Tim Welsh

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Tim Welsh

Title Former Head coach
College Providence
Sport Basketball
Team record 145-126 (.535)
Born October 4, 1960 (1960-10-04) (age 47)
Place of birth Flag of the United States Massena, New York
Career highlights
Overall 215-148 (.592)
Championships
MAAC Tournament Championship (1998)
MAAC Regular Season Championship (1996, 1997, 1998)
Awards
MAAC Coach of the Year (1997, 1998)
Playing career
1980–1984 SUNY Potsdam
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986
1986–1988
1988–1991
1991–1995
1995–1998
1998–2008		 Iona (asst.)
Florida State (asst.)
Syracuse (asst.)
Iona (asst.)
Iona
Providence

Tim Welsh (born October 4, 1960, Massena, New York) is the former head basketball coach at Providence College. Previously, he served as the head coach at Iona College.

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[edit] Background

Welsh is a 1984 graduate of SUNY Potsdam, where he played basketball for his father, Jerry. During his senior season, he was a co-captain and led the team to the Division III Final Four. Following his college career, he became a volunteer assistant under Pat Kennedy at Iona, before becoming a full-time assistant under Kennedy at Florida State. He later served as an assistant under Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University before joining his father, now the coach at Iona, as an assistant coach in 1991.

During the 1994-95 season, Jerry Welsh became ill and Tim served as the interim coach during his absence, guiding the Gaels to a 5-5 record in ten games.[citation needed] Following the season, Jerry was forced to retire and Tim was named the head coach on a permanent basis. In his first full season as head coach, the Gaels tied for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season title; in his second and third seasons, the Gaels won the title outright. Iona reached the 1998 NCAA Tournament with a 27-6 record. This was Iona's first tournament appearance since 1985. Overall, Welsh went 70-22 in three seasons at Iona, and he was named MAAC Coach of the Year in both 1997 and 1998.

[edit] Career at Providence

On April 2, 1998, Welsh was named the head coach at Providence College, the thirteenth head basketball coach in school history.

Under Welsh, Providence has made five postseason appearances, reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2001 and 2004 and the NIT in 1999, 2003, and 2007. However, in his ten seasons as head coach of Providence, Welsh did not win an NCAA Tournament game and only won one Big East Tournament game. As a result of the inconsistent performance over ten years and the failure to lead the Friars to post-season success, Welsh was under heavy pressure from fans and the Providence administration.[1]. On March 15, 2008, Tim Welsh was fired as head coach of the Providence Friars.

[edit] Coaching Record

Season School Record Conference Finish Postseason
1995-96 Iona College 21-8 10-4 T-1st NIT
1996-97 Iona College 22-8 11-3 1st NIT
1997-98 Iona College 27-6 15-3 1st NCAA Tournament (first round)
1998-99 Providence College 16-14 9-9 T-6th NIT
1999-2000 Providence College 11-19 4-12 12th none
2000-01 Providence College 21-10 11-5 2nd (East) NCAA Tournament (first round)
2001-02 Providence College 15-16 6-10 6th (East) none
2002-03 Providence College 18-14 8-8 3rd (East) NIT
2003-04 Providence College 20-9 11-5 3rd NCAA Tournament (first round)
2004-05 Providence College 14-17 4-12 9th none
2005-06 Providence College 12-15 5-11 T-13th none
2006-07 Providence College 18-12 8-8 10th NIT
2007-08 Providence College 15-16 6-12 T-12th none

Career record: 215-148
Record at Providence: 145-126
Record at Iona: 70-22

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