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Patrick Sellers completed his first season as the
Director of Men’s Basketball Operations at the
University of Connecticut in 2004-05.
Sellers comes to Connecticut after spending the
2003-04 season as an assistant coach at the
University of Massachusetts, where he served as a
recruiter and aided in the development of Atlantic
10 Rookie of the Year Rashaun Freeman.
Patrick is the older brother of former Husky
standout and team captain Rod Sellers, who played at
UConn from 1989-1992.
Sellers moved to UMass from his alma mater, Central
Connecticut State University, where he spent four
seasons with head coach Howie Dickenman, a former
UConn assistant coach. Patrick helped the Blue
Devils to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2000 and
2002, winning the Northeast Conference Regular
Season and Tournament Championship in both of those
seasons. During his time as an assistant coach at
Central Connecticut, his responsibilities included
recruiting, inside player development, scouting and
assisting with on-court practices. He also served as
a co-director of the Howie Dickenman Basketball
School.
Prior to his time at Central Connecticut State,
Sellers served as the head coach at St. Thomas
Aquinas High School in New Britain, Conn. In his
first season as the varsity head coach in 1998,
Sellers led the Saints to a Northwest Conference
Championship. His team also made back-to-back
appearances in the state playoffs during the 1998
and 1999 seasons. Sellers originally joined the
basketball staff at St. Thomas Aquinas in 1994 as
the junior varsity coach and an assistant under head
coach Jerry DeGregorio.
A 1991 graduate of Central Connecticut State with a
bachelor’s degree in accounting, Sellers served as
the Blue Devils captain during his senior season,
and was named East Coast Conference Defensive Player
of the Year in 1991. He led the team in rebounding
in both his junior and senior seasons, finishing his
career with 581 rebounds, still good for 10th on the
all-time list.
Patrick resides in Vernon. |
