Dan Muscatell

Daniel Ray Muscatell (born May 24, 1960)[1] is an American college basketball coach who was most recently women's basketball assistant coach at San Jose State.

Muscatell in 2016.
Biographical details
Born (1960-05-24) May 24, 1960
Everett, Washington
Playing career
1978–1980Green River CC
1980–1982Western Washington
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1990Meridian HS (boys')
1994–1999Rochester HS (boys')
1999–2003Oregon (asst.)
2003–2009Sacramento State
2009–2014Oregon (asst.)
2014–2018San Jose State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2018–2019San Jose State (special asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall36–133 (.213) (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As assistant coach:

Early life and education

Born in Everett, Washington, Muscatell graduated from Cascade High School in 1978. He began his college basketball career at Green River Community College before transferring to Western Washington University in 1980. For two years, Muscatell played at guard for the Western Washington Vikings.[2][3] In both his seasons at Western Washington, Muscatell led the team in assists.[4] Muscatell completed his bachelor's degree in physical education and psychology in 1983 and went on to earn a master's degree in public administration in 1990 also from Western Washington.[5]

Coaching career

From 1982 to 1990, Muscatell was boys' varsity basketball coach at Meridian HS in Laurel, Washington. In his first season, the team qualified for the postseason, after winning just three games in the two prior seasons. Muscatell earned county and regional "Coach of the Year" honors after leading Meridian to a school-record second-place district finish.[5] At Meridian, Muscatell also taught physical education, math, psychology, and leadership between 1985 and 1990 and was also an assistant principal from 1986 to 1990.[3]

Muscatell later became a teacher at Rochester High School in Rochester, Washington. From 1994 to 1999, Muscatell was also boys' varsity basketball head coach. His teams made the postseason in all five of his seasons, and Muscatell earned conference Coach of the Year honors in 1996 and 1998 and regional honors in 1999.[5]

In 1999, Muscatell moved up to the collegiate level as a women's basketball assistant coach at Oregon.[3] He served under Jody Runge from 1999 to 2001 and Bev Smith from 2001 to 2003. Muscatell helped Oregon win the Pac-10 regular season title in 2000 and 2002 WNIT. Oregon finished the 1999–00 and 2000–01 seasons with top-ten rankings and NCAA tournament appearances.[3]

From 2003 to 2009, Muscatell was head coach at Sacramento State. He inherited a program that won just six games in the past three seasons.[3] Muscatell ended his six-season tenure with a 36–133 overall record but had 21 wins in Big Sky Conference play, the most for any coach in program history.[1][3]

Muscatell returned to Oregon in 2009 for his second tenure as assistant coach, this time under Paul Westhead. During Muscatell's second tenure, Oregon made the 2010 WNIT.[3]

In 2014, Muscatell came to San Jose State to be an assistant coach under Jamie Craighead, who Muscatell coached from 1999 to 2002.[6] Muscatell helped San Jose State upset #1 seed Colorado State in the Mountain West tournament and advance to the semifinal round. In 2015–16, San Jose State finished with an 11–7 record in Mountain West play for its best conference record in nearly a decade. After the 2017–18 season, Craighead reassigned Muscatell to a special assistant position where he oversaw budgeting, scheduling, travel, and other business operations.[7] Muscatell retired from San Jose State after the 2018–19 season.[8]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Sacramento State Hornets (Big Sky Conference) (2003–2009)
2003–04 Sacramento State 1–261–138th[9]
2004–05 Sacramento State 8–204–106th[10]
2005–06 Sacramento State 9–174–107th[11]
2006–07 Sacramento State 3–271–159th[12]
2007–08 Sacramento State 6–224–128th[13]
2008–09 Sacramento State 9–217–9T–4th[14]
Sacramento State: 36–133 (.213)21–69 (.233)
Total:36–133 (.213)

References
  1. NCAA Career Statistics, search Dan Muscatell under Coaches
  2. "EWU to risk home streak". Spokane Spokesman-Review. January 9, 1981. p. 27.
  3. "Dan Muscatell". University of Oregon. 2013. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  4. Western Washington media guide Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, p. 53.
  5. "Dan Muscatell". Sacramento State. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  6. "Dan Muscatell". San Jose State University. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  7. "Craighead Announces Staffing Changes For 2018-19 Season". San Jose State Athletics. June 5, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  8. Muscatell, Dan [@coachmusky] (June 5, 2019). "From Bellingham/Laurel to Rochester to Eugene to Sacramento to Eugene to San Jose to ... Mesa. Been a great ride, y'all! 👋" (Tweet). Retrieved February 5, 2020 – via Twitter.
  9. "Big Sky Standings - 2003-04". ESPN. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  10. "Big Sky Standings - 2004-05". ESPN. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  11. "Big Sky Standings - 2005-06". ESPN. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  12. "Big Sky Standings - 2006-07". ESPN. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  13. "Big Sky Standings - 2007-08". ESPN. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  14. "Big Sky Standings - 2008-09". ESPN. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
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