Nick Macarchuk

Nick Macarchuk

Current position
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	(1941-06-26) June 26, 1941 (age 83) Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
1960–1963	Fairfield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1972	St. Thomas More HS
1972–1977	Providence (assistant)
1977–1987	Canisius
1987–1999	Fordham
1999–2005	Stony Brook
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
America East regular season (1985) 2x Patriot League regular season (1991, 1992) 2x Patriot League tournament (1991, 1992)
Awards
America East Coach of the Year (1984) Patriot League Coach of the Year (1991) Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (1999)

Nick Macarchuk (born June 26, 1941) is a former men's college basketball head coach. He was the head coach at Canisius, Fordham, and Stony Brook.^[1][2][3]

He was honored with the 1987 Norwich Native Son Award.^[4]

Macarchuk earned A-10 coach of the year in 1999 when he coached the Fordham to a 12–16 (5–11) record after going 16–65 in the prior 3 seasons as the team tried to adjust to scholarship athlete competition in the A-10 after moving from the non-scholarship Patriot League.^[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Canisius (Independent) (1977–1979)
1977–78	Canisius	7–19
1978–79	Canisius	12–14
Canisius:		19–33 (.365)	0–0 (–)
Canisius (ECAC North) (1979–1987)
1979–80	Canisius	13–14		6th
1980–81	Canisius	11–15		T–6th
1981–82	Canisius	19–8	7–2	T–2nd
1982–83	Canisius	11–17	3–6	7th
1983–84	Canisius	19–11	9–5	2nd
1984–85	Canisius	20–10	13–3	1st	NIT First round
1985–86	Canisius	21–8	14–4	2nd
1986–87	Canisius	16–12	12–6	4th
Canisius:		130–95 (.578)	82–55 (.599)
Fordham (MAAC) (1987–1990)
1987–88	Fordham	18–15	9–5	3rd	NIT First round
1988–89	Fordham	14–15	8–6	4th
1989–90	Fordham	20–13	10–6	4th	NIT Second round
Fordham:		52–43 (.547)	27–17 (.614)
Fordham (Patriot League) (1990–1995)
1990–91	Fordham	25–8	13–3	1st	NIT Second round
1991–92	Fordham	18–13	11–3	1st	NCAA first round
1992–93	Fordham	15–16	9–5	3rd
1993–94	Fordham	12–15	9–5	2nd
1994–95	Fordham	11–17	6–8	5th
Fordham:		81–69 (.540)	48–24 (.667)
Fordham (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1995–1999)
1995–96	Fordham	4–23	2–14	12th
1996–97	Fordham	6–21	1–15	12th
1997–98	Fordham	6–21	2–14	12th
1998–99	Fordham	12–15	5–11	9th
Fordham:		28–80 (.259)	10–54 (.156)
Stony Brook (Independent) (1999–2001)
1999–00	Stony Brook	6–23
2000–01	Stony Brook	17–11
Stony Brook:		23–34 (.404)	0–0 (–)
Stony Brook (America East Conference) (2001–2005)
2001–02	Stony Brook	6–22	5–11	9th
2002–03	Stony Brook	13–15	7–9	7th
2003–04	Stony Brook	10–20	5–13	8th
2004–05	Stony Brook	12–17	6–12	7th
Stony Brook:		41–74 (.357)	23–45 (.338)
Total:		374–428 (.466)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Player Bio: Nick Macarchuk :: Men's Basketball". 21 March 2005. Archived from the original on 21 March 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
2. "Nick Macarchuk Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
3. "Head Men's Basketball Coach Nick Macarchuk To Retire At End Of 2004-05 Season - Stony Brook University Athletics". Stony Brook University Athletics.
4. "Nick Macarchuk - 1987 Norwich Native Son". Norwich Rotary Club. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
5. Hahn, Alan (June 11, 1999). "Macarchuk is a Contented Coach". Newsday. p. 88. Retrieved April 8, 2023.