About Hartwick Basketball

Oneonta, New York, United States
Hartwick is among the North East’s elite liberal art colleges both academically and athletically. Hartwick has a reputation of academic excellence and offers a most diverse selection of degree programs, with a strong emphasis on a liberal arts education. Our campus is truly beautiful. We are located on a scenic 425-acre site on the northern slopes of New York’s Catskill Mountains, in Oneonta, a town considered by some experts to be among the top ten best college towns in America. Hartwick offers a small college atmosphere; as the student/faculty ratio is 11 to 1, and the average classroom size is 15. Yet we are only 70 minutes from the state capital, Albany, and two and a half hours from New York City. This setting provides an ideal atmosphere academically, athletically, and socially for the aspiring student-athlete. Combine these facts with tremendous facilities, a great schedule, and a major commitment to the basketball program, and you can see why Hartwick basketball has made the final four and is a true Division III Giant! As a member of the Empire 8 Conference, Hartwick competes successfully in one of the premier Division III conferences in the country.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Hartwick Welcomes Coach Gibbs


Dan Gibbs joins the Hartwick College men’s basketball program as an assistant coach for the 2010-11 academic year.


Prior to Hartwick, Gibbs spent four years at Syracuse University as the Assistant Head Team Manager for the Orange basketball program. While at SU, Gibbs assisted the Orange coaching staff with training forwards and centers at practices and ran off-season workouts for the players. In addition, he supervised a staff of 20 managers and performed promotional work for Orange summer camps.


Gibbs also has served as both a basketball intern at IMG and a marketing/operations assistant at Hoops Mountain Inc. Basketball Camp. At IMG, he assisted in basketball workouts for college and NBA players and coached and directed camps for players ages 12-22. At Hoops Mountain, Gibbs served as director of tournament sites and summer camps.


Gibbs earned his bachelor's degree in marketing management from Syracuse University in May 2010.
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