in 2000/01 and advanced to the semi-finals of the NJCAA Division II Region III tournament. At one point during the season, the Sabres were ranked as high as #15 in the nation. The 2001/2002 season was the most successful season the school, and Long, ever had. The team went 27-4, losing all four games by no more than seven points, again advancing to the NJCAA Division II Region III tournament, and winning Long Region III Coach Of The Year award. The team was nationally ranked the whole season, reaching #8 at its highest point. The school disbanded all of its athletic programs after the 2002/2003 season, one in which Long guided his team to a 19–9 record and a finish in the semi-finals of the NJCAA Division II Region III tournament. Long finished his 13-year career at JCA with a 222–142 record and numerous post season appearances. The transition Following his career at JCA, Long went to Christian Brothers Academy to help out with the varsity boys basketball team. During his three years as the defensive supervisor, the team was one of the best defensive teams in the state, winning three consecutive Section II titles and finishing in the NYS semi-finals two of those three years. A return home In the summer of 2006, Long was offered to go back to Saint Rose as an assistant under former player Brian Beaury. Long accepted and became the interim head coach in December, when Beaury was forced to take a medical leave. At the time, the team was 2-2. Long guided the team to a 19-8 record, 17-6 with Long as head coach, before Beaury came back to direct Saint Rose through the Northeast-10 conference tournament and into the NCAA's. HVCC On August 12, 2013, Long was named as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY upon the departure of former coach Ken Dagostino, who left to coach at NAIA school Ave Maria. This appointment came ten years after his last head coaching job. After winning his first two games, the Vikings dropped their next two. On December 8, 2013, the Vikings beat Corning Community College, improving their record on the season to 4-3 and giving Long his 400th career victory as a collegiate head coach. The Vikings started the 2014-2015 season (Long's second year) with a 5-0 record, the best start since the 2008-2009 season