural Patriot League Championship in 1991 while advancing to the second round of the NIT. In 1992, the Rams repeated as Patriot League champs and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1970-71. The bid marked the first time in Macarchuck's career that his team qualified for the NCAA tournament.
• In 1995, Fordham made the unprecedented move from the non-scholarship Patriot League to the Atlantic-10 Conference, one of the top eight basketball conferences in the country. Last year, Macarchuck led the Rams to a 12-15 record, its best mark since making the jump to the Atlantic-10, earning 1998-99 Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year honors for that performance.
• His exploits on the court have earned Macarchuck numerous coaching honors. Among his awards are seven league or district "Coach of the Year" awards; three at Canisius and four at Fordham.

     Highlights of Coach Macarchuk's Playing Experience include:

• A 1963 graduate of Fairfield University, the 6-4 foward was a two-time All-East selection (1962, 1963) with the Stags.
• Macarchuk scored 1,217 points in just 73 games, while grabbing 942 rebounds.
• Macarchuk still ranks 14th in scoring and third in rebounding in Fairfield basketball history.
• The senior captain graduated with a business degree in 1963 and was later inducted into the Fairfield Hall of Fame in 1987.

     Highlights of Coach Macarchuk's Personal Life include:

• Macarchuck is a native of Norwich, Connecticut.
• He and his wife Patricia have three children: Nick III (an assistant coach at Stony Brook), Chris and Patrick.

ASSISTANT COACH Nick Macarchuk III -  

     Highlights of Assistant Coach Macarchuk's Coaching Experience include:

• He began his coaching career at Rose Hill in 1988-89, and was part of the staff when the Rams made back-to-back NIT appearances in 1990 and 1991.
• Nick Macarchuk III will begin his 4th season at Stony Brook, in the 2002-03 campaign, as a member of his father's staff. Macarchuck, a tenacious and energetic recruiter, handles a myriad of duties for the Seawolves including all facets of coaching, from game preparation to on-court coaching.
• Macarchuk had two stints at Fordham during his father's tenure with the Rams.
• Macarchuk spent three years as a part-time assistant before becoming a full-time assistant on the Marist staff under Dave Magarity.
• After working for two years at Marist, Macarchuk returned to Fordham as a full-time assistant and was there for seven years.