Brian Giorgis

Brian Giorgis (born May 29, 1955)^[4] is a retired head coach of the Marist Red Foxes women's basketball program. Giorgis completed his twenty-first season at the helm as head coach in 2023. His 250th career win at Marist, which came in March 2012, coincided with his players notching the Red Foxes' 7th Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) crown, and their eighth conference crown since 2004.^[5]

Brian Giorgis

Giorgis in 2012
Biographical details
Born	(1955-05-29) May 29, 1955 (age 69)[1]
Alma mater	SUNY Cortland ('77) Virginia Tech ('82)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2023	Marist
Head coaching record
Overall	463–201 (.697)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
13× MAAC Regular Season Championship (2004–2014, 2020, 2021) 11× MAAC Tournament Championship (2004, 2006–2014, 2021)
Awards
8× MAAC Coach of the Year (2004–2006, 2008, 2011–2013, 2021)[2] 2020 Kay Yow Award[3]
Medal record Coach for Women's Basketball  United States (assistant coach) World University Games 2013 Kazan Team

In 2007, Giorgis coached the Red Foxes through two NCAA Tournament victories, thus becoming the first-ever MAAC program to appear in the women's Round of 16.^[6]

On February 28, 2022, Giorgis announced his retirement, effective after the 2022–23 season. His top assistant Erin Doughty, who played under him at Marist, was designated as his successor.^[7]

Career background

Giorgis graduated from SUNY Cortland with a bachelor's degree in health education in 1977, and earned a master's degree from Virginia Tech in 1982.^[8]

Giorgis had much success with the Marist women's program, having spent his entire Division I coaching career at Marist.^[9]

Before his time at Marist, Giorgis built a powerhouse for 19 seasons coaching high-school girls' basketball, as well as other sports, and as a teacher of biology and health at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, NY, before he was hired as head coach at nearby Marist College.

Giorgis led the Lourdes girls' basketball team to four consecutive state championships during his tenure as coach, and he compiled a 451–44 record.^[10] He is the only coach in New York scholastic sports history to bring teams in four different sports to the state Final Four, as he also led Lourdes' baseball, softball and volleyball teams.^[11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marist Red Foxes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2002–2023)
2002–03	Marist	13–16	8–10	7th[12]
2003–04	Marist	20–11	13–5	T–1st[13]	NCAA First Round
2004–05	Marist	22–7	15–3	1st[14]
2005–06	Marist	23–7	16–2	1st[15]	NCAA First Round
2006–07	Marist	29–6	17–1	1st[16]	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2007–08	Marist	32–3	18–0	1st[17]	NCAA Second Round
2008–09	Marist	29–4	16–2	1st[18]	NCAA First Round
2009–10	Marist	26–8	15–3	1st[19]	NCAA First Round
2010–11	Marist	31–3	18–0	1st[20]	NCAA Second Round
2011–12	Marist	26–8	17–1	1st[21]	NCAA Second Round
2012–13	Marist	26–7	18–0	1st[22]	NCAA First Round
2013–14	Marist	27–7	18–2	T–1st[23]	NCAA First Round
2014–15	Marist	21–12	15–5	2nd[24]	WNIT First Round
2015–16	Marist	16–16	14–6	3rd[25]
2016–17	Marist	15–17	11–9	6th[26]
2017–18	Marist	20–14	14–4	2nd[27]	WNIT First Round
2018–19	Marist	23–9	13–5	3rd
2019–20	Marist	26–4	18–2	T–1st	Season Canceled
2020–21	Marist	18–4	13–3	1st	NCAA First Round
2021–22	Marist	8–20	6–14	10th
2022–23	Marist	12–18	8–12	7th
Marist:		463–201 (.697)	302–88 (.774)
Total:		463–201 (.697)
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