Gerry McNamara will be the new head men’s basketball coach at Siena College.
McNamara, who grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has spent the entirety of his coaching career at Syracuse. McNamara initially came to Syracuse as a graduate assistant, but Boeheim hired him as a full-time assistant coach in 2011-12 and assigned him to coach the guard groups.
“He’s as ready to be a head coach as anybody I’ve ever worked with,” Boeheim said during a recent telephone conversation. “He understands the game, he understands people. He’s really good with people, he’s a really good recruiter. He sees the game as well as anybody, understands what it takes to win and knows how to push people. I would say he’s one of the two most competitive players I’ve ever coached. Sherman Douglas and him.”
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