Dan Leibovitz

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Dan Leibovitz
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	Philadelphia, PA
Playing career
1992–1993 1993–1996	Franklin & Marshall Penn
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–2006 2006–2010 2010–2012 2012-present	Temple (asst.) Hartford University of Pennsylvania (asst.) Charlotte Bobcats (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	46-82 (.358) (college)

Dan Leibovitz (born c. 1973) is an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA. He was previously a college head coach at Hartford from 2006-10, and an assistant coach at Temple (1996-2006) and Penn (2010-2012).^[1]

Coaching Career

Leibovitz served as an assistant under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney for 10 seasons. On March 14, 2006, Leibovitz served as acting head coach for Temple's NIT playoff game, which they lost in overtime to Akron after star player Mardy Collins, a projected NBA first-round pick, was seriously injured.

In 2005, Leibovitz was also acting coach during the final three regular season contests and the Owls’ two Atlantic 10 Tournament games as Chaney served a self-imposed then University sanctioned suspension. The Owls went 3-2 to secure an NIT bid.

Leibovitz's 10-year tenure as assistant coach was tied for the longest tenure in all of Temple's Atlantic 10 conference. During his time with the Owls, the team made ten straight postseason appearances. He began his coaching career in 1994 at Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pa.

In 2006, Leibovitz was named the head coach at Hartford. After a 13-18 season in his first year at the helm, he led the Hawks to an 18-16 record and tie for second place in the America East Conference. It was the highest win total in school history since joining Division I in 1984. In 2010, Leibovitz resigned his position at Hartford to take a position as an assistant coach at Penn. His record in four seasons with the Hawks was 46-82.

After a two-year stint on the Quakers staff, Leibovitz joined Mike Dunlap's staff of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, reunited with his one-time Hartford assistant, Rick Brunson.

Early career

Leibovitz has a Master's in Sport Management and Leisure Studies at Temple (1998) and a Bachelor's from University of Pennsylvania (1996), having transferred to Penn from Franklin & Marshall College after his freshman year. Leibovitz played basketball at both schools as well as at Episcopal Academy in his home town of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference
Hartford (America East Conference) (2006–2010)
2006–2007	Hartford	13-18	6-10
2007–2008	Hartford	18-16	10-6
2008–2009	Hartford	7-26	2-14
2009–2010	Hartford	8-22	6-10
Hartford:		46-82	24-40
Total:		46-82
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

↑ http://www.nba.com/bobcats/2012-13-coaching-staff

Sources

"Longtime Temple coach Chaney retires", ESPN.com, March 13, 2006
"Dan Leibovitz, Head Coach", University of Hartford website
"Temple Coach Chaney Announcing Retirement Today", Washington Post, March 13, 2006
"Chaney's career over as Temple falls in NIT first round", ESPN.com, March 15, 2006

v t e Hartford Hawks men's basketball head coaches

A. Peter LoMaglio (1949–1955) Abe Silverman (1955–1957) Roy Spear (1957–1962) Gordon McCullough (1962–1976) Gary Palladino (1976–1981) Jack Phelan (1981–1992) Paul Brazeau (1992–2000) Larry Harrison (2000–2006) Dan Leibovitz (2006–2010) John Gallagher (2010– )

v t e Charlotte Bobcats current roster

0 Biyombo 4 Adrien 5 Pargo 7 Sessions 8 Gordon 9 Henderson 11 McRoberts 14 Kidd-Gilchrist 15 Walker 25 Jefferson 33 Haywood 40 Zeller 43 Tolliver 44 Taylor 55 Douglas-Roberts

Head coach: Clifford Assistant coaches: Ewing Silas Beyer Weiss Price

Persondata
Name	Leibovitz, Dan
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	1974
Place of birth	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death

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