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D.P. Harris

  • Title
    Assistant Athletic Director - Game Management | Head Men's Basketball Coach
  • Email
    DHarris@stu.edu
  • Phone
    305-474-6837
  • Named the St. Thomas University Head Men's Basketball Coach (3/7/2019), following a 23-year tenure, sixteen as the Head Coach, at St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA)
  • Two-time Presidents' Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (2015, 2019)
  • Four PAC Championships (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • American Mideast Conference Champions (2005)
  • Four NCAA National Championship Appearances
  • Two NAIA Tournament Appearances (as a Head Coach)
    • Two Sweet Sixteen Appearances
  • Coached 11 All-Americans: Marty Kohler/ 1995, Daniel Santiago/ 1998, Armand Gage/ 1999, Terrance Smith/ 1999-2000, Tony Washam/ '03-'05, Kenny Roberts/ 2005, Jeff Mallory/ 2006 and Dillon Stith/ 2014)
  • Coached 22 pros throughout career, three continue to play (Washam - Brazil, Isaac Turner & Stith - Austrailia)
    • Daniel Santiago played in the NBA from 2000 - 2002 (Phoenix Suns) and 2003 - 2005 (Milwaukee Bucks)
  • Coached four Players of the Year: Washam (04-05, American Mideast), Stith (14, PAC), Jaylon Bell (2016, PAC), Tom Kromka (2019, PAC)
  • 2007-09, won 26 consecutive home games
  • In July 2018, SVC Men's Basketball team was recognized by the National Association of Basketball COaches with an NABC Team Academic Excellence Award - the award is given to teams with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • Inducted into the Saint Vincent Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014
  • Awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 2008 by the Latrobe Rotary as an active member in the local community. 
In his first season at St. Thomas University, Harris led Bobcat Basketball in an incredible turnaround, sparking the team and doubling the win total. STU recorded four wins against ranked opponents, defeating No. 21 Warner (11/21), No. 11 Ave Maria (1/4), No. 20 Southeastern (1/30), and No. 17 Keiser (2/22). Bobcat Basketball won eight consecutive games, in a stretch from November 27, 2019 - January 4, 2020. Harris led St. Thomas University to the Sun Conference Tournament Championship, for this first time in over ten years. 

Under the direction of Harris, three Bobcats were named to the All-Sun Conference teams, as Justin Brown and Ahmad Gilbert were named to the First-Team and Jahsim Floyd received Second-Team recognition. Additionally, Brown was selected as an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention. 

Career record
St. Vincent College (2003 -2019) 318 - 126
St. Thomas University (2019 – 20) 22 - 6
Career 340 - 132