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| School Name: | Merrimack College |
| Location: | North Andover, Massachusetts |
| Arena: | Hammel Court |
| Capacity: | 1,500 |
| Conference: | MAAC |
| Head coach: | Joe Gallo |
The Merrimack College basketball team is lead by 9th year head coach and former Alum Joe Gallo. They compete in the MAAC conference. They play their home games at Hammel court and Lawler Arena.
Championships[]
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |
|---|---|
| 2009*, 2010*, 2017*, 2018* | |
| NCAA tournament appearances | |
| 1977*, 1978*, 1991*, 1992*, 2000*, 2008*, 2009*, 2010*, 2017*, 2018*, 2019** at Division II level | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| NE-10: 1992, 2000, 2019
NEC: 2023 | |
| Conference regular season champions | |
| NE-10: 2000
NEC: 2020, 2023, 2024 |
Head coaches[]
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | Regularseason titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Joe Gallo | 2016-Pres | 143-98 | 2 | 3 | 3^ | 0 |
| Bert Hammel | 1980-2016 | 526-491 | 2^ | 1 | 6^ | 0 |
| Frank T. Monahan | 1970-80 | 128-134 | 0 | 0 | 2^ | 0 |
| William S. LaRochelle | 1958-70 | 153-116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Harrington | 1954-58 | 28-53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irman Pierce | 1953-54 | 4-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Cicero | 1950-53 | 24-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lanni | 1949-50 | 7-2 | 0 | 0 |
Player & Coaches Awards[]
NEC players of the year[]
- Jordan Minor (2023)
- Jordan Derkack (2024)
NEC Defensive players of the year[]
- Juvaris Hayes (2020)
- Jordan Minor (2023)
- Jordan Derkack (2024)
NEC Rookie of the year
- Javon Bennett (2023)
- Adam “Budd” Clark (2024)
NEC Most improved player[]
- Bryan Etumnu (2024)
NEC Coach of the year[]
- Joe Gallo (2020)
Lefty Driesell Award[]
- Juvaris Hayes (2020)
NE10 Player of the year
- Paul Neal (1991)
NE10 Defensive player of the year
- Reggie Carter (2000)
- Kenny Jones (2007)
- Juvaris Hayes (2019)
NE10 Rookie player of the year
- Steve Scott (1987)
- Darren Duncan (2007)
- Darin Mency (2008)
- Juvaris Hayes (2017
NE10 Coach of the year
- Bert Hammel (1991)
All-Americans[]
- Roger Damphousse —1961, 1962
- Ed Murphy — 1976, 1977, 1978
- Dana Skinner —1978
- Joe Dickson — 1982, 1983, 1984
- Paul Neal — 1983
- John McVeigh — 1997
- Darren Duncan — 2009, 2010
- Dee Mency — 2011
- Wayne Mack — 2012
- Juvaris Hayes — 2018, 2019, 2020