Pat O'Connell

Biography

A Baltimore native, O'Connell enters his 13th season with the program. He is currently in his second stint with Towson, this one entering its 10th season. After six years as an assistant coach, O'Connell was promoted to associate head coach for the 2021-22 campaign. In the 2024-25 season, O'Connell helped bring Towson to their first outright CAA Regular Season Championship and their fourth consecutive 20+ win season. The Tigers saw Tyler Tejada win CAA Player of the Year and be joined by teammate Dylan Williamson (second team) and Nendah Tarke (6th man of the year) on the CAA's post season honors list. Towson ended the season having won 75% of their conference games the past four seasons, going 54-18 since the start of the 2021-22 campaign. During his time at Towson, the 2012-13 team made the largest single-season turnaround in NCAA history, the 2013-14 team won a program Division I record 25 games. Towson also made its first postseason appearances as a Division I program, earning trips to the National Invitation Tournament, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament and the Vegas-16 Tournament. Prior to working at the University of Southern California (USC) as the Director of Basketball Operations, O'Connell served three seasons as the Director of Student-Athlete Development on the Tiger men's basketball coaching staff. O'Connell spent two seasons prior to joining Towson coaching staff as a graduate assistant at Florida State. O'Connell graduated from Johns Hopkins University