Joe Gallo (born February 8, 1980) is an American college basketball head coach and former player for the Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team. He was previously an assistant coach for Dartmouth and Robert Morris before he was hired as head coach at Merrimack in 2016.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Merrimack |
| Conference | NEC |
| Record | 104–70 (.598) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1980-02-08) February 8, 1980 (age 42) New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2004 | Merrimack |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2009 | Merrimack (assistant) |
| 2010–2012 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
| 2012–2016 | Robert Morris (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Merrimack |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 104–70 (.598) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Northeast-10 tournament (2019) NEC regular season (2020) | |
| Awards | |
| NEC Coach of the Year (2020) HoopDirt.com Division I Coach of the Year (2020) | |
Gallo, a native of Milltown, New Jersey, played high school basketball at Princeton Day School before playing college basketball at Merrimack College.[2]
Gallo began his coaching career in 2005 as an assistant at Merrimack a year after he was a player for the Warriors. In 2010, Gallo was hired as an assistant under head coach Paul Cormier at Dartmouth. He was hired as an assistant under Andrew Toole at Robert Morris 2012. In 2016, Gallo was hired as head coach at his alma mater, Merrimack, replacing Bert Hammel.[3] After leading Merrimack to a Northeast Conference regular season title in 2020, its first season in Division I, Gallo was named conference coach of the year.[4]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Merrimack Warriors (Northeast-10 Conference) (2016–2019) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Merrimack | 19–12 | 12–9 | T–3rd (Northeast) | NCAA Division II Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2017–18 | Merrimack | 20–12 | 14–7 | 2nd (Northeast) | NCAA Division II Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2018–19 | Merrimack | 22–10 | 14–7 | 2nd (Northeast) | NCAA Division II first round | ||||
| Merrimack Warriors (Northeast Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Merrimack | 20–11 | 14–4 | 1st | None | ||||
| 2020–21 | Merrimack | 9–9 | 9–9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Merrimack | 14–16 | 10–8 | 4th | TBC | ||||
| Merrimack: | 104–70 (.598) | 73–44 (.624) | |||||||
| Total: | 104–70 (.598) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Men's basketball head coaches of the Northeast Conference | |
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Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year | |
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