Roland "Rollie" Massimino

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Hillside, NJ
  • Coach of NCAA Tournament champion in 1985
  • Coach of 1977 NIT third-place team
  • Coach of two Eastern Athletic Association Tournament champions--1978 and 1980
  • Assistant coach at Penn under Chuck Daly for two seasons in 1971-72 and 1972-73
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (three: AP/UPI/USA)--1983 (13/11/11), 1985 (NR/NR/1), 1988 (NR/NR/11) and 1993 (25/21/NR)
  • All-Americans (two): Villanova's John Pinone (1983) and UNLV's J.R. Rider (1993).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1969-70

Stony Brook

19-6

9-0

1st

Knickerbocker

DIII (0-1)

1970-71

Stony Brook

15-10

7-2

T-2nd

Knickerbocker

DNP

1973-74

Villanova

7-19

DNP

1974-75

Villanova

9-18

DNP

1975-76

Villanova

16-11

DNP

1976-77

Villanova

23-10

6-1

2nd

ECBL East

NIT (3-1)

1977-78

Villanova

23-9

7-3

T-1st

Eastern 8

NCAA (2-1)

1978-79

Villanova

15-13

9-1

1st

Eastern 8

DNP

1979-80

Villanova

23-8

7-3

T-1st

Eastern 8

NCAA (1-1)

1980-81

Villanova

20-11

8-6

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1981-82

Villanova

24-8

11-3

1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

1982-83

Villanova

24-8

12-4

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

1983-84

Villanova

19-12

12-4

T-2nd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1984-85

Villanova

25-10

9-7

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (6-0)

1985-86

Villanova

23-14

10-6

4th

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1986-87

Villanova

15-16

6-10

6th

Big East

NIT (0-1)

1987-88

Villanova

24-13

9-7

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (3-1)

1988-89

Villanova

18-16

7-9

T-5th

Big East

NIT (2-1)

1989-90

Villanova

18-15

8-8

T-5th

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

1990-91

Villanova

17-15

7-9

T-7th

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1991-92

Villanova

14-15

11-7

4th

Big East

NIT (0-1)

1992-93

UNLV

21-8

13-5

2nd

Big West

NIT (0-1)

1993-94

UNLV

15-12

10-8

T-5th

Big West

DNP

1996-97

Cleveland State

9-19

6-10

T-6th

MW Collegiate

DNP

1997-98

Cleveland State

12-15

6-8

T-5th

MW Collegiate

DNP

1998-99

Cleveland State

14-14

6-8

5th

MW Collegiate

DNP

1999-00

Cleveland State

16-14

9-5

2nd

MW Collegiate

DNP

2000-01

Cleveland State

19-13

9-5

3rd

MW Collegiate

DNP

2001-02

Cleveland State

12-16

6-10

7th

Horizon

DNP

2002-03

Cleveland State

8-22

3-13

9th

Horizon

DNP

2006-07

Northwood (FL)

23-9

9-3

Florida Sun

NAIA II (0-1)

2007-08

Northwood (FL)

27-8

12-2

Florida Sun

NAIA II (2-1)

2008-09

Northwood (FL)

27-6

11-3

Florida Sun

NAIA II (1-1)

2009-10

Northwood (FL)

27-6

Florida Sun

DNP

2010-11

Northwood (FL)

  • 34-Year Coaching Record: 619-420 (.596) overall
  • 34-16 (.680) in two years at SUNY-Stony Brook
  • 357-241 (.597) in 19 years at Villanova
  • 36-20 (.643) in two years at UNLV
  • 90-113 (.443) in seven years at Cleveland State
  • 104-29 (.782) in first four years at Northwood (FL)
  • 16-2 (.889) in Knickerbocker Conference
  • 29-8 (.784) in ECBL/Eastern 8 Conference (forerunner of Atlantic 10)
  • 110-80 (.579) in Big East Conference
  • 23-13 (.639) in Big West Conference
  • 45-59 (.433) in Midwestern Collegiate Conference/Horizon League
  • 44-12 (.786) in Florida Sun Conference
  • 9-2 (.818) in Eastern 8 Tournament
  • 13-12 (.520) in Big East Tournament
  • 2-2 (.500) in Big West Tournament
  • 3-7 (.300) in Midwestern Collegiate/Horizon Tournament
  • 0-1 (.000) in NCAA Division III Tournament
  • 20-10 (.667) in NCAA Division I Tournament
  • 5-5 (.500) in NIT
  • 3-3 (.500) in NAIA II Tournament