his contributions at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, and at The University of Akron as both a student-athlete and head coach. He was also a finalist for the Red Auerbach Coach of the Year Award, which is awarded by the Jewish Coaches Association. In 2013, he won the Red Auerbach Coach of the Year Award as the country's top Jewish college basketball coach, and was named the MAC Coach of the Year. Dambrot left Akron after 13 seasons, with a 305–139 record, as the winningest coach in school history. He won back-to-back Mid-American Conference regular season titles, in 2016 and 2017, and coach of the year honors those seasons. The team averaged 23.5 wins during his tenure. His teams won 21 games or more in each of his last 12 seasons, a feat matched during that time by only Duke, Kansas and Gonzaga. In his career, Dambrot took the team to three NCAA Tournaments and five NIT appearances. Duquesne University On March 30, 2017, Dambrot was named the 17th head coach at Duquesne in the school's 101-year history. He signed a 7-year, $7 million contract. The Dukes had finished 10-22 the season before he took over as head coach. Duquesne improved to 16-16 while finishing 10th in the Atlantic 10 in its first season under Dambrot. In his second season as Head Coach, Dambrot led the school to its first winning record since the 2011–12 season with 19 wins and 13 losses. Duquesne ended the season sixth in the Atlantic 10, the program's best finish since it finished fourth in the 2010–11 season. The 2019/2020 season saw an even better start for Duquesne and Dambrot as the Dukes started the season 10–0, the best start since the 1953/1954 season. Duquesne went 11–7 in conference play and finished tied for 5th place in the A10. The 2020 A10 Tournament and subsequent March Madness tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Head coaching record College See also List of current NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches References External links Duquesne profile 1958 births Living people 21st-century American Jews Akron Zips baseball players Akron Zips men's basketball coaches American men's basketball coaches Ashland Eagles men's basketball coaches Basketball players from Akron, Ohio Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball coaches College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Duquesne Dukes men's basketball coaches Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball coaches High school basketball