The Albany Academies Hires Girls Basketball Coach

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Dan McGraw

ALBANY, NY (08/13/2008)(readMedia)-- The Albany Academies is pleased to announce the addition of veteran college coach Dan McGraw as the new Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach for Albany Academy for Girls.

McGraw has had an extensive career as a basketball coach at a variety of levels, most recently serving as a Division I Assistant Basketball Coach at Binghamton University. Prior to that, he served as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at SUNY Oneonta for eight seasons where he compiled a record of 147-75. While at Oneonta, his teams qualified for postseason play in six of his eight years.

During the 2005-2006 season, his team won the ECAC Championship as the # 1 seed; in the 2000-2001 season, his team won the SUNYAC Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament with a record of 26-2. That year, McGraw was named the SUNYAC Conference Coach of the Year as well as the WBCA District II Regional Coach of the Year.

From 1996-98, he was the Head Basketball Coach at The College of Saint Joseph (VT) and compiled a record of 42-16; he was named Mayflower Conference Coach of the Year in both the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons. Prior to that, the 1988 graduate of Christian Brothers Academy was an assistant coach at CBA until 1993 and then an assistant coach for his brother, Packy, at Albany College of Pharmacy.

"We are so excited to welcome Dan McGraw to The Albany Academies to serve in this crucial role as head of the girls basketball program," said Athletic Director Paul Gallucci. "We are looking for Dan to take this program to the next level in terms of success and recognition, and are certain that his leadership, experience and enthusiasm will make him a tremendous asset to our school."

McGraw has an associate's degree from Sage Junior College of Albany and a bachelor's degree from The College of Saint Joseph in Rutland, VT. He can be reached through The Albany Academies Athletic Department at (518) 429-2300 or galluccp@albanyacademies.org.

The Albany Academies is home to the two campuses of The Albany Academy (West Campus) and Albany Academy for Girls (East Campus), which share a nearly 200-year-old tradition of outstanding, single-gender independent school education. Both campuses bring with them deeply treasured values of community, tradition and purpose to the newly formed school known as The Albany Academies.

The Albany Academies is committed to developing the potential of the whole individual by building a community that fosters scholarship, leadership, character, service and creativity.

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