Sport(s) Basketball 1994–1997 Lansdale Catholic HS Spouse Lia Chomat 1990–1994 Princeton Role Basketball Coach | Record 193–149 (.564) Name Chris Mooney Title Head coach 1997–2000 Beaver College Education Princeton University | |
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Born August 7, 1972 (age 51)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( 1972-08-07 ) Team Richmond Spiders men's basketball Similar People Kendall Anthony, Alonzo Nelson‑Ododa, Cedrick Lindsay, Kevin McGeehan, Darien Brothers | ||
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Christopher Scott Mooney (born August 7, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond. Prior to taking the helm of the Spiders basketball program, he was the head coach at Air Force. In his only year there, he led the Falcons to their second best record in school history (18–12). He played college basketball at Princeton. As a four-year starter at Princeton, he ranks 22nd on the school's all-time leading scoring list with 1,071 points, and 11th in three point field goals made (142).
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- Early years and college
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Early years and college
Mooney was born and raised in working-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, spending his high school years at Archbishop Ryan High School as the child of a single father after his mother died from breast cancer when he was 13 years old. Mooney's father was a Greyhound bus driver.
In 1990, Mooney enrolled at Princeton University, majoring in English and playing basketball for legendary coach Pete Carril. Mooney was a four-year starter at Princeton, starting all 107 games in his career and amassing 1,071 points, good for 20th place in program history. He finished second for Rookie of the Year in the Ivy League as a freshman and received honorable mention all-conference honors as a sophomore, First Team All-Ivy League honors as a junior and Second Team All-Ivy League honors in his senior year.
Coaching career
Mooney began his coaching career fresh out of college at Lansdale Catholic High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. In 1997, Mooney took the helm of the program at Beaver College, now known as Arcadia University. After three years at Beaver, Mooney took an assistant coaching position under Joe Scott at the United States Air Force Academy. When Scott left to take the head coaching position at Princeton University in 2004, Mooney was elevated to the head position at Air Force. After one season at Air Force, Mooney became head coach at the University of Richmond, where he has been for the past twelve seasons.
The University of Richmond announced on March 27, 2011 following a run to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament that Mooney had signed a new contract running through the 2020–21 season.