:Nick DiPillo

{{short description|American basketball player, coach, and administrator}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Nick DiPillo

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Le Moyne

| current_conference = NEC

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| alma_mater = Fairleigh Dickinson University

| coach_years1 = 2003–2005

| coach_team1 = Kean University (asst.)

| coach_years2 = 2005–2009

| coach_team2 = New York Liberty (asst.)

| admin_years1 = 2014–2017

| admin_team1 = Seton Hall (player development)

| coach_years3 = 2018–2019

| coach_team3 = Seton Hall (asst.)

| coach_years4 = 2019–2022

| coach_team4 = Scranton

| coach_years5 = 2022–2023

| coach_team5 = Pittsburgh (asst.)

| coach_years6 = 2023–2024

| coach_team6 = Bowling Green (asst.)

| coach_years7 = 2024–present

| coach_team7 = Le Moyne

| overall_record = 58–8 ({{Winning percentage|58|8}})

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Nick DiPillo is the head coach for Le Moyne.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=Nick DiPillo Named Head Women's Basketball Coach|url=https://lemoynedolphins.com/news/2024/5/23/wbbDiPilloHire.aspx |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Le Moyne College Athletics |language=en}} He was previously an assistant coach for Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball program.[https://bgsufalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/nick-dipillo/2103 "Nick DiPillo 2023-24 Season"] BGSU Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23. Prior to his time with the Falcons, DiPillo was the head coach of the women's basketball team at Scranton from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education

DiPillo is from North Brunswick, New Jersey. He played collegiate basketball for Rutgers–Camden before transferring to Fairleigh Dickinson University[http://www.sjsports.com/graig/nick_dipillo.html "Athlete Spotlight Nick DiPillo"] sjsports. Retrieved 2024-01-23.[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nick-dipillo-1.html "Nick DiPillo"] SRCBB. Retrieved 2024-01-23.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/14407/nick-dipillo "Nick DiPillo"] ESPN. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

Career

DiPillo started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Kean University men's basketball team. The Cougars compiled a 34–19 record during his two-year stint and captured the ECAC Metro Championship in 2005.

He then served as an assistant coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA from 2004 to the spring of 2009. He would help the Liberty make four playoff appearances (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008). Among other roles, DiPillo served as post coach for the Liberty. He also coached a trio of WNBA All-Stars and three Olympians while with the Liberty, including 2007 WNBA Most Improved Player Janel McCarville.

From 2010 to 2014, DiPillo served as a skills trainer and camp director at the Monroe Sports Center in Monroe, New Jersey.[https://bgsufalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/nick-dipillo/2103 "Nick DiPillo 2023-24 Season"] BGSU Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

In 2014, DiPillo served as Seton Hall's program director of player development. His last two seasons, he was an assistant coach. The Pirates were 94–66 in the five seasons DiPillo was on the staff. In 2015, Seton Hall won their first Big East Conference championship in program history and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995.[https://shupirates.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/nick-dipillo/76 "Nick DiPillo Seton Hall"] Seton Hall Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.[https://athletics.scranton.edu/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/nick-dipillo/33 "Nick DiPillo Scranton "] Scranton Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

On June 12, 2019, DiPillo was named seventh head coach in the University of Scranton women's basketball program's 45-year history.{{cite news|title=DiPillo named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Scranton |url=https://whoopdirt.com/dipillo-named-head-womens-basketball-coach-scranton/|work=Whoop dirt|date=12 June 2019 |access-date=23 January 2024}} In three seasons, DiPillo compiled a 58–8 record and two Landmark Conference championships and an NCAA Sweet Sixteen birth.

On June 21, 2022, DiPillo was hired as an assistant coach of Pittsburgh.[https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2022/6/21/nick-dipillo-named-womens-basketball-assistant-coach.aspx "Nick DiPillo named women's basketball assistant coach "] Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.[https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/nick-dipillo/2066 "Nick DiPillo women's basketball"] Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

In May 2023, DiPillo joined Bowling Green as an assistant basketball coach.[https://whoopdirt.com/bowling-green-womens-basketball-staff-update/ "Bowling Green Women’s Basketball Staff Update"] Whoop dirt. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

In May 2024, DiPillo was named as the head coach of the Le Moyne College women's basketball program.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=NICK DIPILLO NAMED HEAD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH |url=https://lemoynedolphins.com/news/2024/5/23/wbbDiPilloHire.aspx |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Le Moyne College Athletics |language=en}}