Andy Enfield

Andrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC). He came to national prominence as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast when his team made an unexpected run to the Sweet 16 round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament as a no. 15 seed.

Andy Enfield
Enfield in 2014.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUSC
ConferencePac-12
Record125-99 (.558)
Biographical details
Born (1969-06-08) June 8, 1969
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1987–1991Johns Hopkins[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1996Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
1998–2000Boston Celtics (assistant)
2006–2011Florida State (assistant)
2011–2013Florida Gulf Coast
2013–presentUSC
Head coaching record
Overall166-127 (.567)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Atlantic Sun Tournament (2013)
Awards
NABC third-team All-American (1991)
2× First-team All-UAA (1990, 1991)
2× Academic All-America (1990, 1991)

Originally from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Enfield played college basketball at Johns Hopkins University as a shooting guard and graduated with 18 school records in the program.[2] A basketball coach since 1994, Enfield began his coaching career as an assistant coach for NBA teams Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics, after which he went on a brief hiatus from basketball coaching to work as a business executive. In 2006, Enfield returned to coaching as an assistant coach at Florida State. Enfield got his first head coaching position at Florida Gulf Coast in 2011.

After two seasons at Florida Gulf Coast, Enfield became head coach for the USC Trojans in 2013. Enfield has led USC to three postseason appearances, twice in the NCAA Tournament (2016 and 2017) and once in the 2018 NIT.

Early life and education

Andrew William Enfield, the son of Bill and Barbara Enfield, graduated as class valedictorian from Shippensburg High School in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.[3] He attended Johns Hopkins University, where he was the first recruit of longtime head basketball head coach Bill Nelson. Enfield was a shooting guard and currently holds 18 school records, such as career points (2,025), single-season points (610), career scoring average (18.8), career field goals (680), career three-pointers (234), career three-point percentage (.470), career free throws (431), single-season free-throw percentage (95.3), and career minutes (3,542).[1][2] He also set the NCAA record for career free throw percentage (.925)[1][4] (since broken by Blake Ahearn) and was named a Division III Academic All-American in 1990 and 1991 and NABC All-American in 1991.[1] Enfield graduated from JHU with a bachelor's degree in economics and earned the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.[1] He earned an MBA from the University of Maryland.[5]

Career

Career background

To supplement his income, Enfield and current Johns Hopkins lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala operated lacrosse and basketball camps, which focused on shooting. This evolved into consulting, where Enfield advertised himself as "the shot doctor". He moved to New York City and formed his first company which sells videos teaching his basketball shooting techniques.

In 2000, Enfield invested in and was hired as a vice president of finance at TractManager, a healthcare software startup.[6] The company's founder/CEO, Thomas A. Rizk, said he "saw some genius in Andy in everything he did".[6] Enfield remained with the company for over five years and, as of March 2013, still owns stock in it; founder Thomas Rizk stated the company is worth significantly more than the $100 million figure he claimed was erroneously reported by Sports Illustrated.[6]

Coaching career

Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, and Florida State

Beginning in 1994, Enfield's work as a shooting consultant led to jobs as a shooting coach for two years each with the Milwaukee Bucks and then the Boston Celtics. After leaving TractManager, he was an assistant coach for five years to Leonard Hamilton with the Florida State Seminoles, which earned three trips to the NCAA tournament.

Florida Gulf Coast University

In 2011, Enfield was hired as the second head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University. In his first season, he led his team to the finals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the tournament's history to reach the regional semifinals (popularly known as the "Sweet Sixteen").[7] Their run ended after being defeated 62–50 by No. 3 Florida.

USC

On April 1, 2013, the University of Southern California hired Enfield as its head basketball coach.[8][9] He replaced Bob Cantu, who took over in the middle of the 2012–13 season on an interim basis from Kevin O'Neill, who was fired.[9] At first the Trojans could not repeat the success of Enfield's previous team, finishing last in the Pac-12 in Enfield's first two seasons, but eventually made the NCAA Tournament in his third season as Trojans head coach. In his fourth season with USC, Enfield and the Trojans got out to a 14-0 start before dropping their conference opener to Oregon. Enfield would also record his 100th win as a head coach in a victory over conference opponent Stanford.

Personal life

Enfield's wife is former model Amanda Marcum.[10] They have two daughters, Aila and Lily, and a son, Marcum.[11][12] Enfield was inducted into Johns Hopkins University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.[1][2]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2011–2013)
2011–12 Florida Gulf Coast 15–178–10T–6th
2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast 26–1113–52ndNCAA Division I Sweet 16
Florida Gulf Coast: 41–28 (.594)21–15 (.583)
USC Trojans (Pac-12 Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 USC 11–212–1612th
2014–15 USC 12–203–1512th
2015–16 USC 21–139–96thNCAA Division I First Round
2016–17 USC 26–1010–8T–5thNCAA Division I Second Round
2017–18 USC 24–1212–62ndNIT Second Round
2018–19 USC 16–178-10T–8th
2019–20 USC 22–911–7T–3rdNo postseason held
USC: 132–102 (.564)55–71 (.437)
Total:173–130 (.571)

      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. "JHU Hall of Famer Andy Enfield Named Head Coach at Florida Gulf Coast". Johns Hopkins University. 31 March 2011.
  2. Norlander, Matt (March 27, 2013). "Before he was a star, he was a star: Andy Enfield at Johns Hopkins". CBS Sports.
  3. Casey, Tim (23 March 2013). "Florida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield, Johns Hopkins' leading scorer, succeeds again". Baltimore Sun.
  4. O'Neil, Dana (March 22, 2013). "Florida Gulf Coast coach's risks paying off". ESPN.
  5. Howard, Johnette (April 3, 2013). "Andy Enfield has options". ESPN.
  6. Strauss, Chris (March 26, 2013). "Andy Enfield's ex-boss reveals the coach's other career". USA Today.
  7. Layden, Tim (24 March 2013). "FGCU's Andy Enfield enjoys strange path to sport's pinnacle". 2013 NCAA Men's Tournament. Time Warner, Inc.
  8. Klein, Gary (April 3, 2013). "Andy Enfield introduced as USC's basketball coach". The Los Angeles Times.
  9. Thamel, Pete (April 1, 2013). "USC taps FGCU's Andy Enfield as next head coach". CNN.
  10. Boren, Cindy (22 March 2013). "Andy Enfield's wife was a supermodel. You may be seeing a lot more of her". Washington Post.
  11. Ebright, Olsen (April 3, 2013). "USC "Resets" Hoops Program With Andy Enfield Hire". NBC Los Angeles.
  12. "Andy Enfield To Become USC Men's Basketball Head Coach". USCtrojans.com. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
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