Tim Welsh

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Tim Welsh
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Record	145–126 (.535)
Biographical details
Born	(1960-10-04) October 4, 1960 Massena, New York
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
Head coaching record
Overall	215–148 (.592)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships MAAC Tournament Championship (1998) MAAC Regular Season Championship (1996, 1997, 1998)
Awards MAAC Coach of the Year (1997, 1998)

Tim Welsh (born October 4, 1960) is an American college basketball coach and the former head basketball coach at Providence College. Previously, he served as the head coach at Iona College. He resigned as head men's basketball coach of the Pride at Hofstra University on May 3, 2010.

Background

Born in Massena, New York, 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. He also attended a year at Worcester Academy. Following his college career, he became a volunteer assistant under Pat Kennedy at Iona College, before becoming a full-time assistant under Kennedy at Florida State University. He later served as an assistant under Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University before joining his father, then 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.

On November 16, 2008, Welsh made his debut on ESPNU serving as the color analyst for the Le Moyne vs Syracuse basketball game.

On April 1, 2010, Welsh was introduced as the new head coach at Hofstra University. He will reportedly make $600,000/yr. over a 5-year contract.

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, Welsh did not have the success in Providence that he had at Iona. 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. During the 2007-2008 season, Welsh was under heavy pressure from fans and the Providence College administration. Most thought that he would be terminated if the Friars were unsuccessful in the post season.. On March 15, 2008, Tim Welsh was fired as head coach of the Providence Friars, due to the inconsistent performance over ten years and the failure to lead the Friars to post-season success.

Drunk driving arrest

On April 30, 2010, Welsh was arrested in Levittown, N.Y. on drunk driving charges after a police officer observed him stopped at a green light on the Hempstead Turnpike. The police officer claimed Welsh was passed out behind the wheel. He was pulled over and took a Breathalyzer test, which he failed. He was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. Hofstra subsequently suspended him later that day when media reports of the arrest surfaced.^[1] On May 3, 2010 Welsh resigned from his position as coach of Hofstra.

Head 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

References

External links

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Arthur Loftus (1940–1942) No team (1942–1945) Arthur Loftus (1945–1946) Pete Caruso (1946–1947) Jim McDermott (1947–1973) Gene Roberti (1973–1975) Jim Valvano (1975–1980) Pat Kennedy (1980–1986) Gary Brokaw (1986–1991) Jerry Welsh (1991–1995) Tim Welsh (1995–1998) Jeff Ruland (1998–2007) Kevin Willard (2007–2010) Tim Cluess (2010– )

Providence Friars men's basketball head coaches

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Al McClellan (1927–1938)
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Joe Mullaney (1955–1969)
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Gary Walters (1979–1981)
Joe Mullaney (1981–1985)
Rick Pitino (1985–1987)
Gordon Chiesa (1987–1988)
Rick Barnes (1988–1994)
Pete Gillen (1994–1998)
Tim Welsh (1998–2008)
Keno Davis (2008–2011)
Ed Cooley (2011– )

Persondata
Name	Welsh, Tim
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	October 4, 1960
Place of birth	Massena, New York
Date of death
Place of death

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