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Tommy Dempsey has recorded 58 wins in his
three years as the Rider University head
coach, the most wins in program history
over a three year period.
Last season Dempsey, who now owns the team
record for wins in a season at three
different colleges, led Rider to
postseason play for the second consecutive
season in the CollegeBasketballInsider.com
Tournament, produced another Metropolitan
Basketball Writers Association All-Met
selection (Ryan Thompson) and produced
another Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
All-Rookie Team member (Novar Gadson).
In 2008 Dempsey was named MAAC Coach of
the Year and was also honored with the
Peter A. Carlisimo Award as the Division I
Metropolitan Basketball Writers
Association Coach of the Year.
Dempsey took a team with eight wins in
2006 and led it to 16 wins in 2007 and to
a program-best 23 wins in 2008. In six
seasons as a college head coach Dempsey
has compiled an overall record of 146-51
(.769).
On an interim basis, Dempsey returned to
the head coaching ranks in 2005-06, where
he had experienced nothing but success in
the past. That year the Broncs had four
freshmen and a sophomore among the top
eight players on the team and produced an
All-MAAC selection (Jason Thompson) and a
MAAC All-Rookie Team member (Lamar
Johnson).
In 2006-07, his first full year as the
head coach, Dempsey's team doubled its win
total from the previous season and was the
only Division I team in New Jersey (out of
eight) to finish with a winning record. It
was Rider's sixth winning season in eight
years. His first squad as the head coach
produced a first team All-MAAC selection
and MAAC Defensive Player of the Year
(Thompson).
In 2007-08 Dempsey's team earned the first
postseason berth for Rider in ten years
when the Broncs competed in the inaugural
College Basketball Invitational
tournament, losing at Old Dominion 68-65.
The 2007-08 Broncs were one of the most
celebrated teams in program history,
winning a MAAC regular season
championship, establishing a program-best
23 wins and culminating with Jason
Thompson becoming the 12th pick by the
Sacramento Kings in the NBA draft.
As a head coach prior to Rider, Dempsey
took two different institutions to the
NJCAA Final Four, including a trip to the
National Championship game in 2003. In
three years as head coach on the junior
college level, Dempsey compiled an 88-12
record including a perfect 46-0 record at
home and was twice a finalist for National
Coach of the Year honors.
At Lackawanna College, Dempsey reached the
Division II National Title Game in 2003
and was the Region 19 and District 9 Coach
of the Year, taking a team that was not in
the preseason top 40 and finishing
National Runner-Up with a school-record 33
wins.
Dempsey spent the 2000-01 and 2001-02
seasons at Keystone College. He was named
the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate
Conference Coach of the Year in 2001 after
taking over an 11-12 team and winning 26
games and a conference championship in his
first season. In 2001-02 Dempsey's team
again won the conference championship,
with Dempsey earning Region 19 and
District 6 Coach of the Year honors while
leading Keystone to the NJCAA Division III
Final four and a team-record 29 wins.
Dempsey left Keystone after compiling a
55-8 record in two seasons.
Dempsey began his head coaching career at
age 24 at Wyoming Seminary Preparatory
School in Kingston, Pa., in 1999. Dempsey
is a former assistant coach to Frank
Marcinek at Susquehanna University where
he was a former player. Dempsey was a
three-year letter-winner in basketball and
team captain in 1996-97 at Susquehanna.
Dempsey received his bachelor's degree
from Susquehanna University and master's
degree from Bloomsburg University. Dempsey
came to Rider from Scranton, Pa. with his
wife Amy and children Tommy (9), Emily (8)
Brian (2) and Tyler (infant). He currently
resides in Langhorne, Pa. |
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