Joe Gallo (basketball)

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Joe Gallo
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Merrimack
Conference MAAC
Record143–98 (.593)
Biographical details
Born (1980-02-08) February 8, 1980 (age 44)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
2000–2004 Merrimack
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2009 Merrimack (assistant)
2010–2012 Dartmouth (assistant)
2012–2016 Robert Morris (assistant)
2016–presentMerrimack
Head coaching record
Overall143–98 (.593)
Tournaments2–3 (NCAA Division II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Northeast-10 tournament (2019)
NEC regular season (2020, 2023, 2024)
NEC tournament (2023)
Awards
NEC Coach of the Year (2020)

Joe Gallo (born February 8, 1980) is an American college basketball head coach and former player for the Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team. He was previously an assistant coach for Dartmouth and Robert Morris before he was hired as head coach at Merrimack in 2016. [1]

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Playing career

Gallo, a native of Milltown, New Jersey, played high school basketball at Princeton Day School before playing college basketball at Merrimack College. [2]

Coaching career

Gallo began his coaching career in 2005 as an assistant at Merrimack a year after he was a player for the Warriors. In 2010, Gallo was hired as an assistant under head coach Paul Cormier at Dartmouth. He was hired as an assistant under Andrew Toole at Robert Morris 2012. In 2016, Gallo was hired as head coach at his alma mater, Merrimack, replacing Bert Hammel. [3] After leading Merrimack to a Northeast Conference regular season title in 2020, its first season in Division I, Gallo was named conference coach of the year. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Merrimack Warriors (Northeast-10 Conference)(2016–2019)
2016–17Merrimack 19–1212–9T–3rd (Northeast) NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
2017–18Merrimack 20–1214–72nd (Northeast) NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
2018–19Merrimack 22–1014–72nd (Northeast) NCAA Division II First Round
Merrimack Warriors (Northeast Conference)(2019–2024)
2019–20 Merrimack 20–1114–41st
2020–21 Merrimack 9–99–9T–5th
2021–22 Merrimack 14–1610–84th
2022–23 Merrimack 18–1612–41st
2023–24 Merrimack 21–1213–3T–1st
Merrimack Warriors (MAAC)(2024–present)
2024–25 Merrimack 0–00–0
Merrimack:143–98 (.593)98–51 (.658)
Total:143–98 (.593)

      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. "Merrimack College introduces new Men's Basketball head coach Joe Gallo". Merrimack.edu. May 11, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. Joe Gallo. RMUColonials.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
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