Mitch Buonaguro

Mitch Buonaguro
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1953-12-04) December 4, 1953 Queens, New York
Playing career
1971–1975	Boston College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1977	Boston College (asst.)
1977–1985	Villanova (asst.)
1985–1991	Fairfield
1991–1996	Texas A&M (asst.)
1996–2003	Cleveland State (asst.)
2003–2005	UNC Greensboro (asst.)
2005–2010	Siena (asst.)
2010–2013	Siena
2015–present	Fairfield (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	107–162 (.398)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAAC Tournament Champions (1986, 1987)

Mitch Buonaguro (born December 4, 1953) is an American college basketball coach and current assistant men's basketball coach at Fairfield University.

Coaching career

Buonaguro was the head coach at Fairfield University from 1985 to 1991. During his first season, he coached the Stags to its first MAAC Championship, first berth in NCAA Tournament where the Stags faced the Illinois Fighting Illini in the first round; and ended the year with a 24–7 record, the most wins in school history. As a result, his MAAC coaching peers recognized him as the 1985–86 MAAC Coach of the Year. The following season, Buonaguro coached Fairfield through an injured-plaqued season to mount an improbable run to its second consecutive MAAC Championship and to earn its second consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament where the Stags faced the top-seeded and eventual national champion Indiana Hoosiers in the first round.

Buonaguro was named the 15th head coach in Siena history on April 8, 2010 after being the lead assistant at Siena the past five years for previous coach Fran McCaffery. After posting a 35-59 record in three seasons Buonaguro was dismissed from Siena on March 12, 2013.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Fairfield (MAAC) (1985–1991)
1985–86	Fairfield	24–7	13–1	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1986–87	Fairfield	15–16	5–9	7th	NCAA 1st Round
1987–88	Fairfield	8–20	4–10	7th
1988–89	Fairfield	7–21	2–12	8th
1989–90	Fairfield	10–19	6–10	5th (south)
1990–91	Fairfield	8–20	4–12	8th
Fairfield:		72–103 (.411)	34–54 (.386)
Siena (MAAC) (2010–2013)
2010–11	Siena	13-18	8-10	7th
2011–12	Siena	14-17	8-10	T-6th
2012–13	Siena	8-24	4-14	9th
Siena:		35-59 (.376)	20-34(.370)
Total:		107-162(.398)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

Fairfield Stags men's basketball head coaches

Joe Dunn (1948–1949) Bob Noonan (1949–1950) James Hanrahan (1950–1958) George Bisacca (1958–1968) Jim Lynam (1968–1970) Fred Barakat (1970–1981) Terry O'Connor (1981–1985) Mitch Buonaguro (1985–1991) Paul Cormier (1991–1998) Tim O'Toole (1998–2006) Ed Cooley (2006–2011) Sydney Johnson (2011– )

Siena Saints men's basketball head coaches

Jack Carroll (1938–1939)
Henry Bunoski (1939–1941)
Dan Cunha (1941–1943)
No team (1943–1946)
Dan Cunha (1946–1965)
Tom Hannon (1965–1969)
Gene Culnan (1969–1972)
Rit Keith # (1972)
William Kirsch (1972–1982)
John Griffin (1982–1986)
Mike Deane (1986–1994)
Bob Beyer (1994–1997)
Paul Hewitt (1997–2000)
Louis Orr (2000–2001)
Rob Lanier (2001–2005)
Fran McCaffery (2005–2010)
Mitch Buonaguro (2010–2013)
Jimmy Patsos (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball 1984–85 NCAA Champions

4 Dwight Wilbur 21 Harold Pressley 22 Gary McLain 31 Mark Plansky 32 Harold Jensen 33 Dwayne McClain 54 Ed Pinckney (MOP) Head coach Rollie Massimino Assistant Coaches Mitch Buonaguro Steve Lappas

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