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2002–03 East Tennessee State Buccaneers Men's Basketball Team
The 2002–03 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by head coach Ed DeChellis, played their home games at the Memorial Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, as members of the Southern Conference. After finishing tied for first in the conference regular season standings, the Buccaneers won the 2003 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, SoCon tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the East region. East Tennessee State was beaten by No. 2 seed 2002–03 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team, Wake Forest in the opening round, 76–73. Roster Source Schedule and results , - !colspan=12 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, 2003 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, , - !colspan=12 style=, 2003 NC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed DeChellis
Edward Richard DeChellis (born November 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003-2011 and at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. At Penn State, DeChellis led the Nittany Lions to an NIT Title in 2009 and an NCAA tournament berth in 2011. DeChellis' years at East Tennessee State yielded three conference division titles and one NCAA tournament berth. He was named the head coach at Navy in 2011, following the departure of Billy Lange. DeChellis received the 2009 Big Ten Coach of the Year award and 2006 National Coaches vs. Cancer Man of the Year. He was born in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Monaca and has three daughters with his wife Kim. Coaching DeChellis was the head coach of the East Tennessee State University Men’s Basketball program from 1996 to 2003, winning three Southern Conference north division titles (2000–03) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |