# Ed DeChellis

Edward Richard DeChellis (born November 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach. He most recently was the head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy from 2011 to 2025. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003 to 2011 and at East Tennessee State from 1996 to 2003. At Penn State, DeChellis led the Nittany Lions to an NIT title in 2009 and an NCAA tournament berth in 2011. DeChellis' years at East Tennessee State yielded three conference division titles and one NCAA tournament berth. He was named the head coach at Navy in 2011, following the departure of Billy Lange.
DeChellis received the 2009 Big Ten Coach of the Year award and 2006 National Coaches vs. Cancer Man of the Year. He was born in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Monaca and has three daughters with his wife Kim.

## Coaching

DeChellis was the head coach of the East Tennessee State University men's basketball program from 1996 to 2003, winning three Southern Conference north division titles (2000–03). Prior to joining East Tennessee State, DeChellis served as an assistant coach at Salem College (WV) and Penn State University.
In 2003, DeChellis inherited a Penn State team that had gone 7–21 the previous two seasons. In his first two seasons, Penn State won only 9 and 7 games, respectively, before finishing 15–15 in 2005–06. During this time, DeChellis recruited Geary Claxton and Jamelle Cornley to PSU.
Despite DeChellis' widely critiqued decision to release promising sophomore Milos Bogetic from his scholarship, the 2007–08 Nittany Lions entertained hopes of being a dark-horse contender in the Big Ten Conference and possibly even winning enough games to get into the NCAA tournament. Those hopes were quickly disintegrated when senior forward Geary Claxton went down with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January. The Lions were plagued with more injuries, when junior forward Jamelle Cornley battled a bruised knee all season. The Lions went 15–16 in the 2007–08 season in a team that started four freshman in the end. Highlights included upset wins over top-10-ranked Michigan State and top-20-ranked Indiana.
DeChellis led the Lions to a 21–10 regular season in 2008–09, equaling the Penn State record for regular-season wins. The Nittany Lions were 10–8 in the Big Ten, the most for Penn State since 1995–96. DeChellis was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. The Nittany Lions went on to win the 2009 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), the first national tournament title in Penn State men's basketball history.
In the 2010–11 season, DeChellis' Nittany Lions earned a spot in the NCAA tournament, the school's first since 2000–01. The 10th-seeded Lions fell in the opening round to the 7th-seeded Temple Owls.
On May 23, 2011, it was announced that DeChellis would leave Penn State to become the head coach at Navy. He announced his retirement on 19 March 2025 after fourteen years with the Midshipmen. He ended his tenure at Navy with a school-record 426 games coached which included 196 wins.
DeChellis holds a bachelor's degree from Penn State University.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| East Tennessee State Buccaneers (Southern Conference) (1996–2003) ||||||
| 1996–97 | East Tennessee State | 7–20 | 2–12 | 5th (North) | |
| 1997–98 | East Tennessee State | 11–16 | 6–9 | T–4th (North) | |
| 1998–99 | East Tennessee State | 17–11 | 9–7 | T–3rd (North) | |
| 1999–00 | East Tennessee State | 14–15 | 8–8 | 4th (North) | |
| 2000–01 | East Tennessee State | 18–10 | 13–3 | 1st (North) | |
| 2001–02 | East Tennessee State | 18–10 | 11–5 | T–1st (North) | |
| 2002–03 | East Tennessee State | 20–11 | 11–5 | T–1st (North) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 |
| East Tennessee State: | East Tennessee State: | 105–93 (.530) | 60–49 (.550) | | |
| Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2003–2011) ||||||
| 2003–04 | Penn State | 9–19 | 3–13 | T–10th | |
| 2004–05 | Penn State | 7–23 | 1–15 | 11th | |
| 2005–06 | Penn State | 15–15 | 6–10 | T–8th | NIT Opening Round |
| 2006–07 | Penn State | 11–19 | 2–14 | T–10th | |
| 2007–08 | Penn State | 15–16 | 7–11 | 7th | |
| 2008–09 | Penn State | 27–11 | 10–8 | T–4th | NIT champion |
| 2009–10 | Penn State | 11–20 | 3–15 | 11th | |
| 2010–11 | Penn State | 19–15 | 9–9 | T–4th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 |
| Penn State: | Penn State: | 114–138 (.452) | 41–95 (.301) | | |
| Navy Midshipmen (Patriot League) (2011–present) ||||||
| 2011–12 | Navy | 3–26 | 0–14 | 8th | |
| 2012–13 | Navy | 8–23 | 2–12 | 8th | |
| 2013–14 | Navy | 9–21 | 4–14 | 10th | |
| 2014–15 | Navy | 13–19 | 8–10 | T–6th | |
| 2015–16 | Navy | 19–14 | 9–9 | T–4th | |
| 2016–17 | Navy | 16–16 | 10–8 | 4th | |
| 2017–18 | Navy | 20–12 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |
| 2018–19 | Navy | 12–19 | 8–10 | T–5th | |
| 2019–20 | Navy | 14–16 | 8–10 | T–6th | |
| 2020–21 | Navy | 15–3 | 12–1 | 1st (South) | |
| 2021–22 | Navy | 21–11 | 12–6 | 2nd | |
| 2022–23 | Navy | 18–13 | 11–7 | T–2nd | |
| 2023–24 | Navy | 13–18 | 8–10 | T–8th | |
| 2024–25 | Navy | 15–19 | 10–8 | T–3rd | |
| Navy: | Navy: | 196–230 (.460) | 113–126 (.473) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 415–461 (.474) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||