In only his second year as head coach for Iona College’s men’s basketball team, Tim Welsh has wasted little time in proving that he is the right man to lead history-rich Iona into a new era, directing the team to a 21-8 record (its first 20-will season since 1984-5), a share of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship, the number one seed in the 1996 MAAC Tournament and a berth in the National Invitation Postseason Tournament, Iona’s first trip in postseason since 1985.

Welsh himself was selected as the recipient of the Peter A. Carlesimo Award as the Metropolitan Area’s Division I Coach of the Year, and he has become the quickest Gael mentor to reach the 30 career win plateau, as he did so in just 45 starts.

Welsh’s career began in 1985 when he joined the Iona College staff as a volunteer assistant under then head coach Pat Kennedy. Following that season, he traveled to Florida Stale University as a member of Kennedy’s staff. He also served as assistant coach at Syracuse University, and helped the Orangemen to the final eight of the NCAA Tournament in 1990.

He also played four years of college basketball, under his father Jerry Welsh, at Potsdam State. He was a member of the 1981 Division III National Championship squad and captained the team during his senior year. Welsh resides in Stamford, Connecticut.