US EditionCollege Basketball: Billy Lange Leaves St. Joe’s for Knicks; Steve Donahue Named Head Coach
Billy Lange brings extensive collegiate and NBA coaching experience to lead the Knicks' player development as the team pursues championship aspirations with core veterans.
- Billy Lange will leave his position as head coach of Saint Joseph's men's basketball team in 2025 after leading the Hawks for six seasons.
- Lange took over the Hawks in 2019 following longtime coach Phil Martelli’s departure and compiled an 81-104 record with no NCAA Tournament appearances.
- During Lange’s tenure, Saint Joseph’s posted consecutive 20-win campaigns, secured back-to-back Big 5 Classic championships, and earned postseason berths in the NIT in each of the previous two years.
- Lange is reportedly expected to join the New York Knicks’ coaching staff to oversee player development, while Steve Donahue was named as his interim replacement at Saint Joseph's.
- Lange’s departure suggests a transition period for Saint Joseph's basketball as the program prepares for the 2025-26 season opening on November 3 against Lafayette.
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College basketball: Billy Lange leaves St. Joe’s for Knicks; Steve Donahue named head coach
PHILADELPHIA — Saint Joseph’s men’s basketball coach Billy Lange announced Wednesday that he’s departing the program for a player development role with the New York Knicks. Former Penn coach Steve Donahue has been elevated to the head coaching role, the 16th in program history. The move comes six weeks before the season is due to start and ends Lange’s six-season tenure on Hawk Hill. It installs Donahue, fired from Penn at the end of last season…
Knicks to hire St. Joseph’s Billy Lange as player development coach: source
The Knicks have a new face of player development. The Leon Rose-led front office that hired Mike Brown to replace Tom Thibodeau as head coach is expected to bring in St. Joseph’s head coach Billy Lange to oversee player development, league sources told The Daily News. ESPN was first to report Lange’s expected move from Philadelphia to New York. Lange was preparing to enter his seventh season as head coach of the Hawks, compiling an overall recor…
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