2013-14 Bucknell Men's Basketball Media Guide - Bucknell Athletics

The Coaching Staff
recruiting, scouting, player development, strength
and conditioning and summer camp organization.
In 2006-07, Kelly was an assistant coach at
Clarkson University, where he was part of a Golden
Knights team that finished with a winning record
(14-12).
Kelly is a 2006 graduate of Catholic University
in Washington, D.C. He was a member of Cardinals
teams that were consistently ranked in the top
25 nationally and produced a four-year record of
89-28. Kelly was elected team captain as a senior,
and his team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in
2003, 2004 and 2006. A Capital Athletic Conference
All-Academic Team honoree, Kelly graduated with
a degree in history.
charles lee
assistant Coach
second season
Charles Lee, the 2006 Patriot League Player
of the Year and one of the catalysts of Bucknell’s
2005 and 2006 championship teams, returned to
his alma mater as an assistant men’s basketball
coach in 2012-13.
Lee now holds the distinction of participating
in an NCAA Tournament as both a student-athlete
and a coach at Bucknell, as the Bison captured the
Patriot League regular-season and tournament
titles and finished 28-6 in 2012-13.
Lee, who scored 1,147 points and earned the
Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in the
Class of 2006, was one of the final training camp
cuts of the San Antonio Spurs before embarking
on an outstanding playing career in Israel, Belgium
and Germany.
At the time of his graduation, Lee ranked 21st
on Bucknell’s all-time scoring list. A 6-3 guard, Lee
also ranked 20th on Bucknell’s career rebounding
chart with 568, making him one of only 18 players
in program history to amass 1,000 points and 500
rebounds. He also ranks fifth in school history in
steals with 167.
Lee co-captained the Bison in 2004-05 and
2005-06. In both seasons Bucknell won Patriot
League championships and went on to capture
first-round victories in the NCAA Tournament.
Lee recorded 15 points and eight rebounds in
Bucknell’s historic upset of third-seeded Kansas
in the 2005 NCAA Tournament. That was the first
NCAA win in Bucknell and Patriot League history.
In Lee’s senior year, Bucknell won a school-record
27 games, became the first Patriot League team to
go undefeated in league play in the regular season,
and entered the national top-25
for the first time in program history.
The Bison earned a No. 9
seed in the NCAA Tournament,
and led by a game-high 24
points from Lee, they dismissed
Arkansas in the opening round.
Lee became the first player
in league history to earn backto-back
Patriot League Tournament
Most Valuable Player
Awards. In addition to his 2006
Patriot League Player of the
Year Award, he earned three All-
Patriot League citations: second
team honors as a sophomore
and first team nods as a junior
and senior. He was an Associated
Press Honorable Mention All-
American in 2006, and that year
he also captured the Benton A.
Kribbs Award as the team’s most
outstanding player.
Following graduation with
a degree in business management,
the Gaithersburg, Md.,
native signed with the NBA’s
San Antonio Spurs. Lee played
with the Spurs’ summer league team in Salt Lake
City and was invited to the team’s primary training
camp. He saw action in the Spurs’ preseason
games, including three on a tour of France, but was
one of the team’s final cuts just prior to the start of
the regular season. The Spurs had a veteran roster
in 2006-07 and went on to claim the NBA title.
Lee then signed with Gilboa Afula in the Israeli
Premier League and averaged 9.4 points and 4.0
rebounds in his first professional season. He played
for VOO Verviers-Pepinster in Belgium in 2007-08
before moving on to the German Bundesliga for
two years. Lee played for MEG Goettingen in 2008-
09, helping that upstart team to a playoff berth
while averaging 13.4 points per game. His final pro
stop came with the Artland Dragons in 2009-10.
Lee retired from professional basketball in
2010 and put his Bucknell degree to good use on
Wall Street, working for for Bank of America Merrill
Lynch. He started in the company’s global banking
and markets rotational program, and most recently
he was serving as an equities trader before turning
his attention back to college basketball.
Lee and his wife, former Bison women’s
basketball captain Lindsey Geosits, reside in
Lewisburg.
kevin snyder
mgr. bb operations
first season
Bison Coaching Records
Name Years at BU W L Pct.
Student Coaches 1895-1908 (13) 99 28 .780
George Hoskins 1908-11 (3) 21 14 .667
C. Fulmer 1911-12 (1) 10 6 .625
H.E. Zehner 1912-13 (1) 4 13 .235
D. Schaffner 1913-14 (1) 4 8 .333
George Cockill* 1914-17 (3) 26 19 .576
Malcolm E. Musser 4 diff. stints 110 99 .522
Harry A. Benfer 1918-19 (1) 12 4 .750
Clarence E. Glass 1920-23 (3) 29 25 .537
Harry McCormick 1923-25 (2) 2 10 .167
John Plant 1926-32 (6) 59 49 .546
John J. Sitarsky 1942-43 (1) 5 8 .385
J. Ellwood Ludwig 1943-47 (4) 36 29 .554
Jack G. Guy 1947-52 (5) 29 80 .266
Benton A. Kribbs 1952-62 (10) 97 124 .439
Gene Evans 1962-64 (2) 15 29 .341
Don Smith 1964-72 (8) 82 105 .433
Jim Valvano 1972-75 (3) 33 42 .440
Charlie Woollum 1975-94 (19) 318 221 .590
Pat Flannery 1994-2008 (14) 234 178 .568
Dave Paulsen 2008-pres. (5) 99 65 .604
Bucknell Totals* 1895-pres. (118) 1324 1156 .534
* percentage includes one tie
Kevin Snyder, a former all-conference guard
recruited by Dave Paulsen at Williams College,
joined Paulsen’s staff at Bucknell as the manager of
basketball operations this summer. Snyder comes
to Bucknell after spending last season as an assistant
coach at Brown.
A native of Littleton, Colo., Snyder graduated
from Williams in 2009 after double-majoring in
psychology and art studio. Not only was he a First
Team All-NESCAC selection as a senior, but he was
also named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic
All-District Team. Snyder was a three-time recipient
of his school’s Academic Scholar-Athlete Award.
On the floor he was a three-year starter who compiled
1,016 points, 237 assists and 272 rebounds.
He averaged 16.8 points per game and also led the
team in assists as a senior. During his sophomore
year — Paulsen’s next-to-last year at Williams — he
helped lead the Ephs to a NESCAC title and a berth
in the NCAA Tournament.
Snyder launched his coaching career in
2009-10 as the director of basketball operations
at William & Mary. He was part of a staff that led
the Tribe to a 22-10 record and an NIT berth. It was
William & Mary’s most wins since 1949-50 and the
third-most in program history.
One year later Snyder returned to his alma
mater as an assistant coach under Mike Maker.
In 2010-11 Williams finished 29-3 and advanced
all the way to the Division III Final Four. After two
years at Williams, Snyder last season returned to
the Division I ranks as an assistant coach at Brown.
In 2012-13 the Bears finished in fourth place in the
Ivy League with a 7-7 record.
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