University of Delaware Men's Basketball

Martin Ingelsby enters his tenth season as the University of Delaware’s men’s basketball head coach in 2025-26. During the summer of 2022, Ingelsby signed an extension that will keep him in Newark through the 2028-29 season. This was his second extension since signing his original contract in 2016. Ingelsby and co. returned Delaware basketball to a place it has only been six times in program history with the CAA Championship title and NCAA Tournament First Round appearance in 2022. It marked the Blue Hens’ first conference crown since the 2014 season. In his time in Newark, Ingelsby and his staff have recruited and coached 17 Blue Hens to the pros, including Delaware’s first-ever NBA player, Nate Darling. Also under his leadership, the Blue Hens have garnered five conference Rookie/Freshman of the Year awards, 26 All-Conference honors, and six All-District nods. In the program's first season in Conference USA, Ingelsby produced the CUSA 2025-26 Freshman of the Year in Christian Bliss, marking his fifth Rookie/Freshman of the Year in his nine eligible seasons. In the 2024-25 season, Ingelsby led the Hens to the conference championship game, while becoming the first team in CAA history to win four games in the conference tournament. UD was also the lowest seed to advance to the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals in tournament history. Delaware became only the second double-digit seed to reach the semis, joining the 2002 Hofstra Pride. Inglesby left the conference tied for th

Ali Cucinotta joined the University of Delaware Communications and Creative Services in July 2025. She serves as the primary media contact for Delaware's men's soccer and men's basketball programs. Prior to UD, Cucinotta spent three years at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications from 2022-24 and the Associate Director from 2024-25. During her time in Glenside, Cucinotta helped elevate the Knights' social media content to new heights, generating content that has vaulted the social media towards the top of the Middle Atlantic Conference. In addition to creating in-game and engaging social media content, Cucinotta oversaw scoring areas, monitored student workers, and assisted with department initiatives such as the Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame ceremony. In 2024 Cucinotta planned and executed the Finals Countdown, a charity staff and faculty basketball game that generated over $700 for Montgomery County Rotary Special Athletes. For her efforts, Cucinotta was awarded the 2024 Athletics Service Award by the department. Before Arcadia, Cucinotta spent two summers as a Mentor and Social Media Lead for Beyond Sports Tours in Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica. While with Beyond Sports, Cucinotta was the primary social media content creator, recorded footage, took photos and edited recap videos for each of the six 10-day sessions, while also leading leadership workshops and service learning activities. Cucinotta graduated Summa Cum

Antoni Wyche, who most recently served as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois, enters his second season with the Blue Hens in 2026-27 after joining the coaching staff in August of 2025. Wyche, who is a Notre Dame alumnus, played with Ingelsby for two years for the Fighting Irish. “We’re thrilled to welcome Antoni Wyche to our coaching staff,” Ingelsby said. “He’s a tremendous addition and an exciting hire for our program. Antoni is a veteran coach with a wealth of experience, has a strong reputation as a national recruiter, and has a proven track record in player development. His ability to connect with our student-athletes and help them grow on and off the court will be a huge asset to our team.” Prior to spending last season at Northern Illinois, Wyche coached at Siena University. The 2023-24 season marked Wyche's second stint at Siena, as he previously worked with the Saints from 2019-21. During his first stint at Siena, the program won a pair of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) regular season crowns along with the MAAC Tournament title in 2020. Wyche served as Siena's defensive coordinator and helped mentor back-to-back MAAC Player of the Year honorees. "I am excited to join the Blue Hen family as I have followed Coach Inglesby and the program's success over the recent years,” Wyche said. “I love the new additions they've added this spring and look forward to making an immediate impact this season as we enter CUSA.” In his first season at Siena in 2019-20, he

Bill Phillips enters his tenth year on the University of Delaware men’s basketball staff in 2025-26 and his fifth as associate head coach. Phillips served as...

Christian Nunez enters his third season at Delaware in 2026-27 as an assistant coach/director of player development for men's basketball. Nunez joined the Bl...

Danny O'Connor enters his 11th season on the University of Delaware men's basketball coaching staff and third as an assistant coach in 2026-27 after spending...

Jason Gandhi joined Delaware in May 2025 as general manager, men's & women's basketball. Gandhi spent the previous three years at Indiana University as assistant director of strategic initiatives (2024-25) and project management coordinator (2022-24). In his roles, he played an instrumental part in the oversight of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) to go along with coordination of postseason travel for all 24 varsity teams. He also worked directly with senior staff on special projects while serving as the primary contact for event management of several varsity programs. Gandhi joined the Hoosiers after spending four seasons as a head student manager with the IU men's basketball program. The Westfield, Indiana native graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in sport marketing and management and minors in business and coaching. He was an Indiana University Hudson and Holland Scholar and was part of the Dean's List from 2018-22.

Mattie White is in her first year at Delaware in 2024-25 and was promoted to Deputy AD, Sport Administration & Internal Operations/SWA in October 2025 after being hired as Executive Senior Associate AD, Sport Administration & Front Office in March 2025. In her role, she supervises Facilities & Event Operations, Equipment, and IT, and continues to have oversight of Sport Administration and the Front Office / General Manager team, while also serving as the lead sport administrator. White comes to Newark after serving in a variety of roles at Indiana University since 2005. She was named Deputy Director of Athletics in 2020 after serving in several other key leadership roles within the department for the previous 15 years. Her responsibilities included oversight of academic services, sports medicine and nutrition, athletic performance, the Center for Elite Athlete Development, and the Excellence Academy. She provided guidance for the department's Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) educational programming, diversity, equity and inclusion, gender equity and mental health initiatives. Among her accomplishments is leadership in the introduction of the Excellence Academy program and construction of the $48 million, 66,575 square foot excellence academy facility in 2018. Nationally, she has been chair of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee, facilitator for the NCAA Leadership Forum and Career in Sports Forum. White joined IU in 2005 as an academic advisor and CHAMPS/Life Skills Coo

Former four-year manager and University of Delaware graduate, Stephen Galgano '20, enters his third season as the Director of Men's Basketball Operations aft...