Stony Brook Extends Contract of Head Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell

Pikiell led Seawolves to first America East regular season title in 2009-10.Stony Brook, N.Y. - Stony Brook University Director of Athletics, Jim Fiore, announced that the contract of head men's basketball coach Steve Pikiell has been extended through the 2014-15 season. Named the 2010 America East Conference Coach of the Year as well as the All-Met Coach of the Year, Pikiell guided the Seawolves to their first America East regular season title in 2009-10."Steve and his staff have done an extraordinary job of revitalizing our men's basketball program," said Fiore. "He has recruited and developed our student-athletes into a highly successful group of young men who represent our University, our community and the Seawolves family with the same class, commitment and swagger that he personally demonstrates every day as the head coach. It was an easy decision to extend his contract and we look forward to continued growth and success for the Stony Brook men's bas...