Facts: - sport: basketball - player team: boston college - coach team: boston fairfield texas a & m -lrb- asst. -rrb- cleveland state college -lrb- asst. -rrb- unc greensboro -lrb- asst. -rrb- siena -lrb- -lrb- asst. -rrb- siena fairfield -lrb- asst. -rrb- asst. -rrb- villanova -lrb- asst. -rrb- - player years: 1971 -- 1975 - coach years: 1975 1991 -- 1996 1996 -- 2003 2003 -- 2005 2005 -- -- 2010 2010 -- 2013 2015 -- present 1977 1977 -- 1985 1985 -- 1991 - birth date: 4 december 1953 - name: mitch buonaguro - overall record: 107 -- 162 -lrb- .398 -rrb- - birth place: queens , new york - championships: maac tournament champions -lrb- 1986 , 1987 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mitch buonaguro .
mitch buonaguro -lrb- born december 4 , 1953 -rrb- is an american college basketball coach and former men 's head coach at siena college .buonaguro was named the 15th head coach in siena history on april 8 , 2010 after being the lead assistant at siena the past five years for previous coach fran mccaffery .after posting a 35-59 record in three seasons buonaguro was dismissed from siena on march 12 , 2013 .born in queens , new york , buonaguro was the head coach at fairfield university from 1985 to 1991 .during his first season , he coached the stags to its first maac championship , first berth in ncaa tournament where the stags faced the illinois fighting illini in the first round ; and ended the year with a 24 -- 7 record , the most wins in school history .as a result , his maac coaching peers recognized him as the 1985 -- 86 maac coach of the year .the following season , buonaguro coached fairfield through an injured-plaqued season to mount an improbable run to its second consecutive maac championship and to earn its second consecutive bid to the ncaa tournament where the stags faced the top-seeded and eventual national champion indiana hoosiers in the first round .