Lebanon Valley College Men's Basketball

Brad McAlester has been the Head Coach of the Lebanon Valley College men's basketball team since the 1994-95 season. The program's all-time winningest coach, McAlester (431-370) has led the Flying Dutchmen to the postseason 19 times with five NCAA appearances and three conference championships on his résumé. During his tenure, McAlester has coached 13 All-Americans, 46 All-Conference players, and three Division III National Players of the Year. He has had a player chosen as Conference Player of the Year 11 times. Academically, McAlester's student-athletes have excelled, with five CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and 15 CoSIDA/College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honorees. Notable players include Andy Panko (2,515 career points), Mike Rhoades (2,000+ points, now Head Coach at Penn State), Sam Light (2,097 points), J.D. Byers (1,898 points), and Andy Orr (1,900 points and 900 rebounds). In 2017-18, McAlester led LVC to its first outright conference championship since 1995 and earned an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. Before LVC, McAlester was an Assistant Coach at Siena College, Iona College, Monmouth College, Manhattan College, and SUNY-Oneonta. He is a graduate of Southampton College of Long Island University, where he was named team MVP as a senior. McAlester resides in Hummelstown, Pa., with his wife, AnneMarie, and their two sons, Bradley and Brendan.

Brad Karli joined the LVC staff before the start of the 2017-18 season, and he was promoted to the program's top Assistant Coach in June 2024.  Karli came to