Tim O'Shea

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Tim O'Shea
Biographical details
Born (1962-01-13) January 13, 1962 (age 62)
Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1984 Boston College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1985 Rhode Island (assistant)
1985–1986 Boston College (assistant)
1986–1988 Yale (assistant)
1988–1997Rhode Island (assistant)
1997–2001Boston College (assistant)
2001–2008 Ohio
2008–2018 Bryant
2020–present Naval Academy Prep
Head coaching record
Overall216–305
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC tournament (2005)
Awards
NEC Coach of the Year (2013)

Tim O'Shea (born January 13, 1962) is an American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach of the men's basketball team at Bryant University. He was previously the head coach at Ohio University. [1]

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Playing career

Born in Woodbury, New Jersey, O'Shea earned All-America accolades while playing at Wayland High School in Wayland, Massachusetts. He played college basketball at Boston College from 1980 to 1984 under Gary Williams. During his time at BC, O'Shea and the Eagles won two Big East regular-season titles. O'Shea also earned four postseason tournament berths during his career, with BC advancing twice to the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen and once to the Elite Eight.

O'Shea earned a bachelor's degree in communications with a minor in English from Boston College in 1984, then added a master's degree in counseling/psychology from BC two years later.

Coaching career

Upon graduation from Boston College, O'Shea became a graduate assistant at the University of Rhode Island (URI) for the 1984–85 season before returning to The Heights as a grad assistant at BC from 1985 to 1986. After a two-year stint as an assistant at Yale, O'Shea returned to URI, joining Al Skinner's staff, where he stayed for nine seasons. While on the Rams' staff, O'Shea was a part of two NCAA tournament bids along with two NIT bids. He is credited with recruiting Cuttino Mobley among others to URI. O'Shea followed Skinner and returned to his alma mater once again after Skinner accepted the Boston College job in 1997. He remained on the staff until 2001, when he landed his first head coaching gig at Ohio, just a year after the Eagles won both the Big East regular season and tournament titles, finishing with a 27–5 record and earning three-seed in the NCAA tournament.

Ohio

In his first season in charge of the Bobcats, O'Shea guided the team to a 17–11 record, including wins over DePaul and North Carolina. A year later, O'Shea and Ohio posted a 14–16 record, with the season highlighted by a victory over Virginia. [2]

Following the 2002–03 season, forward Brandon Hunter became the first Bobcat selected in the NBA draft since 1995 when the Boston Celtics selected him in the second round. A year later, after losing Hunter, sixth man Sonny Johnson and three-point shooter Steve Esterkamp, the 2003–04 Bobcats slipped to a 10–20 record, but bounced back in 2004–05, posting a 21–11 record en route to the NCAA tournament.

The 2004–05 Bobcats captured significant non-conference victories against San Francisco, Butler and Detroit, then won 11 of their last 15 contests down the stretch. O'Shea won the MAC tournament but their run ended in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Florida, falling 67–62, overcoming a 20-point second-half deficit, but coming up just short. [3]

With expectations high in 2005–06, O'Shea and Ohio compiled 19 victories before falling to eventual league champion Kent State in the MAC tournament semifinals. [4] The Bobcats registered victories at Marist, Rhode Island and Toledo, against Akron and Samford at home, and took 18th-ranked Kentucky to the wire in Cincinnati, Ohio. [5]

From 2003 until O'Shea's departure in 2008, Ohio would have five straight winning seasons with at least 19 wins each season. O'Shea was 120–95 in eight seasons in charge.

Bryant

O'Shea returned to his New England roots when he signed an eight-year contract to take over the head coaching duties at Bryant as the school transitioned to a full Division I member of the Northeast Conference. The Bulldogs broke through in the Bulldogs' first season of full Division I eligibility in 2012–13, winning 19 games and hosting a game in the College Basketball Invitational.

Bryant went 16–15 the following season with an NEC semifinal appearance, but the Bulldogs failed to make the NEC tournament in two of O'Shea's final three seasons at the helm, including an injury-plagued 2017–18 campaign in which Bryant's four leading scorers made a total of four starts together, all in the month of November.

On February 12, 2018, O'Shea announced his retirement from Bryant, effectively at the end of the 2017–18 season. [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference)(2001–2008)
2001–02 Ohio 17–1111–73rd (East)
2002–03 Ohio 14–168–105th (East)
2003–04 Ohio 10–207–115th (East)
2004–05 Ohio 21–1111–7T–2nd (East) NCAA Division I first round
2005–06 Ohio 19–1111–84th (East)
2006–07 Ohio 19–139–74th (East)
2007–08 Ohio 20–139–73rd (East)
Ohio:120–95 (.558)66–57 (.537)
Bryant Bulldogs (NCAA Division I independent)(2008–2009)
2008–09 Bryant 8–21
Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference)(2009–2018)
2009–10 Bryant 1–291–1712th
2010–11 Bryant 9–217–118th
2011–12 Bryant 2–281–1712th
2012–13 Bryant 19–1112–6T–2nd CBI first round
2013–14 Bryant 18–1410–63rd
2014–15 Bryant 16–1512–6T–2nd
2015–16 Bryant 8–235–139th
2016–17 Bryant 12–209–9T–5th
2017–18 Bryant 3–282–1610th
Bryant:96–210 (.314)59–101 (.369)
Total:216–305 (.415)

      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. ↑ Katz, Andy (June 19, 2008). "Source: O'Shea accepts 8-year deal to lead Bryant's foray into D-I". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Esterkamp lights up Cavaliers for 31 points". ESPN.com. February 27, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2023.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Florida blows 20-point lead, but still finds a way to win". ESPN.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved June 14, 2023.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Kent State 72, Ohio 59". ESPN.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved June 14, 2023.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Crawford, Bradley rescue Wildcats offense". ESPN.com. December 31, 2005. Retrieved June 14, 2023.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Men's basketball head coach Tim O'Shea to announce retirement Monday afternoon" (Press release). Bryant Athletics. February 11, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
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