Head Coach - Greg Curley
Assistant Director of Athletics
"Juniata College and Juniata College basketball are both committed to excellence. Student-athletes who participate in the men's basketball program at Juniata strive for excellence in the classroom, on the court and socially in the Juniata College community. We are constantly pushing to be at our best and settle for nothing less." - Juniata Men's Basketball Coach Greg Curley
Greg Curley, a native of State College, Pa., took over the post as the Juniata men’s basketball coach prior to the 2001-02 season, and will be entering his ninth season at the helm in 2009-10.
During his eight years as the Juniata head coach the Eagles have enjoyed some of the most successful seasons in the program’s recent history. He holds a career record of 96-110 in eight seasons, which already ranks him as the second-winningest coach in the history of Juniata men’s basketball. He has the second-highest winning percentage of any men’s coach at Juniata.
In 2006-07, Curley was named the Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year as he guided Juniata to a program-record 17 victories. The Eagles finished 17-12 and reached the Commonwealth Conference Championship game for the first time in program history. The Eagles also reached the ECAC South Region Tournament Semifinals after posting the program’s first postseason win in the quarterfinals.
The Eagles nearly matched all those achievements in 2007-08, posting a 17-11 record, reaching the Landmark Conference title game against the University of Scranton, and earning an ECAC South Region tournament bid.
Juniata has posted winning records in four of Curley’s eight seasons, with back-to-back 13-12 records in his second and third campaigns. Those two seasons marked the first time since the late ‘80s that the Eagles have had consecutive winning seasons. Under his direction Juniata has adopted the philosophy of being the “hardest working team in basketball.”
Curley also serves as an Assistant Director of Athletics at Juniata, a position he assumed in the summer of 2005. In that role, he manages Juniata’s indoor facilities.
Curley is no stranger to Juniata, having worked here for three seasons (August 1996 to July 1999) as an assistant coach. He was responsible for all aspects of recruiting throughout the Northeast. In addition, he worked as a resident director and a summer conference assistant.
He left Juniata in July of 1999 to become the assistant men’s basketball coach and head golf coach at Penn State-Behrend. Before the start of the 1999-2000 basketball season, he returned to his alma mater, Allegheny College, as an assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach for the men’s basketball program.
Curley graduated from Allegheny College in May of 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in English. He was a four-time Allegheny College Scholar-Athlete, and earned four varsity letters on the men’s basketball team. He was a member of the 1992-93 North Coast Athletic Conference championship team and played in the 1995 NAIA-NCAA Senior All-Star Game. Curley was elected as a team captain and received the Glen Thompson Award for Leadership as a senior.
He earned a master’s degree in Sports Administration from Penn State University in December 1997.
Curley’s coaching career began in 1995 when he served as the graduate assistant coach at Allegheny for the 1995-96 season. One year later, he became the assistant at Juniata.
Curley resides in Huntingdon with his wife Jenn.
“I enjoy everything about Division III athletics,” said Curley. “Student-athletes in Division III are committed to excellence in every aspect of their lives, including academically, athletically and socially. I want members of my program to be committed to excellence and that is exactly what I see when I look at the current Juniata program.”
Coach Curley can be reached at curleyg@juniata.edu.
Assistant Coach - Neil Rager '07
Neil Rager returned to his alma mater in August 2008 as an assistant men’s basketball coach, after spending the previous season as a graduate assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y. At Alfred, Rager was primarily responsible for coaching the guards coordinating film exchange, and monitoring student-athletes’ academic progress, while assisting with recruitment and practice planning.
Rager is a 2007 graduate of Juniata with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, concentration in social studies. Rager previously served as a manager and later student-assistant coach for the Eagle men’s basketball program during his four years at Juniata.
Coach Rager can be reached at ragern@juniata.edu.
Assistant Coach - Keith Black '73
Keith Black returned to the Juniata College sidelines as an assistant coach prior to the 2005-06 season after spending the previous three seasons as head coach for the Huntingdon High School boy’s team. This will be his third stint working as an assistant coach for Juniata.
Coach Black was an assistant at Juniata from 1997-2002. A Huntingdon native, Black graduated from Juniata in 1973 and played basketball for Juniata for four years as a shooting guard. He lettered twice playing for Blue and Gold coach Russ Trimmer.
He served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Juniata College from 1974-75 until 1979-80 and worked with the junior varsity program during the same span.
He has also been involved in the Youth Basketball Leagues in Huntingdon.
Keith resides in Huntingdon with his wife, Susan, and they are the parents of Danielle, Matthew and Adam. Danielle and Adam are also Juniata College graduates.
Updated 7/9/2009
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