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Syracuse Hires Former Player Gerry McNamara as Coach
Gerry McNamara returns to Syracuse with a strong recruiting record to revive the men’s basketball program after five years without an NCAA Tournament appearance.
- On Tuesday, Syracuse hired former star guard Gerry McNamara as head coach, returning him to the program where he and Carmelo Anthony won the 2003 national championship.
- Syracuse dismissed head coach Adrian Autry after three seasons with a 49-48 record, extending the program's NCAA Tournament drought to five seasons—its longest since 1967-72.
- McNamara arrives after two seasons at Siena, where he compiled a 37-30 record and mentored eventual NBA players Michael Carter-Williams, Dion Waiters, and Tyler Ennis under Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim.
- Incoming athletic director Bryan Blair plans to increase financial commitments for recruiting, while chancellor-elect Michael Haynie stated, "He honors our past, but he is driven to build for the future."
- Building a competitive program now requires different resource strategies than five years ago, but McNamara emphasized, "What hasn't changed is what Orange Nation expects.
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Syracuse, N.Y. – The band dispersed. The cheerleaders, too. Siena fans drifted out of the UHY Center last Sunday, giddy with the news their Saints would be playing Duke in their first NCAA Tournament game since 2010.
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The Hamilton SpectatorSyracuse hires former star guard Gerry McNamara to take over as men’s basketball coach
Syracuse turned to its past by hiring former star guard Gerry McNamara on Tuesday in a bid to guide a fading men’s basketball program back to prominence.
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