Penn State Behrend head men's basketball coach Dave Niland enters his sixteenth season guiding the Behrend Lions program. Niland has produced 15 consecutive winning seasons and NCAA or ECAC postseason bids in twelve of the past thirteen years. He is the all-time leader in men's basketball coaching victories with 282 entering this season.  

Niland has been named the AMCC Coach of the Year seven times--a league and college record. His teams have won five regular-season league titles, and three conference tournament championships. Last season the men's basketball team forged a record of 18-10 and earned its third ECAC Tournament bid in the past four seasons.  In 2007-08 Niland led the Behrend Lions to an impressive 24-5 record, as the team captured the regular season AMCC championship and the conference tournament before eventually falling in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Rochester, New York.  That squad's defensive prowess was recognized for the second time in four seasons, as Behrend led Division III in scoring defense, limiting the opposition to a measly 54.6 points per game.

During the 2006-07 season, Niland's team posted an impressive 21-8 mark and advanced to the ECAC Southern Region Tournament Championship Game.  The year before Coach Niland and his program were awarded the Schoenfeld Award by the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association.  The Schoenfeld Award is an annual award given to a college or university which the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association (CBOA) identifies as having "the highest degree of sportsmanship, character, and ethics among their players, coaches and spectators." The award is the highest honor that the CBOA annually bestows on any collegiate institution.

His 2003-04 team led all of Division III in scoring defense and posted a sharp 22-3 record entering the NCAA Tournament. The 1999-2000 team had the best season in school history, setting the school record for wins with 26 while advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight-the first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance for men's basketball. Also, in 1998-99, his squad earned the ECAC Southern Region Championship.

Niland came to Behrend after spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Canisius College and one season at Elmira College. He was a four-year letterman and captain during his senior year as a basketball standout at Le Moyne College. He earned his master's degree in physical education from Canisius and is now also a lecturer in health and physical education at Penn State Behrend.

Corey McAdam begins his first season on the Behrend men's basketball staff. A 2010 graduate of Nazareth College, McAdam was a four-year standout player for the Golden Flyers. He was named an NABC State Farm First-Team All-American and D3hoops.com Second-Team All-American, while earning Empire 8 and East Region Player of the Year and Rochester Press Radio Club Paychex Male Athlete of the Year as a senior. McAdam was also a Jostens Trophy Finalist and a Bob Cousy Award nominee. He holds the school record for most assists (792) and is second all-time in points (1,865). McAdam, a three-time All-Conference First-Team choice, tabbed Empire 8 Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman and was Second-Team All-Conference as a sophomore. He graduate with a bachelor of arts in psychology with a minor in business management. McAdams was also a two-time scholar athlete.

In addition to his playing experience, McAdam has worked a variety of basketball camps including Mike Daley's basketball camp, Bob McKillop's basketball camp, Scott Fitch camp and the Nazareth shooting camp. He has also been the head coach for the Eastside Basketball Association U17 boys All-Star Team, as well as the assistant coach for the Upstate Elite AAU 13/14 boys All-Star Team for two years.  

 

Rand Garrity will join the blue and white for his third year as an assistant. Garrity was an assistant for several years at McDowell High School under Pete Flynn and Tom Hansen, helping the Trojans earn numerous District 10 championships.  Garrity also serves as the assistant director of the Behrend basketball summer camps. 

He is currently a teacher at Westlake Elementary School.