Brian Urso enters his first season as an assistant coach for the IUP men's basketball team in 2016-17. Urso joins the Crimson Hawks after spending the last two years at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.
He helped establish the first men's basketball team in Chatham's history, as the once all-female institution launched six men's programs in 2015. A Division III program in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), the Cougars featured 15 freshmen last year on a team that defeated Geneva in the opening round of the PAC Tournament.
Prior to his time at Chatham, Urso spent 2009-16 as the Director of the Pittsburgh Nets AAU Basketball organization. A program for boys grades four-thru-11 in the Pittsburgh area, the try-out only team competed at the AAU Nationals in Louisville, Ky., JamFests, Elevate Hoops Events, and local area tournaments.
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Urso spent six years as a varsity assistant coach and junior varsity head coach at Shady Side Academy and at Pine-Richland High School near Pittsburgh. He's also worked various basketball summer camps, including the Duke University Summer Camp in 2015, the Hoop Group Bob Hurley Camp in 2014, and Hoop Group Elite and Academic Elite Camps.
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Urso graduated from Point Park in 2009 with a bachelors degree in elementary education. He is originally from Pittsburgh and went to Fox Chapel High School.
He currently lives in Baden, Pa. with his wife, Karlie, and daughter Regina.
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