Gerry McNamara has signed a deal to take over as the men's basketball coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and eventually ascending to associate head coach for the Orange.
McNamara's signing was announced by Siena on Friday and makes him a collegiate head coach for the first time. He replaces Siena alum Carmen Maciariello, who was fired after going 68-72 in five seasons at the school, including a 4-28 mark this season.
The 40-year-old McNamara remains the fourth-leading scorer in Syracuse history behind only Laurence Moten, Derrick Coleman and John Wallace. He started on Syracuse's 2003 national championship team that was led by Carmelo Anthony; McNamara had 18 points, all on 3-pointers, in the Orange's 81-78 win over
McNamara started all 135 games of his playing career at Syracuse and remains the school's all-time leader in 3-pointers made by a wide margin. His total of 400 stands well ahead of Buddy Boeheim andHe played in what is now called the NBA G League and in Europe before returning to Syracuse to coach. The tiny school has served as a springboard for coaches many times over the years: Fran McCaffery made three straight NCAA tournament runs at the school and has been atfor 14 seasons since leaving Siena; Paul Hewitt got his first Division I job at Siena and left after three seasons to takeThe school has even used the Syracuse-to-Siena path before.
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