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Tommy Niland had the longest tenure at Le Moyne, coaching for 25 seasons, and is the all-time leader in games coached (536) and wins at the school (326). Niland led the Dolphins to six NCAA tournament appearances, the most of any Le Moyne head coach. The current head coach is Nate Champion, who played for the Dolphins from 2010 to 2014.
In 1950, Le Moyne became a charter member of the Eastern Catholic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (ECIAC). [1] After only one season, the ECIAC ceased publicizing itself as a conference and became an association of its member schools with no basketball champion crowned, leaving Le Moyne an independent again for 1951–52. [2]
The 1989–90 season was the last under the leadership of Tommy Niland, Le Moyne's athletic director since 1947, and the head basketball coach for the program's first 25 varsity seasons. By September 1989, a search was underway for a replacement for Niland, who announced he would retire at the end of June 1990. [ 271 ]
Le Moyne improved to 10–2 overall and 2–1 in MECAA play with the win, their 40th all-time over a University Division/major program opponent. The Dolphins' winning streak reached 10 games, the longest in program history, when Le Moyne defeated St. Francis (NY), 53–46, on February 6.
He was the first head coach of the freshman basketball team starting in the 1947–48 season, Le Moyne's initial academic year during which all students at the school were freshmen. Niland also coached Le Moyne's varsity basketball team from its inaugural season in 1948–49 until 1973, winning 326 games and going to seven NCAA College Division ...
However, Le Moyne hit their free throws down the stretch and held a comfortable 13-point lead with three minutes to play. Captain Ronnie Mack scored 23 points to lead the Dolphins, who improved to 8–5 on the season and 3–2 in MECAA play, keeping Le Moyne in the conference-title race. [206]
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