Merrimack Warriors men's basketball

Merrimack Warriors
Merrimack Warriors
	2024–25 Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team
University	Merrimack College
Head coach	Joe Gallo (9th season)
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Location	North Andover, Massachusetts
Arena	Merrimack Athletics Complex ; (capacity: 1,200)
Nickname	Warriors
Colors	Blue and gold;
NCAA tournament round of 32
	2009, 2010, 2017, 2018
NCAA tournament appearances
	1977, 1978, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019; at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
	NE-10: 1992, 2000, 2019 ; NEC: 2023
Conference regular season champions
	NE-10: 2000 ; NEC: 2020, 2023, 2024

Last updated February 17, 2025

The Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team represents Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They are currently led by 9th year head coach Joe Gallo and play their home games in Hammel Court and Lawler Arena at the Merrimack Athletics Complex.

In their first year at the Division 1 level, the 2019–20 team went 14–4 in NEC play and won the regular season title, despite in the preseason being picked by the media to finish 11th out of 11 teams. Due to the NCAA's policy on reclassifying programs, the Warriors were not eligible to compete in the NCAA tournament or the NIT until the 2023–24 season.

Season-by-season record

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Joe Gallo (Northeast-10 Conference)(2016–2019)
2016–17	Joe Gallo	19–12	12–9	T–3rd (Northeast)	NCAA Division II Regional semifinals
2017–18	Joe Gallo	20–12	14–7	2nd (Northeast)	NCAA Division II Regional semifinals
2018–19	Joe Gallo	22–10	14–7	2nd (Northeast)	NCAA Division II first round
Joe Gallo:		61–34	40–23
Joe Gallo (Northeast Conference)(2019–present)
2019–20	Joe Gallo	20–11	14–4	1st	None
2020–21	Joe Gallo	9–9	9–9	T–5th
2021–22	Joe Gallo	14–16	10–8	4th	TBC
2022–23	Joe Gallo	18–16	12-4	1st
Joe Gallo:		122–86 (.587)	78–40 (.661)
Total:		122–86 (.587)
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

Postseason

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Warriors appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament eleven times.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2008	Round of 64	Bentley	L 68–81
2009	Round of 64 Round of 32	UMass Lowell Bentley	W 86–84 L 76–79
2010	Round of 64 Round of 32	UMass Lowell Bentley	W 81–62 L 79–83
2017	Round of 64 Round of 32	Le Moyne St. Thomas Aquinas	W 72–68 L 70–73
2018	Round of 64 Round of 32	Bridgeport Bloomfield	W 85–70 L 91–109
2019	First Round	Dominican (NY)	L 50–64

Head coaches

Coach	Tenure	Record	Conf. Titles	Regularseasontitles	NCAA Apps.	Nat. Champ
Joe Gallo	2016-Pres	143-98	2	3	3^	0
Bert Hammel	1980-2016	526-491	2^	1	6^	0
Frank T. Monahan	1970-80	128-134	0	0	2^	0
William S. LaRochelle	1958-70	153-116	0	0	0	0
Kevin Harrington	1954-58	28-53	0	0	0	0
Irman Pierce	1953-54	4-15	0	0	0	0
Larry Cicero	1950-53	24-30	0	0	0	0
Paul Lanni	1949-50	7-2	0	0	0	0

Player & Coaches Awards

NEC players of the year

Jordan Minor (2023)
Jordan Derkack (2024)

NEC Defensive players of the year

Juvaris Hayes (2020)

Jordan Minor (2023)
Jordan Derkack (2024)

NEC Rookie of the year

Javon Bennett (2023)
Adam “Budd” Clark (2024)

NEC Most improved player

Bryan Etumnu (2024)

NEC Coach of the year

Joe Gallo (2020)

Lefty Driesell Award

Juvaris Hayes (2020)

All-Americans

Roger Damphousse —1961, 1962
Ed Murphy — 1976, 1977, 1978
Dana Skinner —1978
Joe Dickson — 1982, 1983, 1984
Paul Neal — 1983
John McVeigh — 1997
Darren Duncan — 2009, 2010
Dee Mency — 2011
Wayne Mack — 2012
Juvaris Hayes — 2018, 2019, 2020

References

↑ "Facilities".
↑ "Merrimack College Brand Guidelines" . Retrieved February 22, 2017.

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[1] "Facilities".

[2] "Merrimack College Brand Guidelines" . Retrieved February 22, 2017.

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v t e Merrimack Warriors men's basketball
Venues	Merrimack Athletics Complex (1972–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Merrimack College
Facilities	Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge Merrimack Athletics Complex
Organizations	Center for Engaged Democracy
Athletics	Sports: Merrimack Warriors Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball Men's soccer Venues: Duane Stadium Merrimack Athletics Complex

v t e Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball
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Tournament & awards	MAAC men's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Rookie of the Year
Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23