Tommy Amaker

Tommy Amaker

Amaker in 2011
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Harvard
Conference	Ivy League
Record	193–103 (.652)
Biographical details
Born	(1965-06-06) June 6, 1965 (age 51) Falls Church, Virginia
Playing career
1983–1987	Duke
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1997	Duke (assistant)
1997–2001	Seton Hall
2001–2007	Michigan
2007–present	Harvard
Head coaching record
Overall	369–242 (.604)
Tournaments	4–5 NCAA 10–6 NIT 0–1 CIT
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Head coach NIT championship (2004) 5× Ivy League (2011–2015) Assistant coach 2× NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (1991, 1992) 5× NCAA Regional Championships - Final Four (1989–1992, 1994) 4× ACC regular season (1991, 1992, 1994, 1997) ACC Tournament (1992)
Awards
Player NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1987) Third-team All-American – NABC (1987) High School All-American (1983: McD, Parade) Coach Ivy League Coach of the Year (2010 FOX, 2011 College Insider) 2012 USBWA District I Coach of the Year
Records
Player Duke career consecutive games started (138, 1986–) ACC single-season games started (40, 1986–) ACC single-season games played (40, 1986–) Coach Harvard's first NCAA Tournament victory (2013) Harvard win v. highest ranked opponent AP Poll (#17, 2009–2013; #10, 2013–present) Coaches' Poll (#24, 2009–2011; #20, 2011–2013; #10, 2013–present) Harvard single-season wins (21, 2010–2011; 23, 2011–2012; 26, 2012–2014); 27, 2014–present) Harvard's first Ivy League championship (2011) Harvard's first National Invitation Tournament (2011) Harvard's first appearance in the AP and Coaches Polls (December 5, 2011) Harvard's highest poll rankings AP (22, January 2, 2012) and Coaches (21, January 2, 2012 & February 6, 2012) Youngest coach in Big East Conference history
Medal record Men's basketball Representing  United States FIBA World Championship 1986 Spain USA

Harold Tommy Amaker (/ˈæməkər/; born June 6, 1965) is an American NCAA Division I college basketball coach and the head coach of the Harvard University men's basketball team. He has also coached for the University of Michigan and Seton Hall University. He played point guard and later served as an assistant coach at Duke University under Mike Krzyzewski. An All-American player, Amaker set numerous records and earned many honors and awards. He took Seton Hall to the post season in each of his four seasons as their coach, helped Michigan win the National Invitation Tournament the year after a probationary ban from postseason play, and had the three highest single-season win totals in the history of Harvard basketball, the school's first five Ivy League championships and first NCAA tournament victory.

Amaker was a high school basketball McDonald's All-American and a Parade All-American. As a college basketball player, he set most of the assists records and many steals records for Duke basketball. He also set the Atlantic Coast Conference single-season games played and games started records. Among his numerous accolades, he was the first winner of the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and he was a third team All-American.