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NAVY MEN’S BASKETBALL m o o c . S T T R O P P S Y Ed DeCHELLIS V V Head Coach | Penn State (1982) A 1st Year at Navy: 0-0 (.000) | 16th Year Overall: 219-231 (.487) N . Ed DeChellis is in his first year as the head coach of the Navy basketball program after a pair DeChellis was the 2009 Big Ten Coach of the Year, just the second Penn State basketball w w of successful stints at East Tennessee State and Penn State. DeChellis is the 19th head basket - coach to ever earn coach-of-the-year honors, as he guided a Nittany Lion team that started three w ball coach in the 105-year history of Navy basketball. sophomores to a school-record 27 wins and the program's first-ever national tournament title in win - “To have one of the most highly respected coaches and educators in the sport join our Navy ning the 2009 NIT. Along the way Penn State tied a program record for regular season wins (21), w family is a great day for the program and the Academy,” said Gladchuk. “Ed's maturity, integrity, posted its second-most Big Ten Conference wins (10) and second-best finish (4th) ever, recorded character and accomplishments at Penn State have made him one of the most respected role just the 10th 20-win season in program history, knocked off four Top 25 teams (including a road models in the coaching ranks. His career is all about building programs with educational priorities win at eventual NCAA runner-up Michigan State), set a record for home wins (17) and posted the in place, including graduating every senior that has ever played for him, and in the end achieving program's most road wins (6) in the Big Ten era. team goals that resonate with competing for championships. Ed will make a positive and impact - Penn State's remarkable run was led by Battle, who was a first-team All-Big Ten, NABC and ful impression on Navy Basketball in short order.” USBWA all-region selection and NIT MVP Jamelle Cornley, who finished his career ranked fourth “I'm thrilled and honored to be the next head basketball coach at the United States Naval Acad - all-time in scoring and rebounding at Penn State. Neither player was a highly sought blue-chip re - emy,” said DeChellis. “My wife and girls are excited to be a part of the Navy family and this is the cruit, but found remarkable success and achievement under the tutelage of DeChellis and his staff. perfect opportunity for me because I believe in the core values of the Academy. We fell in love with His coaching performance in 2007-08 had many of his Big Ten colleagues and members of the Annapolis and the Academy when we came and visited and we look forward to being part of a place media pointing to him as the conference's coach-of-the-year. Primed for a run to the post-season so steeped in tradition. I look forward to the challenge of not only winning the Patriot League Cham - in his fifth year at the helm, DeChellis saw his leading scorer, rebounder and preseason All-Big Ten pionship and taking Navy back to the NCAA Tournament, but also helping young men become fu - first-team pick Geary Claxton go down with a torn ACL 16 games into the season. Second lead - ture leaders of this great nation of ours. I look forward to meeting the players and talking to the ing scorer and rebounder Jamelle Cornley also suffered a knee injury that limited him for much of recruits and starting the process of getting Navy Basketball back on the national stage.” the season and caused him to miss six games, including the last three. All DeChellis did was lead DeChellis, who is 52, led Penn State to a 19-15 record and a fourth place finish (9-9) in the Big a team that started four freshmen and five newcomers to its most Big Ten wins and best Big Ten Ten in 2010-11, including the Nittany Lions first appearance in the Big Ten Championship Game finish since 2001. Along the way his young Lions knocked off No. 7 Michigan State and No. 17 In - and the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2001. diana while winning five straight home games to end the campaign. The Nittany Lions were led by senior guard Talor Battle, who finished second in the Big Ten in The Nittany Lions reached the NIT in 2006, DeChellis' third year at the helm. Despite playing the scoring (20.2 ppg) and became the first player in school history to be named team MVP all four youngest (12 underclassmen and one senior) and smallest line-up (just one player over 6-6 play - years. Battle finished his career as Penn State's all-time leading scorer with 2,213 points, sur - ing more than four minutes per game in league play) in the Big Ten, DeChellis led Penn State to its passing Jesse Arnelle's 56-year old Penn State record of 2,138, and finished 10th all-time in Big most overall wins (15), most non-conference wins (eight), most Big Ten wins (six), first Big Ten Ten history. Tournament win and first post-season appearance (NIT) in five seasons. # 33 # NAVY MEN’S BASKETBALL DeChellis' recruiting and coaching helped Penn State claim its first that four-year span of 20+ win seasons, Penn State posted an impres - DeChellis At a Glance ever Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Year (Jamelle Cornley, 2006) and three sive 87-40 record. Born Nov. 14, 1958 straight members of the Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Marlon Smith, 2004; The 1988-89 squad went 20-12, advanced to the Atlantic 10 Tourna - Hometown Monaca, Pa. Geary Claxton, 2005; Jamelle Cornley, 2006). The Lions had none before ment finals and then on to the National Invitation Tournament. High School Center his arrival. He also set about changing and revitalizing the program's cul - The next season, Penn State set a school record for wins in a season College Penn State (1982) ture - stressing family, a team-first attitude and a commitment to excel - posting a 25-9 record. The Nittany Lions advanced to the 1990 NIT semi - Degree B.A., Secondary Education lence without shortcuts that his players embraced and took ownership of. finals at Madison Square Garden, earning third place. Family DeChellis wrapped up the year by being named the 2006 National Building on two straight NIT appearances and a record-setting season, Wife Kim Coaches Vs. Cancer Man-of-the-Year for his contributions in raising funds DeChellis helped the 1990-91 Penn State team to earn the program's first Daughter Erin and awareness in the fight against cancer. DeChellis was presented the NCAA Tournament bid since 1965. Penn State went 21-11 and won the Daughter Lauren award by ESPN's Jay Bilas before a large gathering of his peers at the Atlantic 10 Tournament title. That win propelled Penn State into the NCAA Daughter Casey Laurel Valley Golf Club in western Pennsylvania. Tournament and a first round upset of 16th-ranked UCLA. Penn State Son-in-Law Andrew McKeehan Penn State was coming off two consecutive seven-win seasons when barely missed out on a trip to the Sweet 16 when it dropped an overtime Grandaughter Sophia DeChellis was named the 11th head coach in program history in April of heartbreaker to Eastern Michigan in the second round. 2003. Energizing the fans and players immediately, he helped guide Penn The 1991-92 season was a transitional year for Penn State as its af - Coaching Experience State to nine wins in his first season, better than each of the prior two filiation with the Atlantic 10 ended and the Nittany Lions spent a year as Year School, Position seasons, with fewer players on scholarship than the previous year. an independent with Big Ten play just a year away. The Nittany Lions 2012-p Navy, Head Coach DeChellis began his coaching career in Happy Valley, serving as a went 21-8 and earned another trip to the NIT. 2004-11 Penn State, Head Coach graduate assistant coach under Dick Harter and Bruce Parkhill. In 1984, Entrance into the Big Ten was a learning experience for the entire Nit - 1997-03 East Tennessee St., Head Coach he moved on to Salem College in Salem, West Virginia, where he had a tany Lion athletic program, but improvement and growth occurred quickly 1987-96 Penn State, Assistant Coach two-year stint as an assistant coach. While at Salem, DeChellis also for the basketball program. After a slow start in its initial year, Penn State 1985-86 Salem, W.Va., Assistant Coach served as the school's Director of Intramurals. Showcasing the overall improved in each year of conference play. 1983-84 Penn State, Graduate Assistant commitment to the growth of the young people he comes into contact Penn State went 2-16 the first year in the loop, tripled that win total in w with, DeChellis increased the Salem program from a four-sport entity into year two going 6-12, and improved yet again with a 9-9 showing in 1994- Postseason Experience a broad-based program offering 40 activities to over 800 students -- all in 95. That team went 21-11 overall and earned another trip to Madison w Year Tournament just two years, and all while serving as an assistant basketball coach.

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