Paul Cormier (born June 3, 1951) is currently the Chief of Staff for UMass men's basketball. He is the former head men's basketball coach at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

. Recently, Cormier was an advance pro scout for the

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during the 2009–10 season and New Jersey Nets during the 2007–08 and 2008–09

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seasons. Previously, he was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2006–07

season. He spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the

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(2002–06) following two seasons as the head scout for Boston. Prior to joining the Celtics, Cormier spent the 1998–99 season as video scout for the New York Knicks. Cormier coached at the collegiate level for twenty years. He served seven seasons (1991–98) as head coach of

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time ...

. During the 1995–96 season, Cormier coached Fairfield to a 20–10 overall record, an appearance in the

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(MAAC) championship game and the program's fourth berth in the NIT. His MAAC coaching peers recognized him as the 1995–96 MAAC Coach of the Year. And during the 1996–97 season, Cormier coached Fairfield to the MAAC Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. He then coached the #16 seed Fairfield to an early second half lead and near historic upset of the

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coached #1 seed

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. Cormier also served seven seasons (1984–91) as head coach at

and an additional six seasons (2010–2016); as an assistant coach at

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(1980–84) and at

Bentley College Bentley University is a private university focused on business, accountancy, and finance and located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in ...

(1978–80). Cormier is a graduate of the

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...

. He and his wife, Susan, have four sons.

Head coaching record

References

External links

NBA: Paul Cormier

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