Jerry Wainwright | Lamar Butler | Dave Corzine
Gary DeCesare | Tom Kleinschmidt | Craig Shaman
 Barron Thelmon | Scott Wainwright | Ramon Williams

Gary DeCesare, a proven recruiter with excellent game management capabilities, is in his fourth season at DePaul as the Blue Demons’ Associate Head Coach and his seventh as a member of Jerry Wainwright’s staff.

Highlighting DeCesare’s tenure at DePaul was a 20-win season and the program’s deepest postseason tournament run since 1990 in 2006-07. The Blue Demons reached the quarterfinals of the NIT with victories over Hofstra and at Kansas State. DePaul also posted nine BIG EAST Conference victories and beat three teams that were ranked in the Top 25 on the date of their contest with the Blue Demons.

In his first season with the Blue Demons, DeCesare helped guide the youngest DePaul team in seven years as the program joined the rugged BIG EAST Conference and faced the eighth-toughest schedule in the nation. Highlighting Decesare’s rookie campaign in the Windy City were wins over NCAA Tournament teams California, UAB, Seton Hall and BIG EAST Tournament champion Syracuse. Last season he helped DePaul open conference play with the program’s best league start ever.

During his three seasons at Richmond, DeCesare helped the Spiders to 50 wins and berths in both the 2004 NCAA Tournament and 2003 NIT.

Prior to joining the collegiate coaching ranks DeCesare spent 16 seasons at the helm of St. Raymond’s High School in the Bronx, where he compiled a 286-142 record (a .668 winning percentage). In DeCesare’s first season as head coach (1985-86), he led the Ravens to a 20-6 mark, including the New York Archdiocesan Championship. Following that campaign, he built St. Raymond’s into a national powerhouse as it rolled to four New York City Championships and two state championships.

In addition, DeCesare was named New York State Coach of the Year on three occasions. He was also selected the 1993 Kodak Boys Coach of the Year and received coach of the year accolades from the New York Daily News, New York Post and Newsday four times in his esteemed prep coaching career.

The DeCesare era at St. Raymond’s produced more than 30 Division I basketball players including three McDonald’s All-Americans - Majestic Mapp (Virginia), Julius Hodge (N.C. State) and Kareem Reid (Arkansas).

A graduate of St. Raymond’s and Iona College (N.Y.), DeCesare was the head coach for the East team at USA Basketball’s 2002 Men’s Youth Development Festival. He served as executive director of the New York Raven Summer Basketball League (1996-02) while also serving as Director of adidas ABCD Basketball Camp (1993-02).

DeCesare and his wife Pam are the parents of three children, twin sons Gary Michael and T.J. and a daughter, Amanda Lynn.

The DeCesare Resume

Personal
Family: wife Pam; three children, Gary Michael, T.J. and Amanda Lynn

Education: Iona, 1985

Coaching Experience:
Associate Head Coach, DePaul - 2005-present
Assistant Coach, Richmond - 2002-05
Head Coach, St. Raymond’s H.S. - 1986-02
Executive Director, New York Ravens Summer Basketball Program - 1996-02
President, New York Catholic Coaches Association - 1993-02
Director, ABCD Basketball Camp - 1993-02
Consultant, adidas America Grass Roots Program - 1994-02