Head Men's Basketball Coach Nick Macarchuk To Retire At End Of 2004-05 Season
Nick Macarchuk, who guided the Stony Brook University's men's basketball program through the transition to NCAA Division I for six seasons as coach, will retire at the conclusion of the 2004-05 season. The announcement was made today by Macarchuk and Director of Athletics Jim Fiore. Macarchuk will remain on the Stony Brook staff as a Special Assistant to Fiore to assist with fundraising and community relations.
The Seawolves have an 11-16 overall record and finished 6-12 in America East conference play this season. The Seawolves play Hartford in the first round of the America East tournament on Friday in Binghamton, N.Y. In 28 years of coaching, Macarchuk has 373 career coaching victories. He is the only Division I coach Stony Brook University has ever had in six years at that level.