Dwayne Killings

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Dwayne Killings
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Albany
Conference America East
Record37–61 (.378)
Biographical details
Born (1981-04-04) April 4, 1981 (age 43)
Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2001 UMass
2001–2003 Hampton
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2006 Charlotte Hornets (special asst.)
2010–2011 Boston University (assistant)
2011–2016 Temple (assistant)
2016–2018 Connecticut (assistant)
2018–2021 Marquette (asst./associate HC)
2021–present Albany
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2003–2006 Charlotte Hornets (VC)
2006–2009 Temple (asst. DBO)
2009–2010NBA D-League (admin)
Head coaching record
Overall37–61 (.378)

Dwayne Killings (born April 4, 1981) is an American basketball player and current head coach for the Albany Great Danes men's basketball team. [1]

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Playing career

Killings was a walk-on player at UMass from 1999 to 2001, before transferring to Hampton University for his final two years of college. [2]

Coaching career

Killings began coaching right after graduating from college, joining the staff of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats as a special assistant and video coordinator. [3] In 2006, he became the assistant director of basketball operators at Temple. Following three years with the Owls, Killings started working in the NBA D-League monitoring player development and progress. He began his first job as an assistant coach for college basketball in 2010 at Boston University, where he helped lead the team to a conference championship and an NCAA tournament appearance. [4] In 2011, Killings returned to Temple, this time as an assistant coach helping to lead the team to two regular season conference titles and three NCAA tournament bids. In 2016, Killings was named an assistant coach at Connecticut. [5] [6] [2] [7] However, after two years on the staff, Killings was let go by Connecticut after the firing of head coach Kevin Ollie in March 2018. A few weeks later, on April 12, it was announced that Killings was hired as an assistant at Marquette. [8]

On March 17, 2021, Killings was named the 16th head coach in Albany basketball history, replacing Will Brown. [1] [9] He finished 13–18 in his first season, earning sixth place in the America East Conference. [10]

On March 28, 2022, it was revealed that Killings had been put on leave for the several weeks as Albany investigated an incident where Killings allegedly made incidental contact with a player of his before a game. [11] On April 2, Killings was suspended five games and fined $25,000 by Albany. He claimed the incident occurred in a pregame hype circle in November. [12] In November 2022, Killings was sued by former player Luke Fizulich, who alleged that Killings "violently and viciously grabbed him, threw him up against a locker and struck him in the face, drawing blood." [13] In January 2023, Killings was charged with fourth-degree misdemeanor assault against Fizulich in the state of Kentucky; he pled not guilty. [14] [15] In March 2023, the court resolved the issue by planning to drop the charge in a year if Killings completed a class in "correctional thinking". [16]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Albany Great Danes (America East)(2021–present)
2021–22 Albany 13–189–96th
2022–23 Albany 8–233–139th
2023–24 Albany 13–195–118th
2024–25 Albany 3–10–0
Albany:37–61 (.378)17–33 (.340)
Total:37–61 (.378)

      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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