Chris Casey

{{short description|American college basketball coach|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Chris Casey

| image = Chris Casey.jpg

| caption = Casey in 2018

| current_title = Head Coach

| current_team = Fairfield

| current_conference = MAAC

| current_record = {{winpct|36|33|record=y}}

| contract =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|16}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

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| player_years1 = 1982–1986

| player_team1 = Western Connecticut State

| coach_years1 = 1986–1988

| coach_team1 = Central Connecticut (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1988–1989

| coach_team2 = Western Connecticut State (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1989–1990

| coach_team3 = St. Francis (NY) (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1990–1998

| coach_team4 = Saint Peter's (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1998–2001

| coach_team5 = Rutgers–Newark

| coach_years6 = 2001–2006

| coach_team6 = Central Connecticut (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 2006–2010

| coach_team7 = St. John's (assistant)

| coach_years8 = 2010–2013

| coach_team8 = LIU Post

| coach_years9 = 2013–2019

| coach_team9 = Niagara

| coach_years10 = 2019–2023

| coach_team10 = Fairfield (assistant)

| coach_years11 = 2023–present

| coach_team11 = Fairfield

| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|160|185|record=y}} (NCAA)
{{Winning percentage|27|46|record=y}} (NJCAA)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 0–2 (NCAA D2)
2–1 (CBI)
0–1 (CIT)

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}}

Chris Casey (born October 15, 1963) is an American head college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball team. He was the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team. On March 11, 2019, he was released.{{Cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/2019/03/11/niagara-university-fires-mens-basketball-coach-chris-casey/|title = Niagara University fires men's basketball coach Chris Casey}}{{Cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/news/2019/3/11/niagara-announces-change-in-leadership-for-mens-basketball-program.aspx|title=Niagara Announces Change in Leadership for Men's Basketball Program}} He finished at Niagara with a six-year record of 64–129. He took over the head coach position after former head coach Jay Young stepped down as head coach on October 16, 2023.{{cite web |title=Leadership Transition for Fairfield Men’s Basketball |url=https://fairfieldstags.com/news/2023/10/16/mens-basketball-leadership-transition-for-fairfield-mens-basketball.aspx}} Casey was the interim head coach through the whole of the regular season, but was named head coach on March 12, 2024.{{cite web|title=Fairfield Removes Interim Tag and Names Chris Casey Head Coach of Men’s Basketball|url= https://fairfieldstags.com/news/2024/3/12/mens-basketball-fairfield-removes-interim-tag-and-names-chris-casey-head-coach-of-mens-basketball.aspx}}

Head coaching record

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Rutgers–Newark Scarlet Raiders

| conference = New Jersey Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1998

| endyear = 2001

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season= 1998–99

| name= Rutgers–Newark

| overall= 5–19

| conference= 2–16

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season= 1999–00

| name= Rutgers–Newark

| overall= 8–16

| conference= 3–15

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season= 2000–01

| name= Rutgers–Newark

| overall= 14–11

| conference= 8–10

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name= Rutgers–Newark

| overall= {{winpct|27|46|record=y}}

| conference= {{winpct|13|31|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name= LIU Post Pioneers

| conference= East Coast Conference

| startyear= 2010

| endyear= 2013

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2010–11

| name =LIU Post

| overall =21–10

| conference =16–5

| confstanding =2nd {{Cite web|url=https://liupostpioneers.com/news/2011/2/26/WBB_0226113634.aspx?path=mbball|title = Bridgeport Defeats Men's Basketball in Back and Forth Contest, 67–65}}

| championship =conference tournament

| postseason =NCAA Tournament 1st Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2011–12

| name =LIU Post

| overall =23–6

| conference =15–1

| confstanding =1st {{Cite web|url=https://liupostpioneers.com/news/2012/2/25/MBB_0225120144.aspx?path=mbball|title = Men's Basketball Wins ECC Regular Season Title; Finishes off No. 18 UDC with 85–75 Win}}

| championship =confboth

| postseason =NCAA Tournament 1st Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season =2012–13

| name =LIU Post

| overall =18–9

| conference =13–5

| confstanding =T–1st {{Cite web|url=https://liupostpioneers.com/news/2013/3/2/MBB_0302135639.aspx?path=mbball|title = Men's Basketball Closes Out Regular Season with 75–67 Victory at Molloy}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name =LIU Post

| overall ={{winpct|62|25|record=y}}

| confrecord ={{winpct|44|11|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Niagara Purple Eagles

| conference = Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2013