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Justin Gainey
Head Coach
NC State's McMurray Family Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan has announced that former NC State captain Justin Gainey will return to Raleigh as the new head coach of the NC State men's basketball program.
"I am honored to announce Justin Gainey as our new head coach for the NC State men's basketball program," said Corrigan. "Not only are we welcoming back one of our own, but we are welcoming a tough, tenacious and experienced coach who I am confident is the right fit for our program and will continue to position the Pack for success on the national stage. Justin understands what this program means because he has lived and breathed it and I am very excited that he is our basketball coach."
"I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach of the NC State men's basketball program," said Gainey. "This university helped build me as a player and as a person. To now lead it as head coach is truly a full-circle moment. There's a responsibility that comes with leading your alma mater, and I embrace it fully. We're going to honor our tradition, represent this university the right way, and build a program our Wolfpack family can be proud of. This place means everything to me. I wore the jersey with pride, and now I'll lead this program with that same passion, toughness and commitment to winning that defines the Wolfpack."
"Today is a great day for NC State and our men's basketball program," said Chancellor Kevin Howell. "I could not be more proud that Justin Gainey is our new NC State head men's basketball coach. The Wolfpack is bringing home one of our own."
"As chancellor, an alum, and a devoted fan, I'm proud of NC State's legacy in men's basketball and am even more excited about our future. Our goals are to win championships, put a strong and competitive team on the court, and help our student-athletes become better players, students and people. Coach Gainey's values reflect who we are at NC State and it's what equips him to lead our program with integrity, humility and a relentless pursuit of excellence."
Originally from High Point, Gainey was a four-year letterman (1996–2000) for the NC State men's basketball team under head coach Herb Sendek and served as team captain during his senior season in 1999-2000, the first year the Wolfpack played in what is now the Lenovo Center.
Gainey appeared in 128 games during his NC State career, making 103 starts. His 344 career assists ranks among the program's top 10 when he graduated and currently stands 15th in school history.
Known for his relentless defensive presence, Gainey recorded nine steals against Virginia on March 10, 2000, a number that still ranks second for a single game in program history and remains the ACC Tournament single-game record.
He finished his career with 190 steals, fifth-most in the Wolfpack record books.
Gainey ranks 12th all-time at NC State in games played (128), while his 103 starts and 3,835 minutes played both rank sixth in program history.
Gainey brings 20 years of Division I coaching experience to his new role, including 14 years at the power conference level.
He has spent the last five seasons at the University of Tennessee, including the last four as Associate Head Coach under Rick Barnes.
Gainey helped the Volunteers log a 134-48 (.736) record and reach the NCAA Tournament each season that he was on staff. During his tenure, Tennessee totaled four Sweet 16 berths and three Elite Eight appearances, as well as a pair of SEC titles (2022 tournament, 2024 regular season).
The team was ranked in the AP top 25 for nearly every week of Gainey's four-year tenure, including earning 50 top-10 nods, and finished a program-best fifth nationally three times (2022, '24, '25). He coached five NBA Draft picks at Tennessee, including at least one each year with four selected in the top 40. He also helped eight individuals accumulate 11 total All-SEC honors.
When Gainey was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2022-23 season, he also assumed the duties of the team's defensive coordinator. Under his tutelage, the Volunteers led the nation in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency in the 2022-23 season with a historically strong mark of 87.5 points per 100 possessions. Tennessee's scoring defense (57.9 ppg) was the best by an SEC team since 2014-15 and its 3-point defense (26.5) was the second-lowest among all Division I programs since at least 2007-08.
In 2023-24, Tennessee finished third in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency (90.2) and totaled a 27-9 (14-4 SEC) record.
During the 2024-25 campaign, Gainey aided Tennessee to its first season that included 30 victories as the Vols finished third in KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency (89.7) and fourth in 3-point percentage defense (28.7).
In the most recent season, Gainey helped lead the Volunteers back to the Elite Eight, with the defense posting SEC-leading marks in scoring defense (68.9), field goal percentage defense (43.6%) and three-point field goal percentage defense (30.3%).
A former point guard, Gainey's wisdom and experience helped Tennessee finish in the top-25 nationally in assist rate every year - including twice placing top-six - and post marks over 60 percent in each campaign. Additionally, Tennessee's starting floor general—Kennedy Chandler in 2021-22, Zakai Zeigler in 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and Ja'Kobi Gillespie in 2025-26 — earned All-SEC status in all five years. Zeigler became the fourth player in SEC history to lead the league in assists three years in a row and the first to be a four-time All-SEC Defensive Team selection.
Prior to his successful tenure at Tennessee, Gainey spent the 2020-21 season as the associate head coach at Marquette. It was his second stint on Steve Wojciechowski's staff, as he also worked with the Golden Eagles from 2014-17 as the director of basketball operations.
In between his stints in Milwaukee, Gainey spent one year as an assistant coach under Sendek at Santa Clara, 2017-18, and two as an assistant coach at Arizona, 2018-20 under Sean Miller, who was an assistant coach during his playing days at NC State. While with the Wildcats, Gainey assisted in the recruitment and development of 2020 NBA Draft picks Josh Green, Zeke Nnaji and Nico Mannion.
At Santa Clara, Gainey worked closely with the Broncos' perimeter players, including first-team All-WCC performer K.J. Feagin. He was also instrumental in assembling a 2018 signing class rated among the 10 best mid-major classes in the country.
From 2010-14, Gainey was an assistant on Jason Capel's staff at Appalachian State. His first on-court coaching role was at Elon in 2009-10.
Gainey began his coaching career at his alma mater, spending two seasons, 2006-08, as an administrative coordinator before head coach Sidney Lowe elevated him to director of basketball operations for the 2008-09 campaign.
A two-time graduate of NC State, Gainey received his degree in business administration, with a concentration in marketing, in 2000 and earned a master's degree in sport management in 2006.
Gainey and his wife, Courtney, have three sons, Jordan, Jayson and Jaxson.
Gainey's Coaching Timeline
2006-08: NC State, Administrative Coordinator
2008-09: NC State, Director of Operations
2009-10: Elon, Assistant Coach
2010-14: Appalachian State, Assistant Coach
2014-17: Marquette, Director of Operations
2018-20: Arizona, Assistant Coach
2020-21: Marquette, Associate Head Coach
2021-22: Tennessee, Assistant Coach
2022-26: Tennessee, Associate Head Coach
Patrick Stacy
General Manager
Patrick Stacy joined the NC State men’s basketball staff in March 2025 as assistant general manager and was promoted to general manager in July 2026.
As assistant general manager, Stacy’s role includes roster construction, personnel and opposition scouting, in-game replay review, program analytics operations and donor engagement.
Stacy came to the Pack after spending the 2024-25 season as general manager for Wyoming.
Stacy is the founder Jam Basketball Intelligence a company that constructed pre-game scouting reports that identify strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of opponents in college basketball. JBI partnered with over 20 Division I men’s and women’s basketball programs, including 10 conference champions and five teams that won 30 or more games and a National Champion. JBI worked with three Final Four teams, two national finalists, one National Champion (Kansas in 2022) and had a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament every year in business.
He was named 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in College Basketball by Seth Davis in 2021.
Stacy also spent time with the Chicago White Sox serving as a Baseball Operations Associate and spent time in the financial world as a financial analyst.
Stacy graduated with Loyola University Chicago in 2018 with a degree in finance.
Stacy and his wife Jackie, have one daughter, Saige.
Alvin Brooks III
Assistant Coach
Alvin Brooks III joined the NC State men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in April 2026.
Brooks III comes to the Pack after spending the last two seasons as Associate Head Coach at Kentucky under Mark Pope.
Prior to arriving at Kentucky, Brooks coached eight seasons at Baylor, serving as both an assistant and associate head coach. The Bears went 194-72 during Brooks’ tenure, including a 94-46 record in Big 12 action, 12-5 in NCAA Tournament games and 22-15 against Associated Press top-10 ranked foes.
A Houston native, Brooks began his coaching career at the junior college level. He spent two seasons at Arkansas-Forth Smith, helping the Lions to the 2006 NJCAA Division I championship. He then joined the staff at Midland, where he again was on staff for an NJCAA title team in 2007.
Brooks ascended to the Division I level when he joined the staff for three seasons at Bradley as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. From there he also was a part of the Sam Houston State (2010-12) and Kansas State (2012-16) staffs before joining forces with Scott Drew at Baylor in 2016.
At Kansas State, Brooks was a part of one the best stretches in school history with 79 wins and NCAA Tournament appearances in two the four seasons. He also played a major role in K-State’s first-ever Big 12 regular-season title in 2012-13, which included the second-most wins (27) and a tie for the most conference victories (14) in school history.
At Baylor, the Bears put together one of the best seasons in program history in 2019-20. BU finished 26-4 and were projected for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the postseason. The Bears posted 23 straight wins (Big 12 Record) and were ranked No. 1 by the AP for five weeks, the longest stretch for one team since Kentucky was the top-ranked team in 19 straight weeks in 2015.
The following season, Baylor earned a No. 1 seed and captured the program’s first national championship. BU capped the season with a 28-2 overall record and a 13-1 mark in Big 12 action on their way to the school’s first-ever conference title. Baylor captured a program-record 11 victories over ranked foes and was a perfect 7-0 against teams ranked inside of the top 10. Three players earned All-America honors with Jared Butler becoming the first consensus first-team All-American in program history while also earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors. Davion Mitchell swept the National Defensive Player of the Year awards.
Capitalizing on Baylor’s success, with Brooks playing the lead role as recruiter, BU hauled in the highest ranked recruiting class in program history in 2021 at No. 4 overall by ESPN. Baylor won the Big 12 Championship again in 2022 to become the third school in Big 12 history to repeat as champions. Brooks was the lead recruiter as the Bears landed top-five player VJ Edgecombe who was selected third overall in the 2025 NBA Draft becoming the highest draft pick in Baylor history.
Baylor had a guard win All-America honors in four-straight seasons (Jared Butler in 2020 and 2021, Davion Mitchell in 2021, MaCio Teague in 2021, James Akinjo in 2022 and Adam Flagler in 2023). The program’s sustained success saw them become the only team in the nation to be a No. 3 seed or higher in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments and one of just four teams to win a game in the last five NCAA Tournaments.
The Bears have had seven selections in the NBA Draft, including three-consecutive lottery selections (Mitchell, Jeremy Sochan and Keyonte George) with Brooks on staff.
Brooks began his own collegiate playing career at Midland College before transferring to Idaho State. He was an Academic All-Big Sky selection as a senior.
Brooks graduated from Idaho State in 2002 with a degree in finance. He earned a master’s degree in athletics administration in 2023. He and his wife, Tiffany, have two children, Alvin IV (AJ) and Austin.
Anthony Goins
Assistant Coach
Anthony Goins joined the NC State men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in April 2026.
Goins comes to NC State after spending the last two seasons at Georgia where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament in each season.
Goins helped lead a Georgia offense that averaged 89.4 points per game last season, ranking fifth nationally among NCAA Division I teams in scoring. The Bulldogs’ up-tempo attack also led all Division I programs in fast-break production, averaging 19.8 transition points per game.
In the 2024-25 season, Georgia faced one of the nation’s most challenging schedules as the Bulldogs played nearly 60 percent of its game against teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament, including a nation-best eight top-10 matchups in the regular season. Despite facing the tough schedule, Georgia won 20 games to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015.
Prior to his arrival in Athens, Goins spent the past three seasons at Boston College. He also sports stints on the staffs at Clemson, Quinnipiac, Yale and Dartmouth over the last 11 years.
Boston College has increased its win total during each of Goins’ season with the Eagles, culminating with a 20-16 finish and a bid to the NIT in 2024. Boston College reached the round of 16 in the NIT and in the process secured the Eagles’ first 20-win campaign and first postseason victory since 2011.
Goins was an assistant coach at Clemson for two seasons from 2019-21, helping the Tigers secure a bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament. While at Clemson, he oversaw the development of the Tigers' backcourt standouts Tevin Mack, Al-Amir Dawes and Nick Honor.
From 2017-19, Goins was on the staff at Quinnipiac. During the 2018-19 season, the Bobcats finished 16-15 to notch their first winning record in five years. Quinnipiac also received a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) in 2019, just QU’s fifth postseason appearance ever. Goins helped to develop three all-conference guards for the Bobcats, including first-team All-MAAC selection Cameron Young.
Goins enjoyed a trio of successful seasons at Yale from 2014-17. The Bulldogs finished 22-10 overall and 11-3 in his year in New Haven to secure the Bulldogs’ first Ivy League title since 2002. Yale improved to 23-7 overall and 13-1 in league play during the 2015-16 campaign, both school-record win totals. The Bulldogs won the Ivy League championship outright to garner the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid in 54 years. Yale, a No. 12 seed, then upset fifth-seeded Baylor in first round of “March Madness,” the first NCAA victory ever for the Bulldogs.
Goins’ collegiate career began at Dartmouth in 2013-14, where he helped the Big Green to their highest win total in 15 seasons.
Goins also spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Salisbury Prep School in Connecticut, which compiled a combined 64-18 record during his tenure.
Originally from Greensboro, N.C., Goins graduated from Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Va. He received his bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from St. John’s in 2008. While an undergrad, Goins served as a practice player for the men’s team and helped with women’s practices as well.
Goins and his wife, Stephanie, have two children: a son, Anthony “Trey”; and a daughter, Reese.
Goins College Coaching Timeline
2024-26: Assistant Coach at Georgia
2021-24: Assistant Coach at Boston College
2019-21: Assistant Coach at Clemson
2017-19: Assistant Coach at Quinnipiac
2014-17: Assistant Coach at Yale
2013-14: Assistant Coach at Dartmouth
Matthew Driscoll
Assistant Coach
Matthew Driscoll joined the NC State men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in April 2026.
Driscoll comes to the Pack after spending last season as an associate head coach at Kansas State. Prior to his one season with the Wildcats, Driscoll was head coach at North Florida for 16 seasons.
He left the Ospreys as the all-time winningest coach in program and Atlantic Sun conference history.
A head coach for 20 seasons counting a four-year stint at Division III La Roche College in the mid-1990s, Driscoll has 274 career victories, including a school-record 248 at North Florida. In addition to being the winningest coach in Ospreys' history, he has the most wins (144) of any head coach in Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) history, boasting a career .550 winning percentage in league play. He won 15 or more games 10 times at UNF, while he finished .500 or better in ASUN play on 12 occasions. He owns the program's only three 20-win seasons, which includes 23 in 2014-15, 22 in 2015-16 and 21 in 2019-20.
Driscoll led the Ospreys to three regular-season Atlantic Sun Conference championships (2015, 2016, 2020), while winning the league's tournament championship in 2015. He guided the school to three postseason appearances, including the school's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2015 where they lost to Robert Morris in the First Four. The team went to NIT the following year in 2015-16, while they earned a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) before it was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Driscoll was three times selected as the Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Coach of the Year following his regular season championships in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2019-20. He was also the 2015 NABC District 3 Coach of the Year following the Ospreys' historic 23-win campaign, in which, they won both the regular season and tournament titles before advancing to the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
The longest tenured head coach in UNF history, Driscoll's teams own every single season program record except for steals, while they produced 27 of the 50 all-time triple-digit scoring outputs. The Ospreys set the ASUN record for points in a game during a 114-111 double-overtime win at Lipscomb on Feb. 16, 2023. His teams led the nation in 3-point field goals/game (12.0 in 2023-24 and 12.8 in 2024-25) and 3-point attempts/game (33.2 in 2023-24 and 25.8 in 2024-25) in each of the last two seasons, while they ranked in the top-10 in each of the past three seasons (fifth in makes/game (10.4) and sixth in attempts/game (28.4) in 2022-23).
Driscoll coached 13 of the program's 18 1,000-point scorers, including the top-4 all-time scorers and the only 2,000-point scorer in Dallas Moore (2,437; 2014-17).
Driscoll's 2014-15 team earned the school's first and only final Top 20 ranking in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll, while the Ospreys received their first-ever votes in The Associated Press (AP) poll this past season after road upset wins at South Carolina and Georgia Tech in November 2024. He guided them to five regular-season tournament titles (2009 South Mississippi Christmas Classic, 2010 and 2014 Cancun Challenge, 2012 Las Vegas Classic, 2015 Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational) and their only four wins over Power 4 teams (Purdue in 2014-15, Illinois in 2015-16 and South Carolina and Georgia Tech in 2024-25).
Individually, Driscoll mentored two ASUN Players of the Year (Dallas Moore [2015-16, 2016-17), three ASUN Defensive Players of the Year (Demarcus Daniels [2014-15, 2015-16] and Wajid Aminu [2018-19]), one ASUN Newcomer of the Year (Noah Horchler [2017-18]), two ASUN Freshmen of the Year (Dallas Moore [2013-14], Wajid Aminu [2016-17]) and three ASUN Scholar-Athletes of the Year (Trent Mackey [2015-16], JT Escobar [2018-19], Carter Hendricksen [2020-21]). He also had seven NABC All-District honorees, including First Teamers Dallas Moore (2015-16, 2016-17) and Chaz Lanier (2023-24).
Overall, Driscoll coached 19 ASUN all-conference selections, including 10 on the First Team, to go along with 11 All-Tournament and nine All-Freshmen picks. He also had 37 ASUN Players of the Week and 24 Newcomers of the Week. In addition to 16 ASUN All-Academic selections and 120 Academic Honor Roll members, he graduated every player who completed their career at UNF.
Driscoll's success is all the more impressive considering UNF is one of the youngest athletics programs in the country, having only started athletics in 1983 at the NAIA level before joining the Division II ranks in 1993 and eventually moving to Division I and Atlantic Sun Conference in 2005. The school only became eligible for the NCAA Tournament in his first season in 2009-10.
Driscoll earned his bachelor's degree in Education from Slippery Rock (Slippery Rock, Pa.) in 1992.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Driscoll and his wife, Carrie, are the parents of two sons: Chase and Paxton.
Riley Collins
Assistant Coach
Riley Collins joined the NC State men's basketball staff as an assistant coach in April 2026.
Collins comes to NC State after spending four seasons at the University of Tennessee. He spent the last two seasons as assistant director of player development after spending his first two seasons at UT as a graduate assistant.
Tennessee reached the Sweet 16 all four years he was with the program, including advancing to the Elite Eight in the last three seasons.
In the 2025-26 season, Collins helped Tennessee to 25 wins and its third consecutive appearance in the Elite Eight. He helped Ja’Kobi Gillespie garner First Team All-SEC status while Nate Ament received Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team nods.
During the 2024-25 campaign, his first as a full-time staff member, Collins aided the Volunteers to one of their best seasons ever, as the team logged a 30-8 (12-6 SEC) record and reached the Elite Eight. Tennessee spent the entire year in the top 12 of the AP Poll, including earning 18 consecutive top-eight positions, five No. 1 overall rankings and placing fifth in the final release to tie the program record. Chaz Lanier and Zakai Zeigler both tallied All-American accolades.
Collins worked as a graduate assistant for the Volunteers during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. The Volunteers won 25-plus games and reached the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament during each of those campaigns, including winning the SEC regular season title and making the Elite Eight in 2023-24.
A native of Lacey, N.J., Collins spent two years, 2020-22, as a graduate assistant at Division III Marymount University in Arlington, Va. He assisted with skill development and a wide range of the program’s logistical operations.
Collins also has multiple years of experience as a basketball skills development specialist alongside NBA trainer Alex Bazzell. In that capacity, Collins assisted with skill development workouts for multiple NBA players and administered a pre-draft camp for Roc Nation Sports.
From 2019-22, Collins also served as boys’ basketball head coach for the Hoop Group Showcase League’s New Jersey Panthers, guiding the club to the 2020 HGSL championship.
Collins authored a stellar collegiate playing career as a guard and three-year captain at Division III Drew University in Madison, N.J., from 2016-20. A four-time first-team All-Landmark Conference honoree, Collins finished his four-year career as the Rangers’ all-time leader in points (1,973), assists and 3-pointers made. He also was a 2020 NABC Reese’s All-American.
Collins earned a business degree from Drew in 2020 and went on to receive a master’s degree in human resource management from Marymount in 2022.
Ognjen Vasiljevic
Assistant Coach
Ognjen Vasiljevic joined the NC State men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in May of 2026.
Vasiljevic joins the Pack after spending one season at South Alabama as Assistant Coach and Director of Basketball Operations.
In his one year with the Jaguars, Vasiljevic helped lead South Alabama to a second place regular season finish in the Sun Belt conference. South Alabama finished the season with a 21-12 record and received a big into the NIT.
Vasiljevic arrived at South Alabama following four seasons at Life University, a member of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) in the NAIA. He began his tenure with the Running Eagles as a Graduate Assistant before being elevated to Assistant Coach, a role he held for the last three seasons.
During his time at Life, Vasiljevic played a key role in the development of NAIA First-Team All-American Chaze Harris. He also helped guide the program to three consecutive 20-win seasons, highlighted by a SSAC Tournament Championship and a trip to the Round of 16 in the NAIA National Tournament during the 2024-25 campaign.
Prior to Life University, Vasiljevic began his coaching career in the 2020–21 season at his alma mater, Ohio Valley University, where he served as an assistant coach.
Before starting his coaching career, Vasiljevic had a notable collegiate playing career. He began at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith, where he helped the program capture two Heartland Conference Championships and make two NCAA Division II National Tournament appearances. He then transferred to Ohio Valley University, playing two seasons and averaging 12 points per game.
Internationally, Vasiljevic was a standout on the Serbian national team, competing in the EuroBasket U16 Championship and contributing to Serbia's silver and bronze medal finishes. In 2011, he was selected as one of 40 top European players to participate in the prestigious Michael Jordan Brand Classic Camp in London.
A native of Loznica, Serbia, Vasiljevic earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ohio Valley University in 2021.
Vasiljevic and his wife, Jaycie, have a son, Stefan.
Bill Comar
Director of Operations
Bill Comar joined the NC State men's basketball coaching staff as director of operations in April 2026.
Comar, a veteran coach and administrator at the collegiate level, joins the Pack after spending last season at Cincinnati as chief of staff.
He has been a part of programs that have made 18 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA Tournament berths,
Comar came to Cincinnati after spending who spent three seasons at Ball State as special assistant to the head coach, first under James Whitford and then two seasons under Michael Lewis.
Comar, who has worked with three teams who have advanced to the Elite Eight, had direct oversight of all-non coaching personnel within the Ball State program and managed relationships with academics, compliance, financial aid, housing, business office, scheduling, and equipment, in addition to athletics and the university as a whole.
He also has worked with Archie Miller (Indiana), Herb Sendek (Miami), Charlie Coles (Miami), Oliver Purnell (Dayton), Thad Matta (Xavier), Sean Miller (Xavier) and Jim Whitesell (Loyola Chicago).
Prior to working at Ball State, he was part of staff at Indiana that recruited three straight Indiana Mr. Basketball recipients and had three straight winning seasons surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.
At Dayton (2011-17), his efforts helped a program earn four NCAA Tournament bids and three seasons of national rankings. The 2014 squad advanced to the Elite Eight and the program won back-to-back Atlantic 10 titles in 2016 and 2017.
Comar also was on the UD staff from 1998-01 overseeing the operations of the program and serving as an assistant coach. Among the accomplishments during his tenure, the Flyers earned their first national ranking since 1974 during the 2000-01 season and first NCAA Tournament berth in 10-years.
During his time at Xavier as director of operations from 2001-08, the Musketeers made six NCAA Tournament appearances, won four conference regular season championships, three conference tournament titles and two Elite Eight appearances. In addition, the program saw David West capture NCAA Player of the Year honors in 2003.
Comar also served as an assistant coach at Loyola-Chicago (2008-09) and began his career in administration at Miami (Ohio) before moving over to a role coordinating the team's academics. He spent over a year as the director of strategic development for Pro Camps Worldwide (2009-10), which assists professional athletes and high-profile college coaches with the development of their personal sports camps and related events.
The Wilmette, Ill. native played three seasons of college basketball at Kenyon (Ohio) College. He starred as a prep at New Trier (Ill.) High School. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Kenyon in 1993 and with a master's degree from Miami in 1995.
He and his wife, Liz, have two daughters, Camille and Emily.