| Tony Staffiere | |
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| Head Coach | |
| astaffiere@mercy.edu | |
| 914-674-7631 | |
| Westfield State '99 | |
Tony Staffiere was appointed head men's basketball coach in June of 2007. He was as an assistant coach on Mercy's women's basketball staff for the 2006-07 season, helping to turn that program around with a seven-game improvement.
Prior to joining Mercy, Staffiere served for one year as head women's basketball coach and assistant athletics director at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was also head coach of the women's program, assistant athletics director for fundraising and physical education/health lecturer at Regis College for two years.
Staffiere served as assistant men's basketball coach at Onondaga Community College from 2001-02 and graduate assistant for the women's team at LeMoyne in 2000-01 after beginning his career at Maine Maritime Academy as an assistant men's basketball coach.
The 31-year old native of Veazie, Maine, has been on staff at various basketball camps and clinics, including Five Star Boys Basketball Camps and Five Star Girls Basketball Camps in Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati Boys Basketball Camp.
Staffiere also volunteered at the 2006 NCAA Final Four Convention in Boston and has contributed to Five Star Basketball Publications, Maine Roundball, and was featured in Adrian Wojnarowski's best seller "The Miracle of St. Anthony."
Staffiere is a 1999 graduate of Westfield State College in
Westfield, Massachusetts, where he earned a bachelor of arts in
mass communications. He was named to the Dean's List and finished
his degree with a 3.45 cumulative grade point average as a part of
the Psi Chi Honor Society. In 2002, Staffiere earned his master's
degree in education from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York. He
also earned a Master's of Organizational Leadership at Mercy
College in 2007, and is an adjunct lecturer of physical education
at the College.
