Sport(s) Basketball 1992–1995 Tufts (asst.) Spouse Kristen Skerry 1988–1992 Tufts Role Coach | Record 44–55 Name Pat Skerry Title Head coach 1995–1996 Stonehill (asst.) | |
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Born January 21, 1970 (age 54)
Medford, Massachusetts ( 1970-01-21 ) Team coached Towson Tigers men's basketball (Head coach, since 2011) Team Towson Tigers men's basketball People also search for Jerrelle Benimon, Timajh Parker-Rivera | ||
Children Ryan Skerry, Owen Skerry | ||
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Patrick Joseph Skerry (born January 21, 1970) is the head coach of the Towson University Tigers men's basketball team.
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- Mbb head coach pat skerry recruits a new kind of 6th man for mason
- Towson men s basketball head coach pat skerry discusses teams outlook at caa media day
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Towson men s basketball head coach pat skerry discusses teams outlook at caa media day
Playing career
Skerry played collegiate basketball at Tufts University where he set the school record for career assists (634) and single-season assists (198).
Coaching career
After graduation, Skerry joined his alma mater's coaching staff, where he spent three seasons before moving on to Stonehill College for the 1995–96 season. A year later he took his first head coaching job at Curry College at the age of 26. In two seasons at the helm of the Colonials, Skerry compiled a 24–25 record.
In 1998, Skerry jumped to Northeastern University as an assistant coach for two seasons, before moving on to William & Mary (2000–03), College of Charleston (2003–05), University of Rhode Island (2005–08), Providence College (2008–10), and Pittsburgh (2010–11) before accepting the head coaching job at Towson, replacing Pat Kennedy.
Skerry's first season in charge of the Tigers saw the team go 1–31, with the lone win coming on January 28, 2012 against UNC-Wilmington, snapping the team's NCAA record 41-game losing streak. One year later, Towson went 18–13, finishing second in the Colonial Athletic Association completing the biggest single season improvement in NCAA basketball history. Despite the high finish, the Tigers were ineligible for the CAA Tournament and NCAA Tournament due to low APR scores that were earned under the previous coach, Pat Kennedy.