Pete Gillen
Alma Mater:
Fairfield (CT)
Class of:
Hometown:
Brooklyn, NY
High School:
Prep
- Won five Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament titles with Xavier (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991)
- Xavier's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at Hawaii under Bruce O'Neil for one season in 1975-76, at Virginia Military under Charlie Schmaus for two seasons in 1976-77 and 1977-78, at Villanova under Rollie Massimino for two seasons in 1978-79 and 1979-80, and at Notre Dame under Digger Phelps for five seasons from 1980-81 through 1984-85
- Major-college career playing statistics under George Bisacca (1.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 33.3 FG%, 66.7 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/UPI/USA)--1988 (18/NR/NR), 1990 (25/NR/17), 1993 (NR/NR/23), 1997 (NR/15) and 2001 (16/21)
- All-Americans (one): Xavier's Byron Larkin (1988).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25-5 | 10-2 | 1st | MW Collegiate | NCAA (0-1) | ||
19-13 | 7-5 | T-3rd | MW Collegiate | NCAA (1-1) | ||
26-4 | 9-1 | 1st | MW Collegiate | NCAA (0-1) | ||
21-12 | 7-5 | 3rd | MW Collegiate | NCAA (0-1) | ||
28-5 | 12-2 | 1st | MW Collegiate | NCAA (2-1) | ||
22-10 | 11-3 | 1st | MW Collegiate | NCAA (1-1) | ||
15-12 | 7-3 | T-2nd | MW Collegiate | DNP | ||
24-6 | 12-2 | T-1st | MW Collegiate | NCAA (1-1) | ||
22-8 | 8-2 | 1st | MW Collegiate | NIT (2-1) | ||
17-13 | 7-11 | T-6th | NIT (1-1) | |||
18-12 | 9-9 | 3rd | Big East 7 | NIT (1-1) | ||
24-12 | 10-8 | T-2nd | Big East 7 | NCAA (3-1) | ||
13-16 | 7-11 | 4th | Big East 7 | DNP | ||
14-16 | 4-12 | 9th | DNP | |||
19-12 | 9-7 | T-3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
20-9 | 9-7 | 4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
17-12 | 7-9 | T-5th | NIT (0-1) | |||
16-16 | 6-10 | T-6th | NIT (1-1) | |||
18-13 | 6-10 | T-7th | NIT (1-1) | |||
14-15 | 4-12 | T-10th | DNP |
- 20-Year Coaching Record: 392-221 (.639) overall
- 202-75 (.729) in nine years at Xavier
- 72-53 (.576) in four years at Providence
- 118-93 (.559) in seven years at Virginia
- 83-25 (.769) in Midwestern Collegiate Conference
- 33-39 (.458) in Big East Conference
- 45-67 (.402) in Atlantic Coast Conference
- 17-4 (.810) in Midwestern Collegiate Tournament
- 5-4 (.556) in Big East Tournament
- 2-7 (.222) in ACC Tournament
- 8-9 (.471) in NCAA Tournament
- 6-7 (.462) in NIT