| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Maret School |
| Conference | Mid-Atlantic Athletic |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1962-11-03)November 3, 1962 (age 63) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1985 | Maryland |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1988 | Naval Academy Prep |
| 1989–1996 | James Madison (assoc. HC) |
| 1997–2003 | Marymount |
| 2003–2004 | Georgetown (asst./RC) |
| 2004–2006 | Bishop Ireton HS |
| 2006–2010 | Maryland (asst.) |
| 2010–2015 | The Citadel |
| 2015–present | Maret HS |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 130–185 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-III) |
Charles William Driesell (born November 3, 1962)[1] is an Americanbasketball coach who is the boys' varsity basketball head coach at theMaret School inWashington, D.C. Formerly acollege basketball coach, Driesell served as an assistant coach underGary Williams at theUniversity of Maryland, spent six seasons as head coach atMarymount University (1997 to 2003), and was head coach atThe Citadel from 2010 to 2015. He is the son of formerMaryland coachLefty Driesell, and played for his father's team in college. Driesell was named the new boys' basketball coach at the Maret School in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2015.
Driesell was born inCharlotte, North Carolina, the son ofDavidson College basketball coachCharles Grice "Lefty" Driesell.[1] As a child, Chuck was awater boy andball boy while his father served as the long-time head basketball coach at theUniversity of Maryland. Lefty Driesell coached there from 1969 to 1986 and invented the "Midnight Madness" rally.[2][3]
Chuck attended theUniversity of Maryland, and played on the basketball team coached by his father as ashooting guard from 1981 to 1985. Driesell participated in four postseason tournaments (oneNIT and threeNCAA) and was also a member of the 1984Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship team. Driesell received Academic All-American honors and made the ACC Honor Roll three years. He graduated in 1985 with abachelor's degree inbusiness marketing.[4]
After college, Driesell served three years in theUnited States Navy and attained the rank oflieutenant. He coached theNaval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) from 1985 to 1988 and compiled a 40–29 record. In 1989, he joined his father, Lefty, as the associate head coach atJames Madison. He coached there until 1994, and during that time, the Dukes won five consecutive outright or shared Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular-season championships, which was an NCAA record at the time. James Madison participated in the1994 NCAA tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round by third-seededFlorida, an eventual semifinalist team.[4]
From 1997 to 2003, Driesell was the head coach atMarymount University, aDivision III school inArlington, Virginia. In 1999, he also assumed the role of assistantathletic director. During his six-year tenure as head coach, the Saints compiled an 88–72 record, and secured the 2000Capital Athletic Conference tournament championship and the team's first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. During the 2003–04 season, he worked atGeorgetown as the Hoyas' recruiting coordinator and an assistant coach. From 2004 to 2006, he was the head coach of theBishop Ireton High School basketball team.[4]
In 2006, Driesell was hired byGary Williams as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of both men. Williams said Driesell was hired strictly on his merits, and said, "Chuck was hired based on what he was as a basketball coach. Naturally, genes don't hurt, but I wouldn't hire someone just because he is someone's son if I didn't think he was a very good basketball coach."[2] Driesell replacedRob Moxley who left for a position at theUNC Charlotte.[5] Driesell served as Maryland's lead recruiting coordinator and was the assistant coach responsible for "advance scouting, player development, and game preparation."[4]
On April 28, 2010, Driesell was hired as head coach ofThe Citadel.[6][7] He replacedEd Conroy, who had left forTulane.[8]Since being at The Citadel, Driesell has won only 27.1 percent of his games. With four players returning who had started since their freshman years, Driesell only won ten games, the lowest number of wins for those players since they were freshman. On March 10, 2015, The Citadel announced that it would not renew Drisell's contract.[9]
On April 22, 2015,San Jose State head coachDave Wojcik added Driesell to his staff as an assistant coach.[10] Wojcik had been an assistant coach atJames Madison under Lefty Driesell. However, on June 5 Driesell was named as head coach of theMaret School inWashington, D.C.[11]
In his second year at Maret, he led the team to a MAC (Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference) Co-Championship, as well as theDCSAA (District of Columbia State Athletic Association) finals, where they lost toGonzaga College High School 77–66.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marymount Saints[12](Capital Athletic Conference)(1997–2003) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Marymount | 13–13 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1998–99 | Marymount | 14–11 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1999–00 | Marymount | 16–12 | 9–5 | 3rd | NCAA D-III first round | ||||
| 2000–01 | Marymount | 12–15 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Marymount | 19–9 | 10–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 2002–03 | Marymount | 14–12 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| Marymount: | 88–72 | 50–34 | |||||||
| The Citadel Bulldogs(Southern Conference)(2010–2015) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | The Citadel | 10–22 | 6–12 | 5th (South) | |||||
| 2011–12 | The Citadel | 6–24 | 3–15 | 6th (South) | |||||
| 2012–13 | The Citadel | 8–22 | 5–13 | 5th (South) | |||||
| 2013–14 | The Citadel | 7–26 | 2–14 | 11th | |||||
| 2014–15 | The Citadel | 11–19 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
| The Citadel: | 42–113 | 22–66 | |||||||
| Total: | 130–185 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
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