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Tommy Dempsey has recorded 98 wins in his
five years as the Rider University head
coach, following a year as the interim
head coach, and 82 wins over the last
four years, the most wins in program
history over a four-year period.
Last season Dempsey led Rider to 23
wins, including victories over the
University of Southern California and
Texas Christian University, and guided
the Broncs to a third postseason
tournament in the last four years.
Dempsey, who owns the team record for
wins in a season at three different
colleges, has sent two players in the
last four years to an NBA training camp.
In 2010-11 Dempsey produced the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of
the Year and had players on the First,
Second and Third Team All-MAAC squads.
In 2007-08 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
seven seasons as a college head coach
Dempsey has compiled an overall record
of 169-62 (.732).
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 and a
MAAC All-Rookie Team member.
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.
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
(11), Emily (10), Brian (4) and Tyler
(2). He currently resides in Langhorne,
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