Paul Cormier

Paul Cormier

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Dartmouth
Biographical details
Born	(1951-06-03) June 3, 1951 Lexington, Massachusetts
Playing career
1970–1973	New Hampshire
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1980	Bentley (assistant)
1980–1984	Villanova (assistant)
1984–1991	Dartmouth
1991–1998	Fairfield
2010–present	Dartmouth
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAAC Championship (1997)
Awards
MAAC Coach of the Year (1996)

Paul Cormier (born June 3, 1951) is the head men's basketball coach at Dartmouth College. Recently, Cormier was an advance pro scout for the Golden State Warriors during the 2009–10 season and New Jersey Nets during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 NBA seasons. Previously, he was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2006–07 NBA season. He spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics (2002–06) following two seasons as the head scout for Boston. Prior to joining the Celtics, Cormier spent the 1998–99 season as video scout for the New York Knicks.

Cormier coached at the collegiate level for twenty years. He served seven seasons (1991–98) as head coach of Fairfield University. During the 1995–96 season, Cormier coached Fairfield to a 20–10 overall record, an appearance in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship game and the program's fourth berth in the NIT. His MAAC coaching peers recognized him as the 1995–96 MAAC Coach of the Year. And during the 1996–97 season, Cormier coached Fairfield to the MAAC Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. He then coached the #16 seed Fairfield to an early second half lead and near historic upset of the Dean Smith coached #1 seed North Carolina. The eight-point loss, 82–74, still stands as the last single-digit loss by a #16 seed to a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Cormier also served seven seasons (1984–91) as head coach at Dartmouth College; as an assistant coach at Villanova University (1980–84) and at Bentley College (1978–80).

Cormier is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He and his wife, Susan, have four sons.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Dartmouth (Ivy League) (1984–1991)
1984–85	Dartmouth	5–21	3–11	8th
1985–86	Dartmouth	11–15	6–8	6th
1986–87	Dartmouth	15–11	7–7	4th
1987–88	Dartmouth	18–8	10–4	2nd
1988–89	Dartmouth	17–9	10–4	2nd
1989–90	Dartmouth	12–14	7–7	3rd
1990–91	Dartmouth	9–17	4–10	8th
Dartmouth:		87–95 (.478)	47–51 (.480)
Fairfield (MAAC) (1991–1998)
1991–92	Fairfield	8–20	4–12	7th
1992–93	Fairfield	14–13	7–7	5th
1993–94	Fairfield	8–19	4–10	6th
1994–95	Fairfield	13–15	6–8	4th
1995–96	Fairfield	20–10	10–4	2nd	NIT First Round
1996–97	Fairfield	11–19	2–12	8th	NCAA First Round
1997–98	Fairfield	12–15	7–11	9th
Fairfield:		86–111 (.437)	40–64 (.385)
Dartmouth (Ivy League) (2010–present)
2010–2011	Dartmouth	5–23	1–13	8th
2011–2012	Dartmouth	5–25	1–13	8th
2012–2013	Dartmouth	9–19	5–9	6th
2013–2014	Dartmouth	12–16	5–9	6th
2014–2015	Dartmouth	14–15	7–7	4th	CIT First Round
2015–2016	Dartmouth	3–6	0–0
Dartmouth:		48–104 (.316)	19–51 (.271)
Total:		221–310 (.416)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• NBA: Paul Cormier