Tim Cluess

Tim Cluess

Biographical details
Born	(1959-03-09) March 9, 1959 Queens, New York
Playing career
1979–1981	St. John's
1982–1983	Hofstra
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–2005	Saint Mary's HS
2005–2006	Suffolk CC
2006–2010	LIU Post
2010–2020	Iona
Head coaching record
Overall	300–138 (college) 22–10 (junior college) 265–78 (high school)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 ECC regular season (2008–2010) 2 ECC Tournament (2008, 2009) 4 MAAC regular season (2012, 2014, 2015, 2019) 5 MAAC Tournament (2013, 2016–2019)
Awards
2× MAAC Coach of the Year (2014, 2019)

Timothy Michael Cluess (born March 9, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the head men's basketball coach at Iona College; a position he took over from Kevin Willard on April 8, 2010. He is also a former coach of Long Island University–C.W. Post.

Cluess posted a 120–33 record in five seasons as a head coach at the college level at both C.W. Post and Suffolk County Community College. He led the C.W. Post Pioneers to three straight first-place finishes in the East Coast Conference including two tournament titles in 2007–08 and 2008–09. The Pioneers held a perfect 24–0 regular season record in 2008–09 en route to an NCAA Division II Elite Eight Tournament appearance and a 30–1 final record.

Prior to his collegiate experience, Cluess was the head coach of Saint Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York for 14 seasons. Cluess's Gaels won four Class A New York State Catholic High School Athletic Association (NYSCHSAA) championships and two New York State Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Associations (NYSFSSA) championships. However the team, who played in the Class A Division, failed to advance past the New York City representative from the much stronger Class AA Division each time they attempted to advance in the Class AA Division for the right to play in the NYS Class AA Federation Tournament.

In 2004–05, Saint Mary's posted a 25–1 overall record. The lone loss came against a New York City team, Xaverian, from the class AA Division as St. Mary's once again failed to advance past New York City in the Class AA Division.

Born in Queens, New York, Cluess played college basketball at St. John's (1979–81) and Hofstra (1982–83) before embarking on professional stints in Europe and Australia.

Head coaching record

Junior college

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Suffolk Sharks (Region XV) (2005–2006)
2005–06	Suffolk	22–10
Suffolk:		22–10 (.688)
Total:		22–10 (.688)

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
LIU Post Pioneers (East Coast Conference) (2006–2010)
2006–07	LIU Post	19–11	13–7	3rd
2007–08	LIU Post	26–5	18–2	1st	NCAA Division II Regionals
2008–09	LIU Post	30–1	18–0	1st	NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2009–10	LIU Post	23–6	18–3	T–1st
LIU Post:		98–23 (.810)	67–12 (.848)
Iona Gaels (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2010–2020)
2010–11	Iona	25–12	13–5	2nd	CIT Runner-up
2011–12	Iona	25–8	15–3	1st	NCAA Division I First Four
2012–13	Iona	20–14	11–7	4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2013–14	Iona	22–11	17–3	1st	NIT First Round
2014–15	Iona	26–9	17–3	1st	NIT First Round
2015–16	Iona	22–11	16–4	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2016–17	Iona	22–13	12–8	T–3rd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2017–18	Iona	20–14	11–7	4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2018–19	Iona	17–16	12–6	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Iona:		199–108 (.648)	124–46 (.729)
Total:		297–131 (.694)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Iona profile