Nick DiPillo

Last updated
Nick DiPillo
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Le Moyne
Conference NEC
Biographical details
Alma mater Fairleigh Dickinson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005 Kean University (asst.)
2005–2009 New York Liberty (asst.)
2014–2017 Seton Hall (player development)
2018–2019Seton Hall (asst.)
2019–2022 Scranton
2022–2023 Pittsburgh (asst.)
2023–2024 Bowling Green (asst.)
2024–present Le Moyne
Head coaching record
Overall58–8 (.879)

Nick DiPillo is the head coach for Le Moyne. [1] He was previously an assistant coach for Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball program. [2] Prior to his time with the Falcons, DiPillo was the head coach of the women's basketball team at Scranton from 2019 to 2022.

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Early life and education

DiPillo is from North Brunswick, NJ. He played collegiate basketball for Rutgers–Camden before transferring to Fairleigh Dickinson [3] [4] [5]

Career

DiPillo started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Kean University men's basketball team. The Cougars compiled a 34–19 record during his two-year stint and captured the ECAC Metro Championship in 2005.

He then served as an assistant coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA from 2004 to the spring of 2009. He would help the Liberty make four playoff appearances (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008). Among other roles, DiPillo served as post coach for the Liberty. He also coached a trio of WNBA All-Stars and three Olympians while with the Liberty, including 2007 WNBA Most Improved Player Janel McCarville.

From 2010 to 2014, DiPillo served as a skills trainer and camp director at the Monroe Sports Center in Monroe, New Jersey. [6]

In 2014, DiPillo served as Seton Hall's program director of player development. His last two seasons, he was an assistant coach. The Pirates were 94-66 in the five seasons DiPillo was on the staff. In 2015, Seton Hall won their first Big East Conference championship in program history and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995. [7] [8]

On June 12, 2019, DiPillo was named seventh head coach in the University of Scranton women's basketball program's 45-year history. [9] In three seasons, DiPillo compiled a 58-8 record and two Landmark Conference championships and a NCAA Sweet Sixteen birth.

On June 21, 2022, DiPillo was hired as an assistant coach of Pittsburgh. [10] [11]

In May of 2023, DiPillo joined Bowling Green as an assistant basketball coach. [12]

In May 2024, DiPillo was named as the head coach of the Le Moyne College women's basketball program. [13]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Scranton Lady Royals (Landmark Conference)(2019–2022)
2019–20Scranton 24–412–21st NCAA First Round
2020–21Scranton 7–16–11st Tournament canceled - COVID-19
2021–22Scranton 27–314–01st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Scranton:58–8 (.879)32–3 (.914)
Total:58–8 (.879)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. ↑ "NICK DIPILLO NAMED HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH". Le Moyne College Athletics. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Nick DiPillo 2023-24 Season" BGSU Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Athlete Spotlight Nick DiPillo" sjsports. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  4. ↑ "Nick DiPillo" SRCBB. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  5. ↑ "Nick DiPillo" ESPN. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Nick DiPillo 2023-24 Season" BGSU Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  7. ↑ "Nick DiPillo Seton Hall" Seton Hall Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  8. ↑ "Nick DiPillo Scranton " Scranton Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  9. ↑ "DiPillo named Head Women's Basketball Coach at Scranton". Whoop dirt. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Nick DiPillo named women's basketball assistant coach " Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  11. ↑ "Nick DiPillo women's basketball" Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  12. ↑ "Bowling Green Women’s Basketball Staff Update" Whoop dirt. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
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