Dave Magarity

David William Magarity (born January 26, 1950) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Army Black Knights women's basketball team.[1] He previously served as the head men's basketball coach at St. Francis (PA) and Marist.[2]

Dave Magarity
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamArmy
ConferencePatriot
Record260–174 (.599)
Biographical details
Born (1950-01-26) January 26, 1950
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1968–1972Saint Francis (PA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1978Saint Francis (PA) (asst.)
1978–1983Saint Francis (PA)
1983–1986Iona (asst.)
1986–2004Marist
2005–2006Army (women's asst.)
2006–presentArmy (women's)
Head coaching record
Overall313–335 (.483) (men's)
260–174 (.599) (women's)

Coaching career

Magarity landed his first coaching job at his alma mater as an assistant coach in 1974, and was elevated to head coach at St. Francis in 1978, where he was 60-76 in five seasons.[2] After a three-year stop at Iona as an assistant under Pat Kennedy and participated in the 1984 and 1985 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament. Magarity accepted the head coaching position at Marist in 1986, where he stayed for 18 seasons, amassing a 253-259 record while guiding the Red Foxes to the 1987 NCAA Tournament with Rik Smits, as well as a National Invitational Tournament appearance in 1996. He won two ECAC Metro conference regular season titles, a tournament title, and one MAAC regular season title.[2][3]

Magarity stepped down from Marist after the 2004 season, and became an administrator for two seasons at both the MAAC and Mid-American Conference before joining Maggie Dixon's staff at Army as a women's basketball Associate Head coach.[4][1] After Dixon's death in 2006, Magarity was elevated to the position of head coach of the Black Knights.[5]

Personal life

Magarity's daughter Maureen is a former assistant of his at Army, and was the head coach at New Hampshire for 10 years before accepting the head coaching position at Holy Cross, like Army a member of the Patriot League. His son David played basketball at Marist.[6][7] He has several other family members who played basketball at NCAA Division I schools—sisters Anne and Rosemary respectively at La Salle and Villanova, brother Bill at Georgia, and Bill's daughter Regan at Virginia Tech.[8]

The January 9, 2021 game between Army and Holy Cross was the first time that a father and daughter coached against one another in Division I basketball.[8]

Head coaching record

Men
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Saint Francis Red Flash (NCAA Division I independent) (1978–1981)
1978–79 Saint Francis (PA) 13–13
1979–80 Saint Francis (PA) 12–16
1980–81 Saint Francis (PA) 17–10
Saint Francis Red Flash (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South) (1981–1984)
1981–82 Saint Francis (PA) 6–203–115th (South)
1982–83 Saint Francis (PA) 12–177–72nd (South)
Saint Francis (PA): 60–76 (.441)10–18 (.357)
Marist Red Foxes (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro/Northeast Conference) (1986–1997)
1986–87 Marist 20–1015–11stNCAA First Round
1987–88 Marist 18–913–3T–1st
1988–89 Marist 13–159–74th
1989–90 Marist 17–1110–63rd
1990–91 Marist 6–224–128th
1991–92 Marist 13–166–107th
1992–93 Marist 14–1610–84th
1993–94 Marist 14–1310–86th
1994–95 Marist 17–1312–63rd
1995–96 Marist 22–714–42nd
1996–97 Marist 6–224–149th
Marist Red Foxes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1997–2004)
1997–98 Marist 11–177–118th
1998–99 Marist 16–128–106th
1999–00 Marist 14–1410–84th
2000–01 Marist 17–1311–74th
2001–02 Marist 19–913–5T–1st
2002–03 Marist 13–168–106th
2003–04 Marist 6–224–149th
Marist: 253–259 (.494)168–144 (.538)
Total:313–335 (.483)

      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

Women
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Army Black Knights (Patriot League) (2006–present)
2006–07 Army 24–611–32nd
2007–08 Army 18–129–54th
2008–09 Army 19–128–65th
2009–10 Army 11–175–94th
2010–11 Army 13–167–75th
2011–12 Army 14–168–64th
2012–13 Army 22–911–31stWNIT First Round
2013–14 Army 25–814–42ndNCAA First Round
2014–15 Army 23–814–42ndWNIT First Round
2015–16 Army 29–317–11stNCAA Division I First Round
2016–17 Army 22–912–63rd
2017–18 Army 17–149–94th
2018–19 Army 11-196-127th
2019–20 Army 8–204–139th
2020–21 Army 4–41–2
Army: 260–174 (.599)135–88 (.605)
Total:260–174 (.599)

      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

References
  1. "Army West Point Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". goarmywestpoint.com.
  2. "Dave Magarity Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/marist.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/11/10/Marist_MBB_17_18.pdf
  4. "Dave Magarity Relinquishes Men's Coaching Duties - Marist College". Marist College.
  5. "Army Women's Team Trying to Move Forward - washingtonpost.com" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. "Dave Magarity College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  7. "UNH Wildcats - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". www.unhwildcats.com.
  8. Voepel, Mechelle (January 9, 2021). "Women's college basketball coaching clash provides ultimate #GirlDad moment". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2021.


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