Central Connecticut Blue Devils | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Northeast Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Florence, South Carolina, U.S. | December 28, 1968
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Wilson (Florence, South Carolina) |
College | Central Connecticut (1987–1991) |
NBA draft | 1991: undrafted |
Playing career | 1991–1993 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Coaching career | 1994–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1991–1993 | Middlesbrough Mohawks |
As coach: | |
1994–1997 | St. Thomas Aquinas HS (CT) (assistant) |
1997–1999 | St. Thomas Aquinas HS (CT) |
1999–2003 | Central Connecticut (assistant) |
2003–2004 | Massachusetts (assistant) |
2004–2007 | Connecticut (DBO) |
2007–2010 | Connecticut (associate HC) |
2010–2011 | Shanxi Zhongyu (assistant) |
2011–2013 | Hofstra (assistant) |
2013–2015 | Creighton (assistant) |
2015–2017 | DePaul (assistant) |
2017–2019 | Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant) |
2019–2021 | Fairfield (assistant) |
2021–present | Central Connecticut |
Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach:
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Patrick Sellers (born December 28, 1968) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Central Connecticut State University. [1]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Central Connecticut Blue Devils (Northeast Conference)(2021–present) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Central Connecticut | 8–24 | 5–13 | T–8th | |||||
2022–23 | Central Connecticut | 10–22 | 7–9 | T–7th | |||||
2023–24 | Central Connecticut | 20–11 | 13–3 | T–1st | |||||
Central Connecticut: | 38–57 (.400) | 25–25 (.500) | |||||||
Total: | 38–57 (.400) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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