Scott Waterman - Men's Basketball Coach - Dartmouth College Athletics

Scott Waterman

Title:
Director of Basketball Operations
Alma Mater:
Occidental ’02
At Dartmouth:
1 Season (2016-17)

Waterman arrives in Hanover as the director of basketball operations following three years as the associate head coach at Division III Pomona-Pitzer in California, helping the Sagehens to a No. 5 ranking in the West in 2014 and a second-place finish in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). During his tenure he recruited 11 student-athletes, one of whom — Daniel Rosenbaum — was named the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year this past season.

Prior to his time at Pomona-Pitzer, Waterman spent more than a decade on the coaching staffs at Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State after graduating with a degree in kinesiology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He began his career with the 49ers of Long Beach State as an administrative assistant for two years and director of basketball operations for another two before being promoted to a full-time assistant coach in 2006. In that season, the 49ers won both the Big West regular season and conference tournament to earn a 12-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Waterman’s magic touch followed him to Cal State Fullerton the next year as he returned to an operations role while the Titans finished in a tie atop the Big West standings before winning the conference tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament as a 14-seed. He then spent the next five years as an assistant on the Fullerton staff, during which time the Titans qualified for the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) in 2012, ending the season with a 21-10 record.

As an undergraduate at Occidental, Waterman played three seasons and was team captain for two of those years. The Tigers were 18-7 during his senior campaign and placed third in the SCIAC.