2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
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Head <strong>Basketball</strong> Coach<br />
Mo Cassara<br />
Mo Cassara was named the new <strong>Hofstra</strong><br />
University head men’s basketball coach on<br />
May 5, 2010, and is entering his second<br />
season with the Pride in <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong>. <br />
In his first season at the helm, Cassara<br />
guided <strong>Hofstra</strong> to a 21-<strong>12</strong> final record<br />
and a 14-4 finish in the Colonial Athletic<br />
Association. The Pride finished tied for<br />
second in the CAA with eventual champion<br />
Old Dominion, marking the program’s<br />
highest finish since joining the league in<br />
2001-02. <strong>Hofstra</strong> also reached the CAA<br />
semifinals for the first time since 2006,<br />
and qualified for the postseason, making<br />
an appearance in the College <strong>Basketball</strong><br />
Invitational. <br />
Cassara’s first season also produced his first All-American<br />
with <strong>Hofstra</strong>, as senior guard Charles Jenkins was a third-team<br />
selection from The Sporting News,<br />
Sports Illustrated.<strong>com</strong>, CBS Sports.<strong>com</strong><br />
and <strong>Basketball</strong> Times, and an honorable<br />
mention selection from the Associated<br />
Press.<br />
Cassara came to <strong>Hofstra</strong> after<br />
serving as an assistant coach at Boston<br />
College from 2006-10. While with<br />
the Eagles, he was responsible for<br />
recruiting, scouting, on-floor coaching,<br />
off-season workouts and scheduling.<br />
He has coached in three NCAA<br />
Tournaments as a Division I assistant,<br />
including two at Boston College (2007,<br />
2009) and one at Dayton (2004).<br />
During Cassara’s four years with Boston College, the Eagles<br />
<strong>com</strong>piled a <strong>com</strong>bined 72-57 record and made two NCAA<br />
Tournament appearances. In his first season in 2006-07, he<br />
helped the Eagles finish with a 21-<br />
<strong>12</strong> record, including 10-6 in the<br />
ACC (good for fourth place), and<br />
reach the second round of the NCAA<br />
Tournament. That Boston College<br />
team featured ACC Player of the Year<br />
and second-team All-American Jared<br />
Dudley, who currently plays for the<br />
Phoenix Suns of the NBA. <br />
18 <strong>2011</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL<br />
The Eagles once again qualified for<br />
the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09,<br />
when they finished 22-<strong>12</strong>. Boston<br />
College also earned a signature win<br />
that year when it upset No. 1 North<br />
Carolina on the road to hand the<br />
eventual national champion Tar Heels<br />
their first loss of the season.<br />
Prior to joining the Boston College<br />
staff, Cassara served as the head<br />
coach at Division III Clark University<br />
in Massachusetts for two years from<br />
2004-06. He also spent one year as
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