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Mike Maker |
Head Coach of Men's Basketball mjm2@williams.edu 413-597-2201 |
Williams Athletic Director Harry Sheehy announced today
(07/08/08) that Mike Maker, a 20-year coaching veteran (17 years in
Division I) and currently an assistant at Creighton, has been named
head coach of the Ephs' men's basketball team.
Sheehy, the all-time leader in wins in men's basketball at
Williams with 324 in 17 years, is confident that he and his
committee have selected just the right person to lead the Ephs.
“I'm thrilled that Mike Maker will be the next basketball
coach at Williams," said Sheehy. "He brings great basketball
knowledge, work ethic, and enthusiasm to the position. He's worked
with great coaches in some of the best programs in the country.
“Mike is a great match for Williams. He'll be a great
addition to the community, athletic department, and the Williams
basketball family.”
"I'm humbled and excited to be getting what I consider the
opportunity of a lifetime," Maker said. "Williams has a great
athletic tradition and is known around the world for its academics.
I'm really looking forward to being around players who crave
excellence in every area of their lives."
Maker has New England roots and his family is most excited for him
to return to the region. "My dad was born and raised in Boston and
I have a lot of family in the area and they're all as excited as I
am about this job."
Maker intends to head east as soon as possible and has plans to
use an aunt's house in Wakefield, Mass., as his base for recruiting
in July. "We're a little bit behind in the recruiting process so I
need to get right after it and get out to as many camps as soon as
I can, but first I need to talk to the players at Creighton and
Williams."
Maker began his coaching career at California Baptist College,
where he was both an assistant coach and the JV coach from 1988 to
1990.
Maker comes to Williams from a year as an assistant coach at
Creighton University that saw the Bluejays record 20 wins and 10
conference wins for the 10th straight year, a feat matched only by
Kansas and Stanford.
Prior to joining Dana Altman's staff at Creighton, Maker spent two
years at West Virginia (2005-07) as an assistant to John Beilein
and three years at Samford University (2002-05). His longest tenure
was an 11-year run as an associate coach at Dartmouth
(1991-2002).
At West Virginia Maker assisted Beilin in implementing the Two
Guard Offense, a derivative of the Princeton Offense and helped the
Mountaineers win the 2007 NIT and advance to the 2006 NCAA
Tournament.
While Maker was coaching at Samford under Jimmy Tillette, the
Bulldogs ranked second nationally in 3-point field goals and
seventh in field goal percentage in 2004-05 and they also ran a
version of the Princeton Offense.
During his years at Dartmouth, Maker helped The Big Green snap
Penn's 34-game home court win streak, one year after breaking
Penn's 48-game conference win streak.
Maker coached for one year at Hartnell College where he was the
head coach of the women's team (1990-91).
Maker played his first two years of college basketball at
Hartnell, where he earned an associate of arts degree in general
education. He then transferred to California Baptist, graduating in
1988 with a B.S. in physical education. Maker earned a master's in
education at Azuza Pacific in 1990.
Maker also played at California Baptist, serving as captain at
both schools both years. He was also an Academic All-American at
California Baptist.
Maker, who went on three foreign summer trips with Dartmouth, is
looking forward to August when the Ephs will embark on a
pre-planned two-week trip to Italy with the players who are
returning from last year's roster. NCAA rules prohibit first-years
from pre-season trips. The Ephs return three starters from last
year's 17-8 team in senior co-captain Kevin Snyder a guard, junior
center Joe Geoghegan, and junior swingman Blake Schultz.
"This will be a great opportunity for me to get to know the
players and a chance for them to get to know me while we play some
games and take part in cultural activities," noted Maker. "The
basketball will be important because it'll be the first time I'll
see the players in game conditions, but getting to know them and
sharing the cultural aspects of the trip and bonding will be just
as important."
Maker replaces Williams alum Dave Paulsen who left in May to
become the head coach at Bucknell.
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Kevin App |
Assistant Coach of Men's Basketball Kma2@williams.edu 413-597-4202 |
Kevin App walked on the Cornell University men's basketball team
as a guard candidate and he left the Big Red program as a four-year
letterman and a senior tri-captain.
App earned Rebounder's Club Award at Cornell as a senior.
After graduating from Cornell in 2007 with a B.S. in civil
engineering App joined the Clark Construction Company, LLC, in
Bethesda, Maryland, where he served one year as an office
engineer.
App has served on the summer camp staffs at both Cornell and West
Virginia University, along with being a CYO coach and an instructor
at the DSM Shock Basketball Clinic.
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Patrick Doherty |
Assistant Coach of Men's Basketball pod1@williams.edu 413-597-4202 |
Patrick Doherty is in his first year at Williams and joins Mike
Maker's staff from The College of New Jersey where he served as an
assistant coach in the 2007-08 season.
Doherty participated as a member of the Lafayette College varsity
basketball team as a non-recruited walk-on. He graduated Summa
Cum Laude from Lafayette in 2004 with a B.A. in philosophy and
Spanish. Doherty was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa (2003) and he
was awarded Lafayette's highest scholarship – the Marquis
Scholarship.
Doherty joined PeacePlayers (formerly Playing for Peace) in August
of 2004 and was assigned to Northern Ireland. PeacePlayers is a
non-profit organization that uses the game of basketball to bridge
divides, change perceptions, and develop leaders in areas of the
world historically characterized by strife. While in Northern
Ireland Doherty was a player/coach for the Northstar Basketball
Club.
Recently Doherty worked for the Central Bucks East High School in
Doylestown, PA, as an educational assistant (2006-08) and from
2005-06 he served as a case manager for the Big Brothers and Big
sisters Program of Montgomery County in Norristown, PA.





