Ed DeChellis
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Penn State | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | November 14, 1958 | |
| Place of birth |  Monaca, Pennsylvania |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| SoCon Tournament Championship (2003) SoCon Regular Season Championship (2001, 2002) |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1996 1996–2003 2003–present |
Penn State (asst.) Salem International (asst.) Penn State (asst.) East Tennessee State Penn State |
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Ed DeChellis (born November 14, 1958), is the current head men's basketball coach at Penn State University. Prior to coaching the Nittany Lions, Ed was the head coach at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. DeChellis's years at East Tennessee State yielded three conference division titles and one NCAA Tournament berth. He accepted the head coaching job at Penn State in 2003.
2003-04 Season: In his first year at Penn State, DeChellis guided the Nittany Lions to a 9-19 record. This season and was mired by the transfer of players such as Brandon Cameron, DeForrest Riley-Smith during the 2003-04 season. At the conclusion of the season, Robert Summers transferred to West Virginia and Jan Jagla went on to play professionally. One bright spot in the otherwise dreadful season was the play of freshman guards Ben Luber and Marlon Smith. Smith was named to the Big Ten conference all-freshman team.
2004-05 Season: DeChellis's second year actually was worse than his first year at Penn State. The Nittany Lions finished 7-23 with a 1-15 record in the Big Ten Conference. Travis Parker transferred from a Junior College and added much needed size to front line. Freshmen Danny Morrissey, Mike Walker, Brandon Hassell, and Geary Claxton were forced to play meaningful minutes due to the teams lack of depth. Claxton was named to the Big Ten conference all-freshman team. At the conclusion of the season, Aaron Johnson transferred.
2005-06 Season: The 2005-06 campaign was by far DeChellis's most successful season with the Nittany Lions. Prior to the season, DeChellis and his staff added Milos Bogetic, Max Dubois, Joonas Suotamo, David (Mooch) Jackson, and Jamelle Cornley. The Lions finished with 15-15 record with an appearance in the Post season NIT The Lions were sparked by the inspired play from senior forward Travis Parker, sophomore forward Geary Claxton, and freshman forward Jamelle Cornley. The Nittany Lions crowning achievement was its win at then 6th-ranked Illinois. The Lions won 66-65. By beating Illinois, Penn State ended the nation's longest home winning streak. At the conclusion of the season, Cornley was named Big Ten Freshman-of-the Year, and Claxton was named to the 3rd Team All-Big Ten.
2006-07 Season: After experiencing some success the previous year, expectations were high coming into the 2006-07 season. The Nittany Lions returned everyone except Parker and added Danny Morrissey(back from a torn ACL)and freshmen David (D.J) Jackson and Andrew Jones. Sports Illustrated picked the Lions to make the NCAA Tournament in its preview issue. Unfortunately for the DeChellis and the Lions, the team did not even come close to fulfilling expectations. The Lions finished with an 11-19 record and a 2-14 record in Conference. The team was limited with injuries for a good portion of the year with senior guard Ben Luber, and junior forward Geary Claxton sidelined for a few games.
2007-08 Penn State entertained hopes of being a dark-horse contender in the Big Ten this season and possibly even winning enough games to snare its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2001.
However, those hopes were dashed in early January, when senior forward Geary Claxton went down to a season-ending knee injury in the Nittany Lions’ fourth conference game. Throw in the fact that Penn State’s second-best player, junior forward Jamelle Cornley, battled a bruised knee all season, and the Nittany Lions were fortunate to go 15-16 in a season in which saw four freshmen starting at the season's end. Highlights included upset wins over top-20 ranked Michigan State and Indiana.
Claxton was on his way to all-Big Ten honors as he was averaging 17.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists. Cornley averaged 12.1 points and 6.0 rebounds before undergoing knee surgery the day after the regular season ended.With those two out, freshman guard Talor Battle became the star, as he averaged 10.l points and 3.1 assists.
Battle and Cornley will be the two players Penn State builds around next season along with junior guard Stanley Pringle (6.8 points, 2.3 assists), freshman forwards David Jackson (5.5 points) and Jeff Brooks (2.8 points), and freshman center Andrew Jones (4.0 points).
Ed was awarded the 2006 National Coaches Vs. Cancer Man-of-the-Year. He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monaca, Pennsylvania.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| East Tennessee State (Southern Conference) (1996 — 2003) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | East Tennessee State | 7–20 | 2–12 | 5th (North) | – | ||||
| 1997–1998 | East Tennessee State | 11–16 | 6–9 | T–4th | – | ||||
| 1998–1999 | East Tennessee State | 17–11 | 9–7 | T–3rd (North) | – | ||||
| 1999–2000 | East Tennessee State | 14–15 | 8–8 | 4th (North) | – | ||||
| 2000–2001 | East Tennessee State | 18–10 | 13–3 | 1st (North) | – | ||||
| 2001–2002 | East Tennessee State | 18–10 | 11–5 | T–1st (North) | – | ||||
| 2002–2003 | East Tennessee State | 20–11 | 11–5 | T–1st (North) | NCAA First Round | ||||
| East Tennessee State: | 105–93 | 60–49 | |||||||
| Penn State (Big Ten Conference) (2003 — present) | |||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Penn State | 9–19 | 3–13 | T-10th | – | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Penn State | 7–23 | 1–15 | 11th | – | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Penn State | 15–15 | 6–10 | T–8th | NIT Opening Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Penn State | 11–19 | 2–14 | T–10th | – | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Penn State | 15–16 | 7–11 | 7th | – | ||||
| Penn State: | 56–91 | 19–63 | |||||||
| Total: | 161–184 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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