George Halcovage III (born January 13, 1986) is an American

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coach, currently the head men's coach for the

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team.

Playing career

From 2004 to 2008, Halcovage played college basketball at Babson.

Coaching career

Halcovage joined Jay Wright at Villanova in 2008 as a graduate assistant and occupied various roles including video coordinator and director of basketball operations until 2017 when he was elevated to an assistant coach. Upon Wright's retirement in 2022, Halcovage was retained as an assistant coach under

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. During his time with the Wildcats, he was part of seven

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regular-season champion squads as well as four Final Four teams, including the

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national championship teams. On March 31, 2023, Halcovage was hired as head coach at Buffalo to replace

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Head coaching record

References

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