Charlie Buscaglia

Charlie Buscaglia
Sport(s) Women's college basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Robert Morris
Conference NEC
Record 47-19 (.712)
Biographical details
Born (1979-11-26) November 26, 1979
Buffalo, New York
Alma mater Manhattan (2003)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998-2003 Manhattan (asst.)
2003-2008 Robert Morris (asst.)
2008-2016 Robert Morris (assoc. HC)
2016-current Robert Morris
Head coaching record
Overall 47-19 (.712)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • NEC regular season (2017, 2018)
  • NEC Tournament (2017)
Awards
  • Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year (2017, 2018)
Records
  • Most wins (22) for a first-year head coach in RMU history
  • School record for victories (25) in 2017-18 season

Charlie Buscaglia[1] (born November 26, 1979) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Robert Morris Colonials women's basketball program. Before he succeeded his father, Sal, as head coach following the 2015-16 season[2], Buscaglia spent 13 years on the Colonials' coaching staff and previously assisted at his alma mater, Manhattan College.[3]

Coaching career

While enrolled at Manhattan, Buscaglia spent five seasons as an assistant under his father and was a part of the Jaspers' 2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship and NCAA Tournament team. He then moved onto Robert Morris prior to the 2003-04 season, spending five seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach in 2008-09. Between 2003-04 and 2004-05, the Colonials saw a 17-win increase from three to 20, which was then the third-largest turnaround in NCAA history. Buscaglia also served as head recruiter, bringing to Moon Township four Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Year recipients and 16 All-NEC honorees[4].

During his time as an assistant and associate head coach at Robert Morris, the Colonials claimed four NEC Tournament titles (2007, 2008, 2014, 2016) and participated in four NCAA Tournaments, the 2011 WNIT, and the 2012 WBI.

In his first season as head coach, Buscaglia guided the Colonials to their seventh NEC Tournament championship[5] and fifth NCAA Tournament appearance[6], finishing with an overall record of 22-11. He was named Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year[7] after Robert Morris captured sole possession of its third NEC regular season crown[8] with a league mark of 14-4.

Buscaglia led the Colonials to a school-record 25 victories in the 2017-18 season[9], claiming a share of the NEC regular-season crown along with a berth in the Postseason WNIT. For his efforts, he was named Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year, becoming just the third coach in league history to collect the plaudits in consecutive campaigns[10].

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Robert Morris Colonials (Northeast Conference) (2016–present)
2016-17 Robert Morris 22-1114-41stNCAA First Round
2017-18 Robert Morris 25-816-2t-1stPostseason WNIT
Robert Morris: 47-19 (.712)30-6 (.833)
Total:47-19 (.712)

      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

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Morris Athletics". Rmucolonials.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "How father and son have changed women's basketball". Usatoday.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Buscaglia brings his own flair to Robert Morris women's basketball". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Robert Morris Athletics". rmucolonials.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Back-to-Back! Colonials Claim Seventh NEC Championship". Rmucolonials.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ "RMU Concludes Campaign in NCAA First Round Defeat at Notre Dame". Rmucolonials.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Regular Season Champion Robert Morris Snags Two Major Honors; All-NEC Teams Announced". Northeast Conference. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ "RMU Defeats FDU to Claim NEC Regular Season Title". Robert Morris University. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ http://rmucolonials.com/news/2018/3/8/womens-basketball-colonials-break-win-record-in-rout-of-liu-brooklyn-advance-to-nec-title-game.aspx?path=wbball
  10. ↑ http://northeastconference.org/news/2018/3/7/womens-basketball-keystone-state-contingent-captures-four-of-five-major-necwbb-awards-all-nec-teams-unveiled.aspx
  • "Charlie Buscaglia picks up where dad left off for Robert Morris". Buffalonews.com. March 13, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  • "Lesar: Robert Morris won't change approach as heavy underdog to Notre Dame". Ndinsider.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  • Jeremy Tepper. "From volunteer to head coach, Robert Morris women's basketball coach Charlie Buscaglia has come a long way". Timesonline.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
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