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Alumni In the News - January 28, 2004
John Carroll '77 Named Interim Head Coach of Celtics |
The NBA Boston Celtics announced that the team has accepted the resignation of head coach Jim O'Brien and named assistant coach John Carroll '77 interim head coach.
Carroll was a four-year starter at Dickinson, where he earned a degree in psychology in 1977. He began his coaching career at the University of Delaware, where he was a graduate assistant and basketball coach from 1977-79. He was the head basketball coach at Bloomfield College in New Jersey from 1979-82.
Carroll was an assistant coach for seven years at Seton Hall for P.J. Carlesimo. He went on to be head coach for Duquesne University from 1989-1995. He began his NBA career as a scout for Carlesimo with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1995-96. After a year with the Orlando Magic, he was named to the Celtics coaching staff on June 23, 1997.
Carroll is one of many Dickinson alumni who work in professional sports management. The summer 2002 issue of Dickinson Magazine profiled some of these alumni. They include:
- Andy MacPhail '76, Chicago Cubs general manager
- Adam Katz '81, sports agent
- Scott Cohen '91, Philadelphia Eagles director of pro personnel
- Keith Fischer '02, Philadelphia Eagles assistant, pro personnel
- Leon Rose '83, sports agent
- Steven Hoffman '80, Dallas Cowboys kicking coach
- Kirsten Nixa Sabia '92, PGA Tour media account manager
- Eric Margenau '63, minor-league teams owner
- Kevin Nathan '90, sports director at NBC 30 Connecticut News.
- Jonathan Murray '84, financial adviser for professional athletes
- Mark Gorscak '79, Pittsburgh Steelers college scout
- Jeff Kingston '99, San Diego Padres director of baseball operations
- Bill Hudock '02, Buffalo Bills media relations assistant
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