About the Coach
Michael Mucci
Head Coach, Basketball
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-896-1315
mmucci@haverford.edu
Michael Mucci enters his 15th season at the helm of Haverford's men's basketball team with the start of the 2009-10 season, leading a program which in recent years has established itself as a playoff contender in the strong Centennial Conference.
Mucci has led the Fords to Centennial Conference tournament appearances in four of the last six seasons with his 2006-07 team reaching the conference championship game. It was only the third time in school history and first since 1977. The 2006-07 senior class left Haverford achieving a winning record versus Conference opponents. Also, within the past five seasons the Fords have produced three 1,000-point scorers and the school's all-time career assist leader. Following the 2002-03 season, Mucci earned "Coach of the Year" honors from the Philadelphia Small College Coaches Association. In 1995-96, his first year at Haverford, Mucci guided the senior-laden Fords to their first conference postseason appearance in almost two decades, and to the team's best record in 19 years.
Mucci has more than 30 years of college coaching experience, including 18 years as a Division I assistant at Villanova, Robert Morris, and Yale. He played a central role in building Yale into one of the most respected Ivy League programs in his 13 years there. While in New Haven, he recruited and coached NBA center Chris Dudley.
Michael Mucci and his wife, Karen Kauffman, a professor at Villanova University, live in Havertown.
Mucci's assistant coach Jim Rowe begins his ninth season with the Fords. He brings experience from his playing and coaching days at Widener University and is very involved in scouting, recruiting, and on-court development.