Dan McHale (born 1979) is a former American college basketball coach who most recently served as the special assistant to the head coach at New Mexico. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2015 to 2018.
McHale, a native of Chatham, New Jersey, graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2001 and was a student basketball manager there.[1] He was a staff assistant at Louisville from 2002 to 2004. McHale spent a season at Manhattan as the director of operations before returning to Louisville as the director of video operations. In 2007, he was hired as an assistant at Iona under Kevin Willard. McHale recruited Scott Machado to Iona and helped the team to 21 wins in his third season. He followed Willard to Seton Hall in 2010. He was hired at Minnesota in 2013 and spent two seasons as an assistant there, earning an NIT title in his first.[2]
In April 2015, he was hired as head coach at Eastern Kentucky, replacing Jeff Neubauer. He used the full-court press and matchup zone defense he learned while an assistant for Rick Pitino.[1]
On February 26, 2018 McHale was dismissed by EKU after three seasons. [3]
^ abStory, Mark (April 18, 2015). "EKU hiring Dan McHale another milestone for the most unlikely 'coaching tree' in basketball — Bill Keightley's". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
^"Eastern Kentucky fires basketball coach Dan McHale after 3 seasons". ESPN. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
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mchale, born, 1979, former, american, college, basketball, coach, most, recently, served, special, assistant, head, coach, mexico, served, head, basketball, coach, eastern, kentucky, university, from, 2015, 2018, biographical, detailsborn1979, alma, materkentu. Dan McHale born 1979 is a former American college basketball coach who most recently served as the special assistant to the head coach at New Mexico He served as the head men s basketball coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2015 to 2018 Dan McHaleBiographical detailsBorn1979 age 44 45 Alma materKentuckyCoaching career HC unless noted 2002 2004Louisville staff assistant 2004 2005Manhattan director of ops 2005 2007Louisville director of video ops 2007 2010Iona assistant 2010 2013Seton Hall assistant 2013 2015Minnesota assistant 2015 2018Eastern Kentucky2019 2021New Mexico assistant 2021 2022New Mexico Special Assistant Head coaching recordOverall38 55 409 McHale a native of Chatham New Jersey graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2001 and was a student basketball manager there 1 He was a staff assistant at Louisville from 2002 to 2004 McHale spent a season at Manhattan as the director of operations before returning to Louisville as the director of video operations In 2007 he was hired as an assistant at Iona under Kevin Willard McHale recruited Scott Machado to Iona and helped the team to 21 wins in his third season He followed Willard to Seton Hall in 2010 He was hired at Minnesota in 2013 and spent two seasons as an assistant there earning an NIT title in his first 2 In April 2015 he was hired as head coach at Eastern Kentucky replacing Jeff Neubauer He used the full court press and matchup zone defense he learned while an assistant for Rick Pitino 1 On February 26 2018 McHale was dismissed by EKU after three seasons 3 On June 20 2019 McHale was hired by the University of New Mexico as an assistant coach under Paul Weir Head coaching record editStatistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing PostseasonEastern Kentucky Colonels Ohio Valley Conference 2015 2018 2015 16 Eastern Kentucky 15 16 6 10 5th East 2016 17 Eastern Kentucky 12 19 5 11 6th East 2017 18 Eastern Kentucky 11 20 5 13 T 9thEastern Kentucky 38 55 409 16 34 320 Total 38 55 409 References edit a b Story Mark April 18 2015 EKU hiring Dan McHale another milestone for the most unlikely coaching tree in basketball Bill Keightley s Lexington Herald Leader Retrieved August 18 2016 Dan McHale Introduced As New Coach Eastern Kentucky University Retrieved August 18 2016 Eastern Kentucky fires basketball coach Dan McHale after 3 seasons ESPN February 26 2018 Retrieved February 26 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dan McHale amp oldid 1212482633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
