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MEN'S BASKETBALL
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Head Coach Alan SerettiAlan Seretti enters his fourth season as the head men's basketball coach at Penn State Altoona. The Lions enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2007-2008, setting a new school mark for wins (14) and advancing to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference semifinals for the first time in program history. Seretti was honored as AMCC Co-Coach of the year, leading his squad to a third place regular season league finish. The 2006-2007 campaign saw the Lions finish 10-16 overall and make it to the conference tournament for just the second time in program history. The Lions reeled off eight of their last 12 regular season games, earning the #6 seed in the league payoffs. Seretti guided the team to arguably the most high-profile win in Penn State Altoona athletics history on December 14, 2006, when it toppled nationally ranked Lincoln University. Seretti came to Ivyside from NCAA Division III Washington & Jefferson, where he served as the assistant men's basketball coach for three years. While there, he assisted with perimeter players and coordinated film exchange for upcoming opponents to prepare his team for offensive and defensive game plans. Seretti also facilitated a national recruiting effort that yielded twenty student-athletes over a three year period that represented eight different states. The Pittsburgh native puts a great emphasis on the "student" in student-athlete. He oversees the student-athlete study-hall program and teaches two freshman seminar classes this academic year. Aside from the annual Penn State Altoona Lion basketball camp for youngsters, Seretti has orchestrated high school shootouts and invitational tournaments at the Adler Gymnasium featuring teams from all over the state. The fourth-year bench boss is no stranger to winning, both as a coach and as a player. The 2005 season at Washington and Jefferson culminated with the Presidents appearance in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) championship game. As an assistant coach, Seretti also helped guide the Seton LaSalle High School girls' basketball team to a District 7 Class AA Championship and an appearance in the PIAA quarterfinals. As a player, Seretti was a three year letter winner at Allegheny College where he led the Gators to the NCAA Division III Tournament as a junior and a senior. During his four years of college basketball, his teams posted an overall record of 84-24. Seretti has also worked a variety of basketball camps including Villanova University, Wake Forest University, as well as the University of Pittsburgh and the Bob Hurley Basketball Camp. Seretti has also worked under the guidance of coaches Jerry Conboy, Ron Galbreath, and Phil Ness. Seretti is a 1999 graduate of Allegheny College and a 2002 graduate of the Duquesne University School of Law. He and his wife Jess reside in Duncansville. Contact Coach Seretti:
Assistant Coach Tim Keech
Keech spent eight years at the helm of the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils, a high school team in Bellwood, PA, and accumulated a career record of 118-83, winning one Juniata Valley League championship and a District VI Class AA title for just the third time in school history. Prior to being named head coach, he spent six seasons as an assistant to longtime Blue Devil bench boss Gene Yingling. Keech, who works as an elementary school teacher in the Hollidaysburg Area School District, served as a student assistant coach in 1989 under Jim Baron at St. Francis College. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State. Assistant Coach Tyler Franklin
Franklin, a 2008 Penn State Altoona graduate and the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,533 points, begins his first assistant coaching job. A career 50% shooter, 38% from long distance, Franklin holds many of the individual season and career records in program history. The Altoona native, who played at Ivyside from 2003-2007, was a 3-time Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Week and earned first team AMCC all-conference honors as a junior and senior. Franklin graduated from Penn State Altoona with a degree in Communications. He also played with a number of players on this year's roster. Assistant Coach Jim Ellis
1965-2008 The influence and passion of assistant coach Jim Ellis, who passed away in early July 2008 of cancer, will remain with the Lion basketball team throughout this season and beyond. Born and raised in Altoona, he has been around the game of basketball his entire life. A 1983 graduate of Bishop Guilfoyle High School, he spent seven years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, including four as the top varsity assistant. A 1987 graduate of Lycoming College, Ellis holds a B.S. in Political Science and was a member of the 1985 Lycoming men’s basketball squad that became the first squad in school history to qualify for the NCAA Division III tournament. The unveiling of a Jim Ellis Leadership Award will take place during the men's November 15 Coaches vs. Cancer game against Juniata College. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||