Pete Gillen

Pete Gillen
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	College Basketball Analyst CBS College Sports Network
Biographical details
Born	June 20, 1947 (1947-06-20) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Playing career
1964–1968	Fairfield
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1976 1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1985 1985–1994 1994–1998 1998–2005	Hawaii (asst.) VMI (asst.) Villanova (asst.) Notre Dame (asst.) Xavier Providence Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall	392–221 (.639)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards 1994 FIBA World Championship Gold Medal Xavier University Sports Hall of Fame Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame 5-Star Basketball Hall of Fame Jim Valvano Nike Basketball Hall of Fame New York City Basketball Hall of Fame

Pete Gillen (born June 20, 1947) is an American former college basketball head coach of the Division I Xavier Musketeers, Providence Friars and Virginia Cavaliers and is a member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. Gillen is currently a college basketball analyst with the CBS Sports Network.

Biography

Playing career

Gillen was two sport athlete in baseball and basketball at Fairfield University where he received his bachelor’s degree in English Literature in 1968.

Coaching career

Coach Gillen began his coaching career at his high school alma mater Brooklyn Prep where he was an English teacher. He soon moved to the collegiate level when he joined the coaching staff of the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, with Rick Pitino as one of his fellow assistants. Gillen followed that with subsequent assistant coaching stints at the Virginia Military Institute; Villanova University under Rollie Massimino, and the University of Notre Dame under Digger Phelps from 1980 to 1985.

He was head basketball coach at Xavier University from 1985 to 1994, Providence College from 1994 to 1998, and the University of Virginia from 1998 to 2005.

At Xavier, Gillen compiled an impressive record, taking the Musketeers to the NCAA tournament seven times and to the NIT tournament once (1994). Gillen is still the most successful coach in school history at Xavier, having won 202 games in the third-longest tenure ever for a XU coach.

Following his success at Xavier, Gillen was hired at Providence to replace Rick Barnes, who had left to coach Clemson University. He followed PC's 1994 Big East title with two trips to the NIT before the Friar's 1997 run to the Elite Eight, upsetting Marquette and Duke and beating Chattanooga before losing in overtime to eventual national champion Arizona.

Following a tough 1997–98 year, where he lost four starters (three to graduation, and one (God Shammgod) to the NBA draft), Gillen moved on, replacing Jeff Jones at Virginia, who resigned on March 15, 1998 after eight years as the Cavaliers’ head coach. Gillen's seven Virginia teams compiled an overall record of 118–93 and competed in five postseason tournaments. The Cavaliers participated in the 2001 NCAA Tournament and in the National Invitation Tournament four times. He resigned after the 2004–05 season.

In September 2008, Gillen was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Kenny Anderson, Sam Perkins and Rod Strickland, and pioneers Lou Bender and Eddie Younger.

USA Basketball

Coach Gillen was an assistant coach under Don Nelson for the US national team during the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.

Broadcasting career

Gillen is currently a college basketball analyst with the CBS College Sports Network.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Xavier Musketeers (Midwestern Collegiate) (1985–1994)
1985–1986	Xavier	25–5	10–2	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1986–1987	Xavier	19–13	7–5	T–3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
1987–1988	Xavier	26–4	9–1	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1988–1989	Xavier	21–12	7–5	3rd	NCAA 1st Round
1989–1990	Xavier	28–5	12–2	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1990–1991	Xavier	22–10	11–3	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1991–1992	Xavier	15–12	7–3	T–2nd
1992–1993	Xavier	24–6	12–2	T–1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1993–1994	Xavier	22–8	8–2	1st	NIT 3rd Round
Xavier:		202–75	83–25
Providence Friars (Big East) (1994–1998)
1994–1995	Providence	17–13	7–11	T–6th	NIT 2nd Round
1995–1996	Providence	18–12	9–9	3rd(BE7)	NIT 2nd Round
1996–1997	Providence	24–12	10–8	2nd(BE7)	NCAA Elite 8
1997–1998	Providence	13–16	7–11	4th(BE7)
Providence:		72–53	53–39
Virginia Cavaliers (ACC) (1998–2005)
1998–1999	Virginia	14–16	4–12	9th
1999–2000	Virginia	19–12	9–7	3rd	NIT 1st Round
2000–2001	Virginia	20–9	9–7	4th	NCAA 1st Round
2001–2002	Virginia	17–12	7–9	T–5th	NIT 1st Round
2002–2003	Virginia	16–16	6–10	T–6th	NIT 2nd Round
2003–2004	Virginia	18–13	6–10	T–7th	NIT 2nd Round
2004–2005	Virginia	14–15	4–12	T–10th
Virginia:		118–93	45–67
Total:		392–221
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Xavier University: Pete Gillen