Pete Gillen
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | College Basketball Analyst CBS Sports Network |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1947 Brooklyn, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1965–1968 | Fairfield |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975–1976 | Hawaii (asst.) |
| 1976–1978 | VMI (asst.) |
| 1978–1980 | Villanova (asst.) |
| 1980–1985 | Notre Dame (asst.) |
| 1985–1994 | Xavier |
| 1994–1998 | Providence |
| 1998–2005 | Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 392–221 (.639) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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1994 FIBA World Championship Gold Medal Xavier University Sports Hall of Fame Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame 5-Star Basketball Hall of Fame Jim Valvano Nike Basketball Hall of Fame New York City Basketball Hall of Fame |
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Peter Joseph Gillen (born June 20, 1947) is an American former college basketball head coach of the Division I Xavier Musketeers, Providence Friars and Virginia Cavaliers and is a member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. Gillen is currently a college basketball analyst with the CBS Sports Network.
Gillen was two sport athlete in baseball and basketball at Fairfield University where he received his bachelor's degree cum laude in English Literature in 1969.
Coach Gillen began his coaching career at his high school alma mater Brooklyn Prep, first as freshman coach in the 1970–71 school year then as varsity head coach from 1971 to 1973. He soon moved to the collegiate level when he joined the coaching staff of the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, with Rick Pitino as one of his fellow assistants. Gillen followed that with subsequent assistant coaching stints at the Virginia Military Institute; Villanova University under Rollie Massimino, and the University of Notre Dame under Digger Phelps from 1980 to 1985.
He was head basketball coach at Xavier University from 1985 to 1994, Providence College from 1994 to 1998, and the University of Virginia from 1998 to 2005.
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