Nathan Hager

Nathan Hager

Title: Head Coach
Phone: 781-768-7278
Email: nathan.hager@regiscollege.edu
Hometown: Franklin, Penn.
College: Juniata College

Hager was appointed as the first Men’s Basketball Coach at Regis in November of 2006. The Franklin, Pennsylvania native promptly led the first year program to a competitive campaign in 2007-2008. The Pride finished 9-16 overall, and a 3-10 TCCC record in his first year. Hager quickly turned the team into a winning program, finishing the 2010-11 season with a 15-12 record, and appeareances in The Commonwealth Coast Conference and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournaments.

Before coming to Weston, Hager had spent the previous three and a half seasons as the associate head coach at his alma mater, Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Hager was a huge part of the rebuilding process that has ascended the Eagles to their past two conference championship games in 2006-2007 and again in 2007-2008. As recruiting coordinator at Juniata, Hager helped successfully recruited three all-conference performers along with one D3hoops.com All-Region performer.

Before arriving back at Juniata, Hager spent two seasons as the top assistant at Bethany College in West Virginia. In 2001-2002, the Bison finished 21-8, captured the President’s Athletics Conference regular season and tournament championship and advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. Hager was a big part of the rebuilding year in 2002-2003 as he had a hand in recruiting one D3hoops.com All-American and two D3hoops.com All-Region performers.

Hager, a 2001 Juniata graduate, was a four-year starter and two year captain for the Eagles head coach Rick Ferry. After averaging over 10 points per game for his career, Hager was named the Jack Oller Most Valuable Player his senior season and received the William R. Smaltz Award in 2001. During his time at Juniata, Hager was the student-athlete representative on the NCAA Interpretations and Legislations Committee and worked as an intern with Auburn University compliance office during the summer months.

After earning his BA in Management/Marketing from Juniata, Hager completed a Master’s of Science in Athletic Coaching Education at West Virginia University.

Dennis Leddy

Dennis Leddy

Title: Assistant Coach
Phone: 781-768-7278
Hometown: Spring Lake, NJ
College: Ursinus'81

Dennis Patrick Leddy, a native of Spring Lake N.J., graduated from Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA.) in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy.

A four year basketball standout for coach Skip Werley, he helped lead The Bears his senior season to a 23 - 8 record and advance to the NCAA Division III Final Four Tournament.

Upon graduation from college, Dennis joined the banking industry with Morgan Stanley. He continues to work in the industry, is active in the local community and is now in his second year as an assistant for the Pride.

Coach Hager's comments on Leddy: 

"Dennis brings a wealth of knowledge on how to win and how to do it the right way.  He has been a huge part of an elite program and has a tremendous network of basketball minds.  We are extremely fortunate to have this caliber of coach, but more importantly, this caliber of person guiding our young men."

Leddy will play an important role with the Pride's Point Guard Play and also all aspects of individual development.

Dennis and his wife, Ann, reside in Weston with their three children, Megan, Patrick & Ryan.

Phil Alibrandi

Phil Alibrandi

Title: Assistant Coach
College: Regis'11

Personal:
As a graduate from Regis College in 2011 with a Communication Degree,
Phil Alibrandi rejoins the Men's Basketball team in a role as
assistant coach. Recruited by Head Coach Nathan Hager in 2007, as
Regis College embarked on generating it’s first men's basketball team,
Alibrandi was a four year starter and three year captain for the
Pride. Over his four years as a player/captain, Phil was instrumental
in helping to build a successful men's program as the team received
its first playoff appearance as well as an ECAC Tournament bid in
2011. Alibrandi's personal achievements include being recognized as
All Conference Performer in 2010, 1000 Point Scorer and current 2nd
all time leading scorer, and current all time leading rebounding.

Phil hails from York, Maine where he played Varsity basketball for 4
years and was recognized as 2007 Team MVP, All Conference Performer
and member of the McDonald's All-Maine Team. Phil currently resides in
Waltham, MA. His passion for the game has landed him two Head Coaching
positions for the Mass Elite AAU basketball program.

L.J. Harrington

L.J. Harrington

Title: Assistant Coach
College: Whittier'85

Harrington joins the Regis College staff after spending two seasons as an Assistant Coach at Wentworth Institute of Technology where he was instrumental in recruiting the starting backcourt for last year's New England ECAC semi-finalist team which finished 17-10.

Prior to Wentworth, Harrington was the Head Coach at Newbury College for two and one-half seasons.  During his tenure, the team enjoyed consecutive seasons of improvement, including the school's inaugural winning season.

Harrington recruited four 1,000 point scorers and built the program that captured the New England ECAC Championship in 2008 with a 21-8 record.

Additionally, Harrington has experience at the professional level having been a Head Coach at the prestigious EuroBasket Summer League in New York City where he led his team to a Silver Medal in 2009.

 



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