Pat Flannery, Lebanon Valley College
Men’s Basketball – 1989-1994
In his fifth season as head coach at Lebanon Valley College, Pat Flannery let the Flying Dutchmen to the 1993-1994 NCAA Division III Nation Championship, defeating NYU in overtime in a title game dubbed by NCAA.com as one of the “best final four games you’ve never heard of”. Flannery, the programs 21
st head coach, would eventually depart LVC for his alma mater of Bucknell with an impressive 95-44 record, but not before leading LVC to its first Middle Atlantic Conference Championship in 21 years thanks to a 79-60 win over Upsala in the 1993-1994 title game. Following that season, Flannery was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III, Molten/D-III News, Kodak Eastman Company Division III, and MAC Commonwealth Coach of the Year. After leaving LVC, Flannery’s Bucknell teams went on to achieve great success, including a memorable first-round upset over national power Kansas in the 2004-2005 NCAA Division I Tournament. Pat Flannery was inducted into the Dutchmen’s Hall of Fame in 2005.
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