Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
Pat O'Connell begins his first season as the USC Director of Basketball Operations.
O'Connell comes to USC from Towson where he served the past three seasons as the Director of Student-Athlete Development on the Tiger men's basketball coaching staff. During his time at Towson, the 2012-13 team made the largest single-season turnaround in NCAA history and the 2013-14 team won a program Division I record 25 games. Towson also made its first two postseason appearances as a Division I program.
O'Connell spent the two seasons prior to joining Towson coaching staff as a graduate assistant at Florida State. He assisted 2012 ACC Coach of the Year Leonard Hamilton and his staff with both practices and individual workouts. At Florida State, O'Connell played a pivotal role in advance scouting, film breakdown and certain aspects of recruiting.
The Baltimore native O'Connell graduated from Johns Hopkins where he was a four-year standout for the Blue Jays' basketball team. He was a member of the 2007 Centennial Conference championship team that went 24-5. O'Connell served as the team's captain and earned all-conference honors in 2010. O'Connell ranks second all-time in career steals at Johns Hopkins, the same school where Enfield ranks first in career points scored.
O'Connell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Business Management from Hopkins in 2010. He obtained his Master of Science in Sports Management from Florida State in May of 2012.
