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Chris Downs enters his 12th season as Saint Basketball coach. Coach Downs has taken his team to nine post season appearances in eleven years, including one NCAA Elite Eight, one NCAA Second Round, two ECAC semifinals, two ECAC finals, one ECAC championship and multiple Liberty League Tournaments. Downs has been named NABC East Region, New York State and Liberty League Coach of the Year.
The Liberty League and Northeast Regional Coach of the Year as a rookie head coach in 1997-98, he led his Saints to the best season in SLU history with a 24-2 overall record and a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
A former Athlete of the Year, Downs received a bachelor’s in elementary education from Oneonta State. Coach Downs has also worked at Division II LeMoyne College and Potsdam State. |
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Keith Sullivan enters his second year as an assistant coach for the Saints men's basketball team. A 2005 graduate of St. Lawrence, Sullivan spent a year working for U.S. Trust, a financial firm in New York City, before returning to his alma mater to coach the Saints.
Sullivan brings a year of coaching and four years of varsity basketball experience, as well as extensive knowledge of the St. Lawrence basketball program to the 2007-2008 team. He was captain of the Saints during his senior campaign, earning Honorable Mention All-League honors the same year. He was also a member of the 2001-2002 ECAC Champion Saints basketball team. |