Garvin McAlister - Men's Basketball Coach - Dartmouth College Athletics

Garvin McAlister

Title:
Director of Basketball Operations
Email:
Garvin.K.McAlister@dartmouth.edu
Phone:
603-646-8108

Garvin McAlister enters his first season on the Big Green staff in 2023-24. He comes to Dartmouth with plenty of college basketball coaching experience, most recently as associate head coach at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

McAlister had been at Assumption since June of 2019, first serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator before being promoted to associate head coach. In 2019-20, he helped the Greyhounds post their first winning record since 2012-13, as they finished with a 14-12 record. Two years later, the Greyhounds picked up their first Northeast-10 Tournament win in over a decade when they beat Adelphi, 80-69. During McAlister's time, he coached All-Conference and All-Academic player Matt Kelly, who eclipsed 1,000 career points and was also named the WACBA Rookie of the Year.

"I am extremely grateful and excited to be joining Coach McLaughlin and the rest of the staff at one of the world's greatest academic institutions," said McAlister. "I look forward to pouring my energy into the Dartmouth program every day, both on and off of the court. I am eager to work with the type of student-athletes, and coaches in the program right now and look forward to supporting them in their journey of building a winning program."

Prior to his time at Assumption, McAlister served as assistant men's basketball coach and head junior varsity coach at his alma mater Post University in Waterbury, Connecticut. While there, he recruited and coached All-Conference player Tyshon Rogers and recruited Darrick Boyd, who went on to be named All-Conference in 2019-20.

During the 2017-18 season, McAlister served as assistant men's basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at Connecticut College. That came after a nearly two-year stint at Nichols College as assistant men's basketball coach. In that time, McAlister helped Nichols to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2017, winning the 2017 Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament title. Also in his time, the Bison were two-time regular season conference champions and 2016 ECAC Tournament champions. Over the course of his two seasons, Nichols posted a combined 49-10 record, which included a program-record 14-game winning streak in 2015-16. McAlister coached and recruited five All-Conference players, including 2017 Commonwealth Coast Conference Player of the Year and the conference's all-time leading scorer Marcos Echevarria.

McAlister began his coaching career as assistant women's basketball coach at Western Connecticut State University, recruiting eventual 2016 LEC Rookie of the Year Kayla Crosswell.

"Garvin really impressed me during the search process," said McLaughlin. "His confidence, knowledge of the game, self-awareness and humble attitude will fit very well in our program. He is excited to build relationships with our players, as well as within the Dartmouth community. I am confident he will have an immediate and lasting impact."

As a player, McAlister was a third team All-CACC honoree at Post, garnering the university's Male Athlete of the Year award in 2011. He finished second all-time in career assists, third in steals, fourth in games started and ninth in 3-point field goals made.