Gerry McNamara Back in Orange is the Right Move

This is the right move…

Gerry McNamara was a part of the ONLY team to win an NCAA Tournament Title in Syracuse Men’s Basketball history (2003).

He then guided the Orange to back-to-back Big East Championships (2005 & 2006).

So Gerry knows the “Syracuse Standard”.

To then learn under Hall-of-Famer Jim Boeheim as an assistant & help guide student-athletes to NCAA Tournament berths as a member of the coaching staff showed his translation from player to coach.

Then he took over his own program as the head man at Siena. In 2 seasons as Head Coach of Saints Men’s Basketball, Siena went from 14-18 to 23-12 which included winning the MAAC Tournament & going to the NCAA Tournament for the 1st time since 2010 & playing top overall seed Duke to a 2-possession game (They were 15-14, 17-15, & 4-28 in the 3 seasons before Gerry, w/ 4-28 being the season right before he took over at Siena).

Syracuse needs someone who knows the history ✅ (He’s a part of it)

Knows the Northeast ✅ (Grew up in Scranton, PA)

Doesn’t see Syracuse as a mere pit stop, but a destination ✅ (He’s chosen ‘Cuse more than once)

This has been the only path in my opinion for a long time.

He’s shown he can lift Siena from the basement.

Who better to raise the Orange banner once again?

He doesn’t belong anywhere else more than Home.

The New Era for a City that Loves their Hoops can be spelled in 4 letters:

G-M-A-C

It’s about time.