Ed Conroy (basketball)

Edward S. Conroy (born February 17, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is currently serving his second stint as the head coach of The Citadel Bulldogs.

Ed Conroy

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	The Citadel
Conference	SoCon
Record	75–143 (.344)
Biographical details
Born	(1967-02-17) February 17, 1967 (age 58) Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1989	The Citadel
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1993	NC State (assistant)
1993–1994	VMI (assistant)
1994–1997	Furman (assistant)
1997–2000	Francis Marion
2000–2001	Tulsa (assistant)
2003–2005	Tennessee (assistant)
2005–2006	Coastal Carolina (assistant)
2006–2010	The Citadel
2010–2016	Tulane
2016–2021	Minnesota (assistant)
2021–2022	Vanderbilt (associate HC)
2022–present	The Citadel
Head coaching record
Overall	167–246 (.404)
Tournaments	0–1 (CBI) 1–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (2009) Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2009)

Career

Conroy previously served as the associate head coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores and as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Conroy is a former head men's basketball coach at Tulane University, being hired in April 2010.^[1] Conroy was officially relieved of his duties as Tulane head coach on March 14, 2016.^[2]

Before joining Tulane, he coached four seasons at The Citadel^[1] and three seasons at Francis Marion University.

Conroy announced his return to The Citadel on March 23, 2022. During his first stint as head coach there from 2006-2010, he led the Bulldogs to their first 20-win season in over 30 years during the 2008-2009 season, in which the Bulldogs made the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament-to date, the only postseason appearance in school history. He was selected as the SoCon Coach of the Year by the league's head coaches and media members. He was also named the NABC District 22 Coach of the Year, CollegeInsider.com Coach of the Year and the Skip Prosser Man of the Year.^[3]

His brother, Duffy, is an assistant coach at Tulsa.^[4] Ed is also a first cousin to novelist Pat Conroy.^[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (2006–2010)
2006–07	The Citadel	7–23	4–14	6th (South)
2007–08	The Citadel	6–24	1–19	6th (South)
2008–09	The Citadel	20–13	15–5	T–2nd (South)	CIT First Round
2009–10	The Citadel	16–16	9–9	4th (South)
Tulane Green Wave (Conference USA) (2010–2014)
2010–11	Tulane	13–17	3–13	12th
2011–12	Tulane	15–16	3–13	12th
2012–13	Tulane	20–15	6–10	9th	CIT Second Round
2013–14	Tulane	17–17	8–8	7th	CBI First Round
Tulane Green Wave (American Athletic Conference) (2014–2016)
2014–15	Tulane	15–16	6–12	7th
2015–16	Tulane	12–22	3–15	11th
Tulane:		92–103 (.472)	29–71 (.290)
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23	The Citadel	10–22	5–13	9th
2023–24	The Citadel	11–21	3–15	9th
2024–25	The Citadel	5–25	0–18	10th
The Citadel:		75–143 (.344)	37–93 (.285)
Total:		167–246 (.404)
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