Dino Gaudio

Dino Gaudio
Sport(s) Basketball
Biographical details
Born March 30, 1957
Martins Ferry, Ohio
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1984
1984–1987
1987–1993
1993–1997
1997–2000
2000–2001
2001–2007
2007–2010
Wheeling Central HS (asst.)
Wheeling Central HS
Xavier (asst.)
Army
Loyola (MD)
Xavier (asst.)
Wake Forest (asst.)
Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall 129-155 (.454)

Dino Joseph Gaudio (born 1957) is the former head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University and a current college basketball announcer. He previously served as the head coach at the United States Military Academy and Loyola College in Maryland.

Gaudio was named head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team on August 8, 2007. He had served as an assistant to his predecessor, Skip Prosser, who died suddenly in July 2007.[1][2] Gaudio's association with Prosser began in 1981 when he served as an assistant coach at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, West Virginia, while Prosser was head coach.

Biography

Education

Gaudio is a graduate of Ohio University (1981) and Xavier University (master's in Secondary Education, 1991).[3]

Wake Forest

Gaudio remained loyal to Prosser, his mentor and predecessor at Wake Forest. In the final days of his life, Prosser attended the games of three 5-star recruits in Las Vegas and Orlando. These recruits remained committed to Wake Forest and made up an eventually number three-ranked recruiting class for the 2008-2009 season, signed by Gaudio as a memory to Prosser.[4][5]

On April 7, 2010, Gaudio was fired as head coach at Wake Forest.[6]

Gaudio became an announcer for ESPN's college basketball coverage in 2011.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Army Black Knights (Patriot League) (1993–1997)
1993–94 Army 7–20 4–10 T–7th
1994–95 Army 12–16 4–10 7th
1995–96 Army 7–20 2–10 6th
1996–97 Army 10–16 4–8 6th
Army: 36–72 14–38
Loyola Greyhounds (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1997–2000)
1997–98 Loyola 12–16 9–9 T–5th
1998–99 Loyola 13–15 6–12 9th
1999–00 Loyola 7–21 4–14 9th
Loyola: 32–52 19–35
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2007–2010)
2007–08 Wake Forest 17–13 7–9 T–7th
2008–09 Wake Forest 24–7 11–5 T–2nd NCAA 1st Round
2009–10 Wake Forest 20–11 9–7 5th NCAA 2nd Round
Wake Forest: 61–31 27–21
Total: 129–155

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References