Mount St. Vincent hopes Brian Nigro, who ranks second all-time in assists at the College, will provide another one as its new men's basketball head coach. The College named Nigro to that post and Assistant Director of Athletics replacing Michael Murphy.

Nigro was a standout for the Dolphins in his playing career, notching 674 assists and leading the Dolphins to a 20-5 record and an appearance in the 1997 NCAA Tournament.

“I am extremely excited to be back here at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. It is a great pleasure and an honor to be the head men's basketball coach at my alma mater,” stated Nigro.

Following his playing days, Nigro shifted to the coaching ranks. He spent four years at his high school alma mater, Xaverian (Brooklyn, NY), where he was the head junior varsity coach and a varsity assistant for two years. He has also served as an assistant for the Open Men's Division at the Empire State Games since 2004.

From 2000-2002, Nigro was an assistant men's coach at Globe Institute of Technology in New York, before taking the head varsity coaching position at Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn. He served as the head coach there from 2002-2004.

Nigro just finished his first season as an assistant with Polytechnic where he worked with his brother Dan. While with the Fighting Blue Jays, Nigro was responsible for recruiting prospective student-athletes, scouting and academics.

A 2000 graduate from the College with a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and a Minor in Health Education and Communications, Nigro completed his Masters in School Building Leadership at St. John's (NY) in January 2008.

Mount St. Vincent went 9-16, 6-12 in the Skyline Conference in 2007-2008.