Dartmouth Named Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year; Three Student-Athletes Recognized

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Dartmouth men's basketball coaching staff has been named the 2024-25 Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year. Led by Head Coach David McLaughlin, the team has seen significant improvement from previous years and punched their ticket to their first Ivy Madness appearance in program history.

In addition to Coaching Staff of the Year, Ryan Cornish has been selected as First Team All-Ivy and Brandon Mitchell-Day has been named Second Team All-Ivy. The last time a duo earned First and Second team honors was in the 1998-99 season when Shaun Gee '00 was named first team and Greg Buth '01 was named second team. Jackson Munro garnered Academic All-Ivy for his performance both in the classroom and on the court.

McLaughlin and his staff have led the Big Green to their first Ivy Madness appearance and proven improvement solely based off record alone. The team went from winning six games in the 2023-24 season to winning 14 in the 2024-25 regular season while matching their six wins from the previous season in the non-conference slate alone. The regular season .519 overall win percentage and .571 conference win percentage marks the first time the program has finished above .500 in its overall record and league record since the 1999 season.

Cornish's First Team All-Ivy honor is the first Big Green player to receive the recognition since 2009. Throughout the season, the senior averaged 17.2 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game. He added 85 total assists and has a 38.7% three-point field goal percentage. He has recorded three double doubles this season. The guard was named Ivy League Player of the Week once during the season. Cornish currently sits at 999 points in his career with the Big Green. He leads the team in points and sits third in the Ivy League in the stat.

Mitchell-Day had an outstanding regular season highlighted by a historic game against Brown on January 25. The junior had a 20-20 double double with 23 points and a career high 20 rebounds. At the time, Mitchell-Day was the first Ivy League player to post a 20-20 double-double since January of 2012 (Greg Mangano of Yale against St. Joseph's of Long Island). He was also the first Dartmouth and Ivy League player to post a 20-20 double-double against a Division I opponent since the turn of the century. He averages 13.3 points per game with 7.6 rebounds per game. He has accumulated 73 assists and has an 81.6% free throw percentage. Mitchell-Day leads the team and the Ivy League in rebounding.

Munro was tabbed the team's Academic All-Ivy honoree after his outstanding academic performance and athletic performance this season. In the classroom, Munro is a Quantitative Social Science major and holds a 3.46 GPA. The junior is a consistent starter and contributor to the Big Green. He is a leader on and off the court, serving as a team captain. He leads the team with 24 blocks and ranks third on the team in rebounding, averaging 5.6 a game. He ranks third on the team in field goal percentage with .531 and has recorded a double double this season.

The Big Green are back on the court when they, as the #3 seed, play the #2 seed Cornell Big Red in Ivy Madness Semifinals on Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. at the Pizzitola Sports Center at Brown University. The game can be watched on ESPNEWS or streamed on ESPN+.

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