Pat Chambers

Pat Chambers
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Penn State
Conference Big Ten
Record 113–122
Biographical details
Born (1970-12-13) December 13, 1970
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1990–1994 Philadelphia
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996 Delaware Valley (assistant)
2001–2004 Philadelphia (assistant)
2004–2009 Villanova (assistant)
2009–2011 Boston University
2011–present Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall 155–150
Tournaments 0–1 (NCAA Division I)
5–0 (NIT)
3–2 (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NIT (2018)
America East Tournament (2011)

Patrick Brian Chambers (born December 13, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and the head men's basketball coach at Penn State University. He was hired on June 3, 2011.

Born in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Chambers played collegiate basketball at Philadelphia University. Despite joining the team without a scholarship, he left it as the starting point guard and the team record-holder in assists. He is currently 7th all-time in steals and led the team to four NCAA Division II Sweet 16 appearances and two Elite Eight finishes.[1]

Chambers took over for Dennis Wolff as the head coach at Boston University following the 2008–09 season. He was previously the associate head coach at Villanova University. He started at Villanova as director of operations in May 2004. He was promoted to assistant coach after one season and finally Associate Head Coach in June 2008. Prior to Villanova, Chambers was an assistant at Philadelphia University, Delaware Valley College and Episcopal Academy. In his first season at BU, Chambers led the Terriers to a 21–14 overall record and an 11–5 mark in league play. The Terriers fell just short of an America East Tournament Championship after falling to University of Vermont 83–70 on March 13, 2010. The team did qualify for the 3rd annual College Basketball Invitational and won their first postseason game since 1959. They also hosted the first postseason game in program history, defeating Morehead State University in overtime at Case Gymnasium.

In Chambers' second season at Boston University, he again led the Terriers to a 21–14 overall mark, including a 12–4 mark in conference play. They defeated Stony Brook University at Agganis Arena to win their sixth conference title and clinch an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. They received a #16 seed and fell to the #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks in the round of 64 by a score of 72–53. The game marked the Terriers' first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 2002.

Penn State announced Chambers as the 12th head coach in Nittany Lion basketball history in June 2011.[2] He travelled 10,500 miles in his first eight days on the job to visit returning and incoming players and energizing the fan base with his passionate and positive style. He took over a team that returned one starter and just two players with significant playing experience. In his first season, he guided junior guard Tim Frazier to first-team All-Big Ten honors (just the sixth player in program history to earn first team honors) as he produced the second largest scoring improvement in the Big Ten in the past 15 years going from 6.3 ppg as a sophomore to 18.8 ppg as a junior while leading the Big Ten in assists (6.2) and finishing second in scoring and steals (2.4). The Lions posted a 12–20 record and knocked off one ranked opponent (No. 22 Illinois).

Chambers and his wife Courtney have four children: Grace, Ryan, Caitlyn, and Patrick.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Boston University Terriers (America East Conference) (2009–2011)
2009–10 Boston University 21–1411–54thCBI Semifinal
2010–11 Boston University 21–1412–42ndNCAA Division I Round of 64
Boston University: 42–28 (.600)23–9 (.719)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2011–present)
2011–12 Penn State 12–204–14T–11th
2012–13 Penn State 10–212–1612th
2013–14 Penn State 16–186–12T–10thCBI Quarterfinal
2014–15 Penn State 18–164–1413th
2015–16 Penn State 16–167–1110th
2016–17 Penn State 15–186–12T–12th
2017–18 Penn State 26–139–9T–6thNIT Champion
Penn State: 113–122 (.481)38–88 (.302)
Total:155–150 (.508)

      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. ↑ http://www.goterriers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040809aaa.html
  2. ↑ http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-06-03/penn-state-offers-job-to-boston-us-patrick-chambers
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