Dan Engelstad

Dan Engelstad

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Syracuse
Conference	ACC
Biographical details
Born	October 11, 1984 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Playing career
2003–2007	St. Mary's (MD)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2010	Mount St. Mary's (assistant)
2010–2013	Holy Cross (assistant)
2013–2018	Southern Vermont
2018–2024	Mount St. Mary's
2024–present	Syracuse (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	176–143 (.552)
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–2 (NCAA Division III)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4× NECC regular season champion (2015–2018) 2× NECC tournament champion (2016, 2018) NEC tournament champion (2021)

Daniel Engelstad (born October 11, 1984) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Syracuse University. Prior to that, he was the head coach of the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team.[1][2]

Playing career

Engelstad played college basketball at Division III St. Mary's College of Maryland, where he graduated as the school's all-time leader in assists.[3]

Coaching career

Upon graduation, Engelstad joined Milan Brown's staff at Mount St. Mary's where he was on staff for the Mountaineers' 2008 NCAA tournament team. He followed Brown as an assistant coach at Holy Cross in 2010, where he stayed until 2013 when he accepted the head coaching position at Southern Vermont.[3]

Inheriting a program that was 1–24 before he took over, Engelstad led the Mountaineers to a 16–10 overall record, including wins over a nationally ranked Williams featuring Duncan Robinson.[4] The following season, Engelstad guided Southern Vermont to a NECC regular season title, its best record in program history with a 25–4 record, and its first-ever appearance in the ECAC Division III New England Basketball tournament, capturing the school's first ECAC title of any kind.[5]

The following season, Southern Vermont won both the NECC regular season and tournament title with a perfect 16–0 mark in conference play, and a 24–4 overall record en route to the school's second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.[6] Following a 17–10 overall record in the 2016–17 season and another NECC regular season title, Engelstad coached the Mountaineers to its fourth-straight NECC regular season title, its second conference tournament title and an appearance in the 2018 NCAA Division III tournament. With a 104–34 overall record in five seasons, Engelstad is the all-time wins leader in Southern Vermont basketball history.[7]

Engelstad also served as the head coach for Armored Athlete in The Basketball Tournament 2017, helping the team reach the West Regional Final.[8]

On May 9, 2018, Engelstad was named the 22nd head coach in Mount St. Mary's history, replacing Jamion Christian who left for the head coaching job at Siena.[1]

On April 10, 2024, Engelstad officially resigned from his post as Mount St. Mary's head coach to join Adrian Autry's staff at Syracuse.[9]

Head coaching record

NCAA DIII

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Vermont (NECC) (2013–2018)
2013–14	Southern Vermont	16–10	10–6	4th
2014–15	Southern Vermont	25–4	16–0	1st	ECAC Div. III New England Champions
2015–16	Southern Vermont	24–4	16–0	1st	NCAA Division III First Round
2016–17	Southern Vermont	17–10	14–2	1st
2017–18	Southern Vermont	22–6	12–2	1st	NCAA Division III First Round
Southern Vermont:		104–34 (.754)	66–10 (.868)
Total:		104–34 (.754)
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

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (NEC) (2018–2022)
2018–19	Mount St. Mary's	9–22	6–12	9th
2019–20	Mount St. Mary's	11–21	7–11	T–7th
2020–21	Mount St. Mary's	12–11	9–7	3rd	NCAA Division I First Four
2021–22	Mount St. Mary's	14–16	9–9	5th
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (MAAC) (2022–2024)
2022–23	Mount St. Mary's	13–20	8–12	T–8th
2023–24	Mount St. Mary's	13–19	9–11	8th
Mount St. Mary's:		72–109 (.398)	48–62 (.436)
Total:		72–109 (.398)
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

References

1. "Dan Engelstad Named Mount St. Mary's Men's Basketball Head Coach". 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
2. "Mount St. Mary's". Mount St. Mary's. Archived from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
3. "SVCAthletics.com". SVCAthletics.com.
4. "Men's Basketball Shocks with 88-87 Win Over No. 3 Williams". 15 November 2013.
5. "Men's Basketball Downs Fitchburg State 71-69 to Take ECAC New England Championship, Set New Program Wins Record". 8 March 2015.
6. "Top-seeded Men's Basketball Claims 2016 NECC Championship with 74-72 Defeat of No. 3 Becker". 27 February 2016.
7. "Archives".
8. "SVC's Engelstad leading Armored Athlete in TBT". Archived from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
9. "Dan Engelstad Resigns as Mount St. Mary's Head Men's Basketball Coach". Mount St. Mary's. April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.