Phil Martelli

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Phil Martelli is the current basketball coach of the Saint Joseph's University Hawks and maintains an impressive resume. In his first season as head coach (1995-96) his team reached the final game of the NIT Tournament. In Martelli's second year, under the floor generalship of Junior point guard Rashid Bey, and help from Arthur "Yah" Davis and Dmitri Domani, Martelli's hawks captured the Atlantic 10 crown and made it into the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA tournament. After that year they would run into a road block until the successful recruitment of eventual Naismith College Player of the Year Jameer Nelson and current NBA player Delonte West. With Nelson as point guard, Martelli led the 2003-04 Hawks to a 27-0 regular season. The Hawks lost to Xavier University in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, and reached the Elite Eight, ultimately losing to Oklahoma State to finish with a record of 30-2. That year, Martelli was named Naismith College Coach of the Year. In 2004-05, Martelli led the Hawks back to the final game of the NIT, where they lost to South Carolina. In 2005-06, the Hawks returned to the NIT, eventually losing to Hofstra University.