Rob O'Driscoll - Men's Basketball Coach - James Madison University Athletics

Rob O'Driscoll

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
odriscrk@jmu.edu
Phone:
540-568-6462
Physical Address:
Convo 117 (895 University Blvd.) / MSC 4701

Rob O'Driscoll joined the JMU staff immediately after Matt Brady's hiring as head coach in March 2008 and serves as the associate head coach on the Dukes' staff. He assists in every aspect of the program's organization and operation, having helped lead four of the five programs he has worked with to league titles.

At JMU, O'Driscoll has aided in rebuilding a program that posted eight consecutive losing seasons prior to Brady’s arrival, helping to guide the program to four post-season campaigns in seven years. His contributions were instrumental in JMU earning the program's first Colonial Athletic Association championship in 19 years in 2012-13. JMU went on to defeat LIU-Brooklyn in the NCAA First Four for the program's first NCAA win in 30 years.

JMU also won a share of the CAA regular season title in 2014-15 and finished in the top 100 of the national RPI for the 2010-11 season after finishing 21-12. JMU is 118-116 during his seven seasons with the program.

O'Driscoll was Brady's top assistant during each of the head coach's four years (2004-2008) at Marist, including serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. He also took responsibility for the team's scheduling, handled opponent scouting duties and worked with player development. O'Driscoll was instrumental in the development of 2006-07 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year Jared Jordan, who went on to become the 45th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft.

"Rob has been with me the entire time I've been a head coach and is a tremendous asset," Brady said. "He's an outstanding coach in every aspect of the game."

While at Marist, O'Driscoll helped the Red Foxes to a 73-50 overall record and to the MAAC regular-season championship in 2006-07. Marist defeated Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma in the postseason National Invitation Tournament that season.

Marist improved its win total from the previous year during each of the first three seasons O'Driscoll assisted Brady. Marist was 11-17 and 19-10 during Brady's first two seasons after going 6-22 the year before his hiring. The 2006-07 team went 25-9 en route to the MAAC regular-season championship before being invited to the NIT. The Red Foxes went 18-14 in 2007-08, despite playing most of the second half of the season without their second-leading scorer.

O'Driscoll went to Marist after six seasons as an assistant at Iona under Jeff Ruland, helping the program to back-to-back MAAC Tournament Championships and NCAA tournament berths in 1999-2000 and 2000-01. During his six seasons, the Gaels compiled an overall record of 98-81.

The Philadelphia, Pa. native began his coaching career in 1994 at Villanova, where, as the administrative assistant, he helped the Wildcats earn consecutive top-10 final national rankings, a Big East Championship in 1994-95, and a No. 3 seed in both the 1994-95 and 1995-96 NCAA tournaments. O'Driscoll also worked from 1996-98 as an assistant coach at Manhattan College under John Leonard.

As a college undergraduate, O'Driscoll lettered three times in tennis at Villanova and was selected to the 1992-93 Big East All-Academic Team. He received his undergraduate degree in accounting in 1994 and a master's in business administration from Villanova in 1997.