Following his departure from Fayetteville State, longtime CIAA males’s basketball coach Luke D’Alessio has discovered his new house throughout the convention.
Bluefield State Massive Blue, the reigning CIAA championship runner-up, will proceed underneath Coach D’Alessio.
It will function an unofficial commerce, as former Bluefield State head coach Devin Hoehn, who left the crew final month, is now the pinnacle coach at Fayetteville State.
“I want to thank President Dr. Darrin Martin, Brodderick Tucker, and Ryan Bailey for giving me this nice alternative,” stated D’Alessio upon the announcement of being employed as Bluefield State’s subsequent males’s basketball coach. “I’m honored, blessed, and privileged to signify Bluefield State College, and I’m excited to construct on the current success of the lads’s basketball program. I can’t wait to get began and be part of the Massive Blue household.”
Coach D’Alessio spent the final 5 seasons at Fayetteville State (not together with the 2020-2021 season, which was canceled attributable to COVID-19), compiling a 103-52 general report.
He led the Broncos to 2 CIAA South division championships and a CIAA event championship within the 2022 season.
Earlier than his time at Fayetteville State, D’Alessio coached 10 seasons at Bowie State, ending with a 199-96 general report.
His finest season with the Bulldogs got here in 2003, when he led the crew to a CIAA championship and superior to the Division II Nationwide Event Remaining 4.
Final season, Bluefield State posted its first profitable report since formally becoming a member of the CIAA, posting a 19-11 mark.
Within the CIAA event, they superior to their first championship recreation in class historical past after knocking off Fayetteville State within the semifinals.
