Mark McGonigal

Biography

Mark McGonigal joined the Columbia men’s basketball program as an assistant coach in April 2025. McGonigal recently served as an assistant coach at Cornell in 2024-25, where he helped guide the Big Red to a second-place finish in the conference and to the Ivy League Tournament Championship game. Cornell led the nation in effective field goal percentage and two-point field goal percentage. The Big Red also ranked in the top five nationally in assists per game, made field goal percentage, and made three-pointers per game. Cornell defeated Cal on the road last season in a key non-conference victory, marking the program’s first win over an ACC opponent in 73 years. McGonigal spent 2016-23 on the staff at his alma mater, Richmond, which included four seasons as Director of Basketball Operations. He was elevated to an on-court assistant position in 2023. In addition to operations and recruiting, he also played a pivotal role in player development. In his first season as an assistant coach, Richmond won its first regular-season Atlantic 10 title since joining the conference in 2001 and posted its longest win streak (11 games) since 1935. The Spiders ended the year 23-10 overall and 15-3 in A-10 play, a school record for most conference wins in a season. The previous record of 14 was set in 2020, McGonigal's first season as Director of Operations, when the program's 24-7 campaign was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Spiders' team won the A10 Tournament before taking do

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