MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES

Head Coach: Greg Dunne

Greg Dunne completed his first year as The College at Brockport Men’s Basketball head coach in 2007-08. He set the new standard for first year head coaches with 21 wins as he guided the Golden Eagles to a 21-8 record in 2007-08.

Dunne, who joined the coaching staff as an assistant in 1999, had been the lead assistant coach for The College at Brockport program for eight seasons before taking over the head coaching position for the 2007-08 season, and has helped develop the Golden Eagles into a perennial power in the New York region. Brockport has advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times in the last nine seasons including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2006-07 with a sectional victory at St. Lawrence University and a Sweet 16 win at St. John Fisher College.

In 2007-08, Dunne led the Golden Eagles to an ECAC Upstate NY Tournament Championship and a 21-8 overall record. His 14-2 SUNYAC record was also tops among first-year head coaches at Brockport. Under his tutelage, both Sherod Harris and Brandon Williams earned D3hoops.com First-Team All-East Region honorees.

Both Harris and Williams were selected to the First-Team All-SUNYAC team and Mychal Wilkes was named to the All-SUNYAC as a Third-team selection.

The 1999 graduate of Nazareth was a four-year starter for the Golden Flyers and is still the all-time assist leader for Nazareth. He was voted the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year and was a Second-Team National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American as a senior. For his accomplishments at Nazareth, the College inducted him into the Athletic Hall of Fame on April 18 th, 2008.

He is currently a key account manager at PICS Telecom Corporation in Rochester and resides in Brighton.

Assistant Coaches

Dan Schaffer

Schaffer joins the Golden Eagles for the 2007-08 season. He earned a degree in Physical Education with Teacher Certification from The College at Brockport.

He was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Dayton in 2006 with the men’s basketball team. Prior to that, Schaffer has been a physical education teacher in the Rochester City School District.

Jeff Spinelli

Spinelli rejoined the Golden Eagles staff in 2007-08 after a four-year hiatus. He holds masters from The College at Brockport in Athletic Administration and a degree from Rochester Wesleyan College in Communications with a business Administration concentration.

He currently works at Medtronic Inc. as a therapy sales representative. Before that, Spinelli had worked his way through the corporate ladder at Pfizer and Global Crossing.

He was an assistant coach Brockport from 1999 to 2003, the Golden Eagles made two trips to the NCAA Tournament and compiled the most wins in a season at 28 in the 2001-02 season advancing to the Elite Eight.

Ricky Hollis

Hollis finished his second season with the Golden Eagles in 2007-08 after a standout career with the Brockport basketball team.

The 2002 graduate finished as the school’s all-time career steals leader with 325 steals. He also holds the top three single season marks for steals in a season. His 327 career assists is sixth most in school history.

The College at Brockport alum, who holds a degree in Business Administration, currently works at the Washington Mutual Bank as a customer service specialist.

Seth Johnston

Johnson joins the Golden Eagles basketball staff in the 2007-08 season after playing one year with the green and gold.

He played in 29 games last season, scoring 128 points and grabbed 42 rebounds helping Brockport advance to the Elite Eight, and was also selected to Brockport Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament team. Johnston is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa and earned the Scholar Athlete Award in 2007.

He is currently finishing his degree in the Physical Education teacher certification program and works full-time at the Monroe Developmental Center in Rochester.